Chubby Carrier
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Roy "Chubby" Carrier is an American zydeco
musician. He is the leader of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
.
Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brothers. He was taught to play accordion
by his father, Roy Carrier Sr.
, and played with his father's band at age 12, first on accordion and then on drums. He played drums with Terrance Simien
from 1986 until 1989, then formed a group of his own with his brothers Troy and Kevin.
Carrier's third album, 1993's Dance All Night, was his biggest success.
Carrier has made guest appearances on albums by Tab Benoit
- Live: Swampland Jam, Doug Kershaw
- Cajun Sweet Home Louisiana, Calvin Owens - Stop Lying in My Face and Jimmy Thackery
- Switching Gears.
Carrier's 2010 release Zydeco Junkie won the Grammy in the category Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
.
Zydeco
Zydeco is a form of uniquely American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of "la la" Creole music...
musician. He is the leader of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band is a Zydeco band from Louisiana founded by Chubby Carrier in 1989.-Awards:Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band have a Grammy award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for their album Zydeco Junkie...
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Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brothers. He was taught to play accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
by his father, Roy Carrier Sr.
Roy Carrier
Roy Carrier , was an American Zydeco musician. He was the father of Chubby and Dikki Du Carrier, who followed their father into Zydeco music.-Early years:...
, and played with his father's band at age 12, first on accordion and then on drums. He played drums with Terrance Simien
Terrance Simien
Terrance Simien is an American zydeco musician, vocalist and song writer. He and his band won the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for 2007....
from 1986 until 1989, then formed a group of his own with his brothers Troy and Kevin.
Carrier's third album, 1993's Dance All Night, was his biggest success.
Carrier has made guest appearances on albums by Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit is an American blues guitarist, musician and singer. He plays a style that is a combination of blues styles, primarily Delta blues. He plays a Fender Telecaster electric guitar and writes his own musical compositions. Benoit graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma,...
- Live: Swampland Jam, Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...
- Cajun Sweet Home Louisiana, Calvin Owens - Stop Lying in My Face and Jimmy Thackery
Jimmy Thackery
Jimmy Thackery is an American blues singer and guitarist.-Career:Thackery spent fourteen years as part of The Nighthawks, the Washington, D.C. based blues and roots rock ensemble...
- Switching Gears.
Carrier's 2010 release Zydeco Junkie won the Grammy in the category Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists at the 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd Grammy Awards for quality zydeco or cajun music albums...
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Discography
- Zydeco Junkie (Swampadelic Records, 2010)
- Live at Knuckleheads, Kansas CityLive at Knuckleheads, Kansas CityLive at Knuckleheads, Kansas City is an album by the Grammy winning Zydeco band Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band recorded at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City, Missouri and released in 2007.-Track listing:...
(Swampadelic Records, 2007) - Bayou Road (Swampadelic Records, 2006)
- Ain't No Party Like a Chubby Party (Swampadelic Records, 2005)
- Take Me to the Zydeco (Swampadelic Records, 2001)
- It's Party Time (Right Click Records, 1999)
- Too Hot to Handle (Louisiana Red Hot Records, 1999)
- Who Stole the Hot Sauce? (Blind Pig Records, 1996)
- Dance All Night (Blind Pig RecordsBlind Pig RecordsBlind Pig Records is an American blues record label.Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig Cafe, and his friend Edward Chmelewski. The label is now based in San Francisco...
, 1993) - Boogie Woogie Zydeco (Flying Fish RecordsFlying Fish RecordsFlying Fish Records was a Chicago-based eclectic blues and country record label. It was founded in 1974 by Bruce Kaplan, former president of the University of Chicago's Folklore Society....
, 1991) - Go Zydeco Go (Jewel RecordsJewel RecordsJewel Records was a record label which discs were pressed by the Scranton Button Company. Jewel is one of the big three record companies out of Cincinnati, Ohio. The two most famous, King Records and Fraternity Records, were responsible for several hits over the years from a wide range of genres...
, 1989)