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Freddie "Big Roger" Collins was born July 15, 1935 in Ville Platte, Louisiana.
Creole Accordionist Clement “King Ned" Norman was born on Saturday, July 14, 1906 in L’Anse Meg, Louisiana ( a rural unincorporated community between Mamou and Eunice) to Jean Batiste Ned and Oceole F...
Trey Ardoin, lead guitar player for Chris Ardoin and NuStep and Sean Ardoin & Zydekool, was born on July 12, 1985 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Eddie Shuler, renowned pioneering Southwest Louisiana recording engineer, died on July 23, 2005 at the age of 92 at Emory East Side Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia of complications from a recent heart at...
Zydeco musician Sean Ardoin, lead singer and accordionist of Sean Ardoin and R.O.G.K. (a Christian Zydeco Band) and lead singer and accordionist of Sean Ardoin and Zydekool was born on July 10, 1967 i...
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...
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Cleveland Chenier, rubboard innovator, band member and brother of Clifton Chenier, was born on May 16, 1921 in the rural community of Notleyville, just east of Opelousas, Louisiana. Cleveland was also...
Frank Mendenhall was born March 14, 1948 in Camden, Alabama. With one of the most angelic falsetto voice in the Zydeco, Southern Soul, and Blues nation, and one of the few Southern Soul performers to...
Democratic Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, becoming the first African American to be elected to the Nation's highest office.
Derrick J. Guidry, scrubboard player for the Zydeco Boneshakers, was born June 20, 1986 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Herman Fuselier, On Air Radio Personality and Host of “The Zydeco Stomp” program at KRVS radio in Lafayette, Louisiana; Music Writer for The Times of Acadiana; and Host of the “Bayou Boogie” TV progra...
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Creole musician, Goldman Thibodeaux was presented the Louisiana Folk Life Heritage Award as part of the Louisiana Culture Awards by Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne.
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