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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

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American...

Date Published
March-1987
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

Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders

Image

Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders, a zydeco, Cajun music band of five African American men and one white man, perform on the stage of the Grand...

Date Published
April-1987
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

Queen Ida

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Queen Ida, zydeco accordion player and singer, grins as she plays an accordion in a close-up photograph. She wears a headband. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rockin' Dopsie

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Zydeco accordion player and singer Rockin' Dopsie smiles at the camera as he wears a red crown and red cape and holds a red accordion. Printed in the...

Date Published
1986
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rockin' Dopsie

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Zydeco accordion player and singer Rockin' Dopsie lifts his left hand to hail the crowd and holds an accordion in his right hand as he smiles into a...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rockin' Dopsie

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Rockin' Dopsie, zydeco accordion player and singer, closes his eyes as he plays an accordion and stands behind a microphone.

Date Published
1985
1990
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

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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

Subdudes

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The Subdudes, a Cajun, folk rock, Southern rock, swamp rock, and zydeco band comprised of four white men, stand in two groups. Three men stand on the...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Wayne Toups

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Wayne Toups zydeco accordion player, slightly leans his head back and to the side as he smiles at the camera. He wears a headband and a sleeveless t...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Zydeco musicians
  • 1981-1990

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (18)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • (-) 1981-1990 (18)

Subjects

  • Accordionists (16)
  • African American men (14)
  • Accordion (10)
  • Bands (Music) (6)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Washboards (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Cajun music (1)
  • Cajuns (1)
  • Folk-rock music (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Swamp pop music (1)
  • (-) Zydeco musicians (18)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (4)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (3)
  • Carrier, Roy (2)
  • Chenier, C. J. (Clayton Joseph), 1957- (2)
  • Williams, Nathan, 1963- (2)
  • Arceneaux, Fernest (1)
  • Handy, Major (1)
  • Ida, Queen (1)
  • Landreth, Sonny (1)
  • Majors, Scott (1)
  • Melton, Mel (1)
  • Ranson, David (1)
  • Toups, Wayne, 1958- (1)

Date Published

  • 1985 (6)
  • 1990 (6)
  • 1986 (5)
  • 1989 (5)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1987-04 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1995 (1)

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