Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal

Paul Alton "Lil' Buck" Sinegal (January 14, 1944 – June 10, 2019) was an American blues and zydeco guitarist and singer.

Biography Early years Paul Alton Senegal was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. According to researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc, the spelling "Sinegal" rather than "Senegal" was the result of a passport error, which he never corrected. Sinegal was nicknamed "Little Buck" (for buckwheat) or "Lil' Buck" because of his short stature. Fellow musicians just called him "Buckaroo. Sinegal's mother, Odette Broussard, played guitar. In the late 1950s, Sinegal began performing with other musicians, such as Carol Fran, James "Thunderbird" Davis, Lee Dorsey, and Joe Tex.

Career Sinegal entered the music industry as a session musician at Excello Records, working with musicians such as Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester. Sinegal recorded with Rockin' Dopsie, Allen Toussaint Fernest Arceneaux, Katie Webster and Lil' Bob. In the late 1960s Sinegal recorded his own instrumentals, including "Cat Scream" and "Monkey in a Sack", for the La Louisianne record label. Sinegal commented: "I am probably more known as a zydeco guitarist... [but] I've always been a bluesman...Zydeco is the blues. It's basically blues played with accordion. Clifton Chenier's music was blues throughout."

Death Sinegal died at 75 in 2019 and his funeral was at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Lafayette.

Awards Sinegal was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1999. He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on his birthday, on January 14, 2013, at the Blue Moon Cafe, Lafayette.