I've been very lucky. I've done things I had never dreamed of doing.
"Terrance Simien" is an United States/American zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter. He and his band won the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for 2008.
Simien is an eighth generation Creole from one of the earliest Louisiana Creole people/Creole families documented to have settled in the Mallet area of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana/St. Landry Parish. He was introduced to music via the piano at home, the Catholic Church choir, and in school band programs where he played trumpet.
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I started getting a lot of gigs locally. There weren't many people my age who were playing the traditional music, and I became sort of a novelty.
I really try my best to keep the music uniquely Louisiana and uniquely Creole. I want to keep it authentic and real -- like it's supposed to sound.
I love everything about performing -- seeing the people's reaction, feeling the band. Every night is different.
It described a person who is part French and part Spanish. As the French traveled and started settling in different parts of the world, it became a person who was part French and African, French and Native American.
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