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Jeffery Broussard (born March 10, 1967) is an American zydeco musician.. Broussard was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, to parents Ethel and Delton Broussard.He had five brothers and sisters, and he was the youngest child.
Joe Hall was an American accordionist and vocalist who performed Creole la la, Cajun, and zydeco music. He passed away on November 21, 2024. Hall was born in Eunice, Louisiana, on December 15, 1971. [1]
Stanley Dural Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016), [1] [2] better known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success.
[3] [4] In the late 1960s Senegal recorded his own instrumentals, including "Cat Scream" and "Monkey in a Sack", for the La Louisiane record label. [ 5 ] Senegal joined Clifton Chenier 's band in 1969, and toured regularly with him in Europe and elsewhere over the next decade.
Lafayette is home to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. [119] Between 1995 and 2005, Lafayette was home to the Louisiana IceGators ECHL hockey team. In 2009, the IceGators returned as a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League until 2016. [120]
In April 2003, LP implemented a Claimant Offer Program to speed payments to claimants. In what was the largest class-action lawsuit in the history of the siding industry, LP paid out more than 37,000 claims. By the end of the settlement, LP had paid almost $1 billion to satisfy claims. [10] LP's woes did not end there, however.
KSLO-FM (105.3 MHz) is a zydeco radio station licensed to Simmesport, Louisiana, serving the fringe area between the Lafayette, Alexandria, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana radio markets. KSLO-FM is owned by Delta Media Corporation [ 1 ] along with KLWB , KLWB-FM , KXKW-LD , and KXKW-LP .
In 1990, Melton moved back home to North Carolina, where he continued showcasing his cooking skills at numerous events and cooking schools and by opening several restaurants. In 1995, he formed his current band, Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos, and in 1998 recorded his first CD, Swampslinger , for New Moon Music, a Chapel Hill-based blues label.