Corey Ledet’s Newest CD Available January 15

January 1st 2021
Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor Accordion USA News

Video: “Corey Ledet Zydeco”

Corey Ledet will release his new CD, “Corey Ledet Zydeco on January 15, 2021. Corey Ledet Zydeco pays homage to Ledet’s family and musical heritage which are inextricably combined. His great-grandfather, Gabriel Ledet, played professionally with the colorful early Jazz legend Bunk Johnson as an upright bassist.

Grandfather, Buchanan played drums with Clifton Chenier and Rockin’ Dopsie, as Zydeco’s first drummer and invented the twice-pumped bass drumming pattern called “double clutching” that’s been an integral part of the genre ever since. Numerous members of this extended French speaking Creole family followed in their footsteps, playing professionally and non-professionally in the decades that followed. Corey’s rise to Zydeco royalty in the 21st century was a fait accompli.

Corey Ledet is a Zydeco artist from Parks, Louisiana. The family tradition of Creole music and the Kouri-Veni language runs in his blood. Corey was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where at the age of 10, he started picking up shows as drummer for Houston’s Wilbert Thibodeaux and the Zydeco Rascals and slowly learned his way around the main instrument of the style – accordion. Corey studied and incorporated Kouri-Vini, a regional dialect spoken by family members into songs on this album.

Produced by Corey Ledet and Louis Michot
Recorded at Dockside Studio, Maurice, LA
Engineered and Mixed by Justin Tocket
Mastered by Mark Bingham at Nina Hwy Studio, Henderson, LA

Musicians:
Corey Ledet: Accordion, Drums, Washboard, Vocals
Cecil Green: Hammond B3 Organ
Lee Allen Zeno: Bass Guitar
Grant Dermody: Harmonica
Julian Primeaux: Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Background Vocals
Gerard Delafose: Drums, Washboard