Terrance Simien

Terrance Simien is a U.S. zydeco musician, accordionist and song writer. He was born on September 3, 1965 and spent his early life in Mallet, Louisiana. As a teenager, Simien learned to play the accordion and formed his own band in 1982. In 1984, he gained attention of Paul Simon during a performance at the New Orleans World's Fair. Two years later, in 1986, he collaborated with Simon on the release of a single based on Clifton Chenier's hit song "You Used to Call Me". Terrance and his band, the Mallet Playboys, reached the silver screen in 1987 when they appeared as a zydeco band in the movie "The Big Easy". He is considered to be one of the most innovative and prolific zydeco music performers of modern times.

Discography

*1990 - "Zydeco On the Bayou" (Restless Records)
*1993 - "There's Room For Us All" The Tribute Sessions" (Black Top Records)
*1998 - "Jam The Jazzfest" (Valley Media, Inc)
*1999 - "Positively Beadhead" (Tone Cool)
*2004 - "The Tribute Sessions" (Aim Records)
*2004 - "Creole For Kidz" (Beadhead Records)
*2006 - "Across the Parish Line" (Aim Records)

External links

* [http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/tsimien.htm Terrance Simien profile] , from Louisiana State University at Eunice
* [http://www.terrancesimien.com/ Terrance Simien homepage]