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Bayou Rhythm

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Bayou Rhythm, a zydeco and blues band comprised of one African American man and four white men, stand holding their instruments.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bon Ton St. Mary

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Accordionist Bon Ton St. Mary sits on the top rung of a wooden fence holding an accordion and smiling directly at the photographer. A wooden building...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Brian Terry

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Brian Terry, [Li'l Brian] zydeco accordion player with the band Li'l Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, stands at a corner of a brick wall and grins as...

Date Published
1995
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player, sits on a chair with an accordion open on his lap as a cat sits on his right leg and looks down at four...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco grins as he sits on a chair holding an accordion on his left thigh and playing with a cat on his right thigh. Four...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco grins as he sits on a chair holding an accordion on his left thigh and playing with a cat on his right thigh. Four...

Date Published
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco grins as he plays the accordion in front of a gas pump at a rural gas station. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1986
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco sits in a diner with the accordion on the table beside him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Concerted...

Date Published
1986
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

C.J. Chenier

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Zydeco accordionist C.J. Chenier leans his wrists on a Baldoni accordion and looks slyly at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1990
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

C.J. Chenier

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Zydeco accordionist C.J. Chenier grins as he plays a Baldoni accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: Concerted Efforts, Phone...

Date Published
1995
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Chubby Carrier, zydeco accordion player, smiles at the camera as he plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier smiles as he plays his personalized accordion in a photograph taken from above his head. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1993
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth to sing as he plays his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo...

Date Published
1993
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier stands among palm trees holding his personalized accordion and wearing a re and white floral shirt. and the Bayou...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chubby Carrier

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Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, Intrepid...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Fernest Arceneaux

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Fernest Arceneaux, wearing sunglasses, plays the accordion and sings into a microphone. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Fernest Arcenaux...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Geno Delafose

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Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Geno Delafose smiles and looks up as he rests his hands on an accordion that is only partially in the close-up...

Date Published
1992
1993
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lil' Brian

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Zydeco accordionist Lil' Brian sits on an accordion case on a porch and leans against a galvanized steel wall. He rests his right elbow on an...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Major Handy

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Zydeco accordionist and guitarist Major Handy leans against a brick wall playing an accordion. Printed in the right margin of the photograph, "Major...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Nathan Williams

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Zydeco accordion player Nathan Williams rests his hand over the edge of the keyboard on an accordion that rests on his lap as he smiles at the camera...

Date Published
1989
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • Grand Emporium Collection (30)

Types

  • photographs (30)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (30)
  • Black & white photographs (29)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Portrait photographs (28)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (23)
  • 1981-1990 (10)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Accordionists (29)
  • Zydeco musicians (28)
  • Bands (Music) (9)
  • Cats (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Kittens (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Creoles (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • (-) Accordion (30)
  • (-) African American men (30)

Subjects, People

  • Carrier, Chubby (10)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (6)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (3)
  • Carrier, Roy (2)
  • L'il Brian (2)
  • Williams, Nathan, 1963- (2)
  • Arceneaux, Fernest (1)
  • Delafose, Geno (1)
  • Handy, Major (1)
  • Landreth, Sonny (1)
  • Majors, Scott (1)
  • Melton, Mel (1)
  • Ranson, David (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • St. Mary, Mark, 1957- (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (6)
  • 1990 (5)
  • 1993 (5)
  • 1998 (5)
  • 1989 (4)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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