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Geno Delafose
Geno Delafose at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006
Background information
Born	January 1, 1972 (1972-01-01) (age 36)
Origin	Eunice, Louisiana
Genre(s)	Zydeco
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer
Instrument(s)	Accordion
Years active	1994 - present
Website	genodelafose.net/

Geno Delafose (born January 1, 1972 in Eunice, Louisiana) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eunice is a city in Acadia and St Landry Parishes in the US state of Louisiana. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Zydeco ( French "les haricots" English "snap beans" is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from The jure during A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eunice is a city in Acadia and St Landry Parishes in the US state of Louisiana. Zydeco ( French "les haricots" English "snap beans" is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from The jure during The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox He is one of the youner generations of the genre who has created the sound known as the nouveau zydeco. His sound is deeply rooted in traditional creole music with strong influences from cajun music and also country and western. See also [[Cajun]] Cajun music, an emblematic Music of Louisiana, is rooted in the Ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. His father is a famous zydeco accordion player John Delafose.

History

Geno was born and raised in Eunice, Louisiana. At the age of seven, he joined his father's band, the Eunice Playboys as a rubboard player and continued to play with the band until his father's death in 1994. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. He also appeared on the several of the bands recordings. He switched to the accordion in the early 1990s and started to play as an opening act for his father.

In 1994, he debuted with album French Rockin' Boogie on Rounder Records. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, is an Independent record label founded in 1970 by The name of this album also became the name of his band with whom he still plays with today. He released two more albums from the label, before signing with Time Square label to release Everybody's Dancin' in 2003. See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels

He has also appeared on the compilation album Creole Bred: A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco released in 2004 on Vanguard Records. See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels

He has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album" category for his Le Cowboy Creole album (2007).

He lives in Duralde, Louisiana near Eunice where he operates his Double D Ranch raising cattle and horses. He also holds fan appreciation parties annually at his ranch.

Discography

1994 French Rockin' Boogie (Rounder)
1996 That's What I'm Talkin' About! (Rounder)
1998 La Chanson Perdue (Rounder)
2003 Everybody's Dancin' (Times Square)
2007 Le Cowboy Creole (Times Square)

External links

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998 See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007

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