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Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
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Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
Cajun\Zydeco
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Terrance Simien, born Sept. 3, 1965 grew up at the crossroads of State Highway 190 and Rural Route 103 in Mallet, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish, the heart of French speaking Creole country. He hails from one of the earliest families documented to have settled that rural area of South Louisiana. At the crossroads where he grew up sits the building that anchors the small parish community, St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church. Inside that church Terrance learned to love the spiritual side of making music. Today he still lends that soulful voice and his deep spirituality to St. Ann's for an funeral of a family member or friend from that same prairie village.
Just down from that junction sits another unassuming building, a landmark of sorts to locals and tourists alike. (Robert Duval visited there once escorted by brother Greg, who did the honors while Terrance was on tour) This legendary music room is called Richard's (pronounced Reeshard's) and is possibly the wildest of the many roadhouses in SW Louisiana. If church brought forth a sanctified sound then Richard's is where a teenage Terrance first learned about low down, tail shaking party music. Zydeco: that accordion and rubboard (frottoir) fueled stuff that could bring ecstasy to even the most dispirited Creole-a French speaking multi-culti native of mixed African, French, Spanish and Native American Heritage. |
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