“Isn’t that crazy, man?” Chubby Carrier says about being in his 27th year as a zydeco accordionist, songwriter and performing front man. But since winning the Grammy in 2011 for his superb release Zydeco Junkie, life has gotten substantially easier for the accordionist, who is in a small but elite class of fellow zydeco Grammy winners, including Clifton Chenier, Rockin’ Sidney and his buddy/former mentor Terrance Simien.

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