Sean Ardoin

Sean Ardoin (Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1970) is an American zydeco musician and singer.[1] He is grandson of patriarch Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, son of zydeco drummer and band leader Lawrence Black Ardoin, and older brother of hip-hop zydeco accordionist Chris Ardoin - on whose albums he has appeared.[2][3][4] Sean Ardoin is best known for the release of a 2009 album "How Great is Your Love" which marked the first notable zydeco Gospel album.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Billboard - 16 Mar 2002 - Page 115 "Sean Ardoin, the 32-year-old Lake Charles, La., zydeco accordionist and leader of Tomorrow Recordings group Sean Ardoin & ZydeKool, suggests that Trahan and other young zydeco artists are emerging at a propitious time."
  2. ↑ Sherry T. Broussard Louisiana's Zydeco -2013 Page 98 "Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' included Sean Ardoin (Chris's brother), and their father, Lawrence Ardoin, who served as advisor to the band. Double Clutchin' recorded such hit songs as “Gon' Be Jus' Fine,” “When Morning Comes,” "
  3. ↑ Ian McNulty - Louisiana Rambles: Exploring America's Cajun and Creole ... 2011 " Bois Sec Ardoin was Black Ardoin's father, and Black is the father of Chris and Sean Ardoin."
  4. ↑ Blues Encyclopedia Edward Komara, Peter Lee - 2004 - - Page 635 "... and their extended family, which includes current star Sean Ardoin."
  5. ↑ Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World John Shepherd, David Horn - 2012 "Religious music was rare in the zydeco format, but in 2009 Sean Ardoin, a member of the prominent Ardoin family, released How Great Is Your Love, a zydeco gospel album. 'Gospel zydeco' remains in its infancy, but shows that the music is ..."