June 18

Derrick J. Guidry, scrubboard player for the Zydeco Boneshakers, was born June 20, 1986 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Wilbert Guillory, agricultural organizer and activist, Zydeco music promoter and long time director of the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival in Plaisance, Louisiana died on June 14, 2...

Harry 'Big Daddy' Hypolite, talented guitarist and sideman for more than 40 years, most notably in the bands of the Zydeco great Clifton Chenier, later Chenier's son C.J. Chenier and Nathan & the Zyde...

Clifton Chenier, “the King of Zydeco” was born on June 25, 1925 in the rural community of Notleyville, just east of Opelousas, Louisiana. Clifton Chenier was the first Creole artist to win a Grammy aw...

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 Creole Musician, Goldman Thibodeaux received the Richard J. Catalon Sr. Creole Heritage Award at the 8th annual Creole Culture day at Vermilionville in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Paul "Lil Buck" Sinegal, internationally known Blues and Zydeco guitarist and singer died on Monday June 10, 2019 in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 75. He was given the nickname "Lil Buck" because...

Clinton “Santy” Runyon (b 1907) died on April 4, 2003 in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 96. Santy Runyon was a world renowned saxophonist, who played in Al Capone's speakeasy club, The Coliseum, a...

Mr. Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, internationally known Creole accordionist, singer, and one of the Zydeco Nation’s last living link to the old Creole musical tradition called “la la music” or “la musiq...

Mark Matthews, the oldest surviving Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army when he died at the age of 111, was born on August 7, 1894 in Greenville, Alabama. He was raise in Mansfield, Ohio where a...

Leo "The Bull" Thomas died on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at the age of 84 in Elton, Louisiana. Known in the Zydeco Nation as "The Bull" and the "Best Dress Man In Zydeco," Leo Thomas was the first and on...

Albert “Little Smokey” Smothers was born on January 2, 1939, in Tchula, Mississippi, and began playing guitar at 15. Two years later, Smothers moved to Chicago and shortly after landed gigs with Arthu...

Southern Soul & Blues singer Jacqueline "Jazzy Jackie" Neal was born on July 7, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was the daughter of internationally known Baton Rouge blues man Raful Neal. Eight of...