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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

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

Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, and an unidentified accordion player

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Dave Pegg playing the bass and singing into a microphone. Richard Thompson, sitting and playing an amplified tambourine in his right hand and a snare...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Forbidden Pigs

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Forbidden Pigs, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments of a snare drum, an accordion, and a string bass...

Date Published
1988
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

Nathan Williams (Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas)

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Zydeco accordionist Nathan Williams wears designer sunglasses and a light cowboy hat as he holds the keyboard of an accordion up by his face in a...

Date Published
1989
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters

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Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, a zydeco band comprised of five African American men, stand on stage under a tent and play their instruments...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roy Carrier

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Roy Carrier, accordion player of zydeco music, laughs as he plays a Guerrini accordion and looks at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1985
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roy Carrier

Image

Zydeco accordionist Roy Carrier bends at the waist as he plays an accordion and smiles up at the photographer from the stage. A woman in profile looks...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
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  • Accordion
  • 1981-1990

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (13)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (13)
  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • (-) 1981-1990 (13)

Subjects

  • Accordionists (12)
  • African American men (10)
  • Zydeco musicians (10)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Creoles (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Folk-rock music (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • (-) Accordion (13)

Subjects, People

  • Carrier, Roy (2)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (2)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (2)
  • Williams, Nathan, 1963- (2)
  • Handy, Major (1)
  • Landreth, Sonny (1)
  • Majors, Scott (1)
  • Melton, Mel (1)
  • Pegg, Dave (1)
  • Ranson, David (1)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (1)
  • St. Mary, Mark, 1957- (1)
  • Thompson, Richard, 1949- (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (5)
  • 1985 (4)
  • 1989 (4)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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