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On February 13, 2011, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band won their first Grammy Award for the best Zydeco/Cajun CD. The name of the CD was entitled "Zydeco Junkie." Some of the musicians who work...
Mr. Stanley Dural Jr., known to the Zydeco Nation and the world as “Buckwheat Zydeco” and leader of the Zydeco outfit “Buckwheat Zydeco and the Ils Sont Partis Band” was awarded the 2009 Grammy Award...
Joseph Roy Carrier, leader of Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers died on May 4, 2010 at 12:15am of a heart attack at the age of 63 at the Opelousas General Hospital in Opelousas, Louisiana. His black Cre...
The Grammy Foundation announced the nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards for Zydeco and Cajun Category. Five finalist were chosen for the Best Zydeco and Cajun Musician category. Of the five finalist,...
The Grammy Foundation announced the nominees for the 2009 Grammy Awards for Zydeco and Cajun Category. Five finalist were chosen for the Best Zydeco and Cajun Musician category. Of the five finalist,...
Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaw's song "From Step To U" became the first Zydeco song to be sample by a major Hip Hop/Rap group. The song was sampled in the UGK's hip hop track "Swishas and Dosha" on t...
Joseph Adam Mouton, known to the Zydeco Nation as Zydeco Joe, died on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Lafayette general hospital in Lafayette Louisiana of a massive heart attack due to complications re...
Zydeco Historical & Preservation Society web developer Rob Ricks brought the fourth (4th) version ZydecoOnline website online. The original and first version of the ZydecoOnline.com website was launch...
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...
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble make their first public debut on March 27, 2004 at their Official CD Release Party and Performance celebrating the “Country Boy” CD at the Hamilton’s Club in Lafayette,...
Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis, famed zydeco accordionist died on May 5, 2001 while on tour in Austin, Texas. Known as the "Creole Cowboy" for his signature C&W attire (complete with white Stetson and...
Crowley, Louisiana natives Bobby Jackson, age 46 (Guitarist), and Bradley Guilbeau, age 39 (Drummer), musicians with the Zydeco Band Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew were killed in an auto accident on June...