Roy Carrier

Joseph Roy Carrier Sr. (February 11, 1947 – May 3, 2010), known professionally as Roy Carrier, was an American Zydeco musician. He was the father of Chubby and Dikki Du Carrier, who followed their father into Zydeco music and the brother of Zydeco T Carrier

Early years Roy Carrier was born February 11, 1947, in rural Louisiana near Lawtell, one of 10 children in a sharecropping family. Carrier's father Warren, himself a Zydeco musician, would play the accordion on weekends at parties and la la dances. When Carrier was 6 years old, he began to accompany his father to these events, and would play along with him on the frottoir, or "rubboard". He continued this for several years, moving to drums and then to guitar.

His desire, however, was always to play the accordion like his father, and he would secretly practice on his father's accordion when Warren was away, risking a beating when he was caught. His father soon recognized his skill with the instrument and would then allow him to freely practice.

Carrier formed his first band in 1961, at the age of 14, with himself on guitar, a brother on drums, his uncle on the rubboard, and a local accordion player named Chris Johnson.

Discography Zydeco Strokin (Paula Records, 1995) Soulful Side of Zydeco (Zane Records, 1995) Roy Carrier at His Best (Zane Records, 1995) Nasty Girls (Right on Rhythm, 1996) Twist and Shout (Right on Rhythm, 1998) Offshore Blues & Zydeco (Right on Rhythm, 2000) Whiskey Drinkin' Man (Right on Rhythm, 2001) Living Legend (Severn Records, 2004) Zydeco Soul (Mardi Gras, 2006)