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Rockin' Dopsie
Rockin' Dopsie
American musician
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Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
2
Fernest Arceneaux
Fernest Arceneaux
American Zydeco accordionist and singer
3
C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
American musician
4
Beau Jocque
Beau Jocque
American musician
5
Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
6
Geno Delafose
Geno Delafose
American singer
7
Buckwheat Zydeco
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
8
Chris Ardoin
Chris Ardoin
American musician
9
Rockin' Sidney
Rockin' Sidney
musician
10
Queen Ida
Queen Ida
American musician
11
Wilson Savoy
Wilson Savoy
American accordionist, keyboard player, fiddler and singer
12
Canray Fontenot
Canray Fontenot
American musician
13
Nathan Williams
Nathan Williams
American Zydeco accordionist
14
Leo Soileau
Leo Soileau
American musician
15
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
16
Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal
Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal
American guitarist
17
Nathan Abshire
Nathan Abshire
American Cajun accordion player
18
Christian Dozzler
Christian Dozzler
Austrian singer
19
Terrance Simien
Terrance Simien
American singer
20
Ponty Bone
Ponty Bone
American musician
21
Lee Benoit
Lee Benoit
American musician
22
Sonny Landreth
Sonny Landreth
American musician
23
Amédé Ardoin
Amédé Ardoin
American Louisiana Creole musician
24
Lonesome Sundown
Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
25
The Sundown Playboys
The Sundown Playboys
musical artist
26
David Hidalgo
David Hidalgo
American musician
27
Joe Falcon
Joe Falcon
American accordionist
28
Keith Frank
Keith Frank
American musician
29
C. C. Adcock
C. C. Adcock
American electric blues and zydeco musician
30
David Greely
David Greely
fiddler
31
Rosie Ledet
Rosie Ledet
American musician
32
Frankie Yankovic
Frankie Yankovic
Slovenian-American musician
33
Gil Goldstein
Gil Goldstein
American jazz pianist and accordionist
34
Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
35
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
36
Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet
American musician
37
Clarence Garlow
Clarence Garlow
American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter
38
Pine Leaf Boys
Pine Leaf Boys
39
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
40
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
41
Those Darn Accordions
Those Darn Accordions
musical artist
42
Gus Viseur
Gus Viseur
French musician
43
Wayne Toups
Wayne Toups
American musician
44
Dewey Segura
Dewey Segura
American musician
45
D. L. Menard
D. L. Menard
American musician
46
Sherman Robertson
Sherman Robertson
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
47
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
48
Esteban Jordan
Esteban Jordan
American musician
49
Captain Gumbo
Captain Gumbo
Dutch zydeco and Cajun music band
50
Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw
American musician
51
Iry LeJeune
Iry LeJeune
American musician
52
Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
53
Warren Storm
Warren Storm
American musician
John Delafose
American Zydeco accordionist

John Delafose

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John Irvin Delafose (April 16, 1939 – September 17, 1994) was an American French-speaking Creole Zydeco accordionist from Louisiana.