Terrance Simien- Lead vocals, Accordion, Jose Alvarez- Guitar, vocals. Danny Williams- Keyboards, vocals. Keith Sonnier- Percussion. vocals, Taylor Guarisco - Bass. Ralph Fontenot- Frottoir. Richard Trahan- Sound Engineer.
Influences
Bob Dylan, Clifton Chenier, The Neville Brothers, Tom Waits, Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, & Richard Manuel), Taj Mahal, John Delafose, Greatful Dead, Aaron Neville, John Lennon, Paul Simon, Jimmy Cliff, Earth, WInd and Fire, AL Green, The Beatles, The Meters, Paul McCartney and Wings, Janis Joplin, Youssou N'Dour, Otis Redding, The Ohio Players and Rockin Sidney Simien.
Sounds Like
An exotic brew of the varied rich indigenous music forms of Louisiana: zydeco-funk-second line-meets- Afro-Caribbean reggae-world music sounds that will force you right onto the dance floor in front of the stage to soak it all in. This artist begs you to get closer not only to experience each gorgeous note he delivers with depth and intensity, but also allows you a better vantage point to catch the Mardi Gras beads Simien showers his audience with!
Grammy award winning Terrance Simien and his eclectic Zydeco Experience band mates have toured the globe from Cuba to Mali, Brazil to Australia and from Finland to the Seychelles to the tiny village of Hana in Hawaii.
They have performed for presidents, ambassadors, prestigious law firms, rock stars (and their ex wives), ice cream moguls Ben& Jerry, computer company CEO's, investment firms, Harley Davidson, Burton snowboards and the Grammy awards audience!
They have been featured in major films and television commercials advertising everything from Chevrolets to Sylvania light bulbs to Louisiana tourism.
They have been spreading their multicultural-zydeco-roots-world music for over 25 years and Simien is respected as one of the most "creative and diverse artists in his genre", Amazon.com.
Their live performances are legendary. They have built a platinum reputation on this critical aspect of an artists career: the live performance is more important than ever before. Live music unites us all in a very unique way. For all of us the inspiration we glean from a live music experience (delivered or received) is different from the inspiration we capture from other art forms.
The lifetime achievement award they have received with their 2008 Grammy reinforces the excellence they have reached in their recording career as well as they have in their touring and performing career.
This is a music career that is evolved and developed over 3 decades that continues to create new and innovative music.
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience's Friend Space (Top 6)
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience has 797 friends.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACCEPTING MY FRIEND REQUEST AND ADDING ME TO YOUR NETWORK OF FRIENDS. I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN LIFE AND IN ALL THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO, JUST KEEP ON JAMMING THOSE GREAT SOUNDS. GREETINGS AND PEACE, CHUCK CHAVEZ
Hi Mr. Terrance, Thank you for your friendship and support, it's greatly appreciated! Your invited to come by and sign our new G.R.I.T.S. World Guest Book, it would be cool to have you as well as Lafayette, Louisiana sign in! gigs. It is a rectangle under our calendar of events on the upper righthand side , it may take a few seconds of your time, and a second for our page to 'fresh', but it'll pop up and we'll appreciate it!. Upload a picture and say 'Hi!' Please come through anytime. Have a plum pleasing, fantastic day! p.s. Please subscribe to our video's at www. youtube. com/bluewendybear to get alerted when our new video's post! -The G.R.I.T.S. Keiko and Kariel, Mimi and Bo-pah!
Congrats on the Grammy Terrance! It's wonderful that they've added the category (thanks to your hard work), so mad props to you.
I love your music, and I love, love, love your commercial! It makes me miss home (my family's originally from LA, and I still have lots of extended folk down there).
Anyway, much love and THANKS for being my friend...
On this Day in Zydeco History: Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin Transitions on May 16, 2007
Mr. Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, internationally known Creole accordionist, singer, and one of the Zydeco Nation's last living link to the old Creole musical tradition called "la la music" or "la musique Creole," died of natural causes on May 16, 2007 at Eunice Manor Nursing Home in Eunice, Louisiana at the age of 91.
Just saw the announcement that y'all are playing here at Summerfest in Milwaukee at the end of June! I am so excited - you have no idea! I miss NOLA so much - it'll be a treat to be able to have a piece of home right here!
I am here to Testify that this Friday, the 18th of April 2008, Gumbo YaYa will come alive with the Funky, Greasy sounds of the Bayous of Louisiana at 9:30am MST on KVNF...JaBeaux will unleash da Boogie Woogie that everyone on this Rock we Ride knows started in New Orleans. Get on the phone and call your Cousins, your X, your High School Teacher...anyone you know that Loves the Boogie and let them know to Tune In and Turn It Up. Thats The Gumbo YaYa Show with JaBeaux on kvnf. org @ 9:30am MST this Friday coming up.
Terrance & Band ! Thanks for the add, can't wait to see ya again this January on cruise. Hey Cousin Ralph, I bought my wife a rub board, after seeing you and me up there getting down. It was great, Terrance and everyone thanks for the music. peace chefjimi
Terrance!! I just happened to be flipping through the April issue of Smithsonian and who should I see representing the state of Louisiana!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Big hugs from Maine, Joy Louisianatravel. com
