OPELOUSAS, La. ( KLFY ) — “This is a story that needs to be told. It’s got to be done.” Wayne Kahn said, the Executive Producer, of the upcoming film “ Zydeco by Birth: The Story of the Carrier Family .”
From Calvin to Ronald, and Chubby to Big Daddy Roy himself, the Carrier family is a Zydeco legacy worth highlighting as the Carrier Family Celebration takes over the Yambilee Building in Opelousas on April 25-27.
“Friday night, Dwight Carrier wants to have an open jam.” Kahn said. “Saturday is the big celebration event where Roy Carrier finally gets inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame someplace, he should have been a long time ago. The family itself, there’s this immense wave of pride rolling through the family.”…