Bob Andrews -- piano man (Brinsley Schwarz, Graham Parker) and former NOLA resident
Dr. Beverly Guillory Andry -- community leader, former Jazz Fest board of directors member
Lynn August -- zydeco accordionist, keyboard player, bandleader [YouTube]
Paul Batiste -- musician, educator, leader of Batiste Brothers Band [YouTube]
Barbara Belew -- harpist, educator
Marc Belloni -- singer, songwriter, educator, attorney [YouTube]
Doug Bergeron -- musician, educator, played with The Jokers
Wade Bernard -- Cajun, country, and swamp pop singer, songwriter, producer [YouTube]
Benjamin "Ben" Beshears -- drummer and gospel singer
Lillian Boutté -- renowned vocalist and official New Orleans Musical Ambassador [YouTube]
William Carter -- photographer, musician, author
Dan Cassin -- musician and educator
Frank "Silky" Charles -- bar owner, member of several social aid & pleasure clubs
Jake Chimento -- swamp pop singer, Westbank Musicians Hall of Fame inductee [YouTube]
Zydeco Joe Citizen -- musician and zydeco music supporter [YouTube]
C.C. Courtney -- former New Orleans radio personality, playwright, actor
Eloise Davis -- musician (bass, cello) with Major Bacon, Ready Teddy, Pat Ramsey
Veronica Downs Dorsey -- educator, musician, choir director
Zach Drew -- bass player with Degenerate Picnik, Ragged Glory, Pothole, others
Allen Duhon -- played with his dad Hector Duhon and Octa Clark in the Dixie Ramblers
SunDanze Dunston -- blues guitarist, 2017 Slim Harpo Music Award winner [YouTube]
William "Bleu" Evans -- engineer & producer, founder of famed Studio in the Country
Wayne "Doobie" Fabra -- drums, vocals w/ Graveyard Rodeo, Necrophagia, Christ Inversion
Tom Fitzmorris -- food critic, radio personality, author
Kirk Ford -- saxophonist and bandleader [YouTube]
Craig Futch -- singer, songwriter, guitarist [YouTube]
Michael Guma -- musician, educator, founder of Milneburg Joys band
Jeff Hannusch -- nationally known music journalist and author
Tony Haselden -- songwriter, musician, co-founder Louisiana’s LeRoux [YouTube]
Mack Hearne -- musician, educator, owned Hearne Instrument Repair
Ernest "Red" Hingle Sr. -- aka Flagboy Meathead of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe
Miriam "Scubie" Hoyt -- piano player at Pat O'Brien's for 32 years [YouTube]
Devon Hurst -- longtime partner of Big Freedia [YouTube]
Pableaux Johnson -- New Orleans food writer, photographer and cook
Keith Johnston (Blind Uncle Keith) -- popular performer throughout the Ark-La-Tex area
Jeffrey Juliano (JJ Juliano) -- respected drummer worked with a variety of local bands
Lawrence Ketchens -- musician, husband of famed clarinetist Doreen Ketchens [YouTube]
Jerry Wayne Killmer -- keyboard player with Travis Matte, Damon Troy, and others
Chris Kontos -- band director, educator
Spencer Kron -- guitarist with Back Roots, Time Peace, Mais Yah, others [YouTube]
Will Laird -- social worker, also played bass with Remedy Krewe and Noisewater
Gary Lamson -- musician, landman, pastor
John "JD" Landrum -- owner of Johnny White's Sports Bar and MRB
Jeff Laperouse -- keyboard player with Stone Cold Cajuns, and daughter Courtney Blaire
Benny Levy –- troubadour (harmonica, guitar) performed in South Texas and NOLA
Lenny Lewis -- Shreveport music promoter, son of Stan "The Record Man" Lewis
Albert "Big Al" Linden -- drummer, Westbank Musicians Hall of Fame inductee
Ronald "Fat" Lockett -- musician with New Creations Brass Band
Billy Maiden -- educator, band director, jazz musician
Chad Mallett -- guitarist with Gold Dust Empire
Frank Mayes -- noted sax player, educator, recorded with many big names in music
Don Meyers -- Houma based master guitar maker (Meyers Custom Guitars)
James Frank McGinity (Jimmy Dagger) -- singer & guitarist with several NOLA area bands
Tommy McLain -- famed swamp pop singer, songwriter, musician [YouTube]
Belle "Brown Sugar" Moore -- longtime DJ / show host on community radio station WWOZ
Dale Murray -- musician, songwriter, producer, Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee
Jimy Negrotto -- drummer with 80s band RZA
Dave Nezat -- drummer with Chubby Carrier, The Mercy Brothers, and many others
Victor Palmer -- musician, songwriter, publisher, played with Rufus Jagneaux
James Payne -- masked with Timbuktu Warriors, Wild Magnolias, Cheyenne Hunters
Ashlin Phillips -- lead singer for indie pop band The Eames Era -- [YouTube]
Sandy Pinkard -- musician, songwriter, played with Pinkard & Bowden -- [YouTube]
Mamie Porter -- blues vocalist performed with her husband, Smokehouse Porter [YouTube]
Chuck Power-- local guitarist, singer, and songwriter (The Rain, and others)
August "Geese" Ransom
Allen Richard -- guitarist recorded with Cajun legend Joe Falcon [YouTube]
Anthony "Dirty Rice" Richardson
Dwight Rochon -- guitarist with Lafayette's KrossFyre band
John Wesley Ryles -- country singer, songwriter, session artist [YouTube]
Juan Angel Salinas -- bass player w/ Psychometry, Jason & The Kruegers, and others
Lemuel John Schenck -- jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and music educator
Al Scramuzza -- "Crawfish King" owned Seafood City, founded Scram Records [YouTube]
Sidney Smith -- rock photographer, entrepreneur, founder of Haunted History Tours
Anthony "Tony" Sonnier
Frank Stansbury
Jimmy Swaggart -- [YouTube]
Queen Annette Tassin -- member of the Black Mohawks tribe [photos]
Goldman Thibodeaux -- Creole music legend led the Lawtell Playboys [YouTube]
Lee Tillman (Lee Tillman Haynes) -- [YouTube]
Sam Tritico -- [YouTube]
Joe Turner -- ["Woodpecker Song"]
Ellis Vanicor -- [YouTube]
"Tante Sue" Vasseur
Scott Veazey
Louis Villery (African Music Machine) -- [YouTube]
Michael Ward -- [YouTube]
Yvette Watkins
Leroy Williams (Guitar Lightnin' Lee) -- [YouTube]
Robert Williams, Jr. (The Living Dead Revue)
Sid Williams (El Sido's Zydeco & Blues Club) -- [YouTube]
Caleb Wilson
Brenton Wood ("The Oogum Boogum Song", "Gimme Little Sign") -- [YouTube]
Henry Youngblood -- [YouTube] |
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