Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band

With the passing of Clifton Chenier, Chubby Carrier is being touted as the heir to the throne of the King of Zydeco. Although he's only 29 years old, Carrier has the kind of lineage which would allow him to make such a claim.

Both his father and grandfather played the zydeco, and his cousins had an act known as the Carrier Brothers. Chubby began performing when he was 12, using a stool to support the heavy accordion.

His father urged him to develop his own style and exposed him to other musical forms, such as the blues as played by B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland.

Carrier's been referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion and has received the Living Blues Critics' Award for the Best Zydeco Album of the Year. Backed by the Bayou Swamp Band, he'll make zydeco fans happy they brought their dancing shoes. (You didn't forget, did you?)

The Bayou Swamp Band includes John Gaar on guitar, Lance Ellis on saxophone, Tray Landry on drums, Corey Duplechain on bass, and Mike Chaisson on rub board and percussion.