NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Corey Ledet, musician and two-time Grammy nominee, brought Zydeco music from Parks, La, a town with fewer than 700 people, to Anchorage, Alaska.
Corey Ledet’s Zydeco Story
Ledet, born in Houston, spent his summers with relatives in Parks, La, where he was exposed to their Kouri-Veni language and Creole traditions.
He learned everything he could about Creole culture – traditions, food and, most importantly, Zydeco music.
Ledet studied the originators, like Clifton Chenier, John Delafose and Boozoo Chavis…