As a lifelong journeyman musician, gigging in clubs and casinos for more than half a century, Lake Charles guitarist Classie Ballou has mastered many different styles of music. But zydeco -- the sound ...

The bearish guitar slinger Classie Ballou has led bands for Roscoe Gordon and Big Joe Turner. He's played on dozens of sessions for classic Southern labels like Goldband and Excello, and gave the 1954 ...

Waco guitarist and band leader Classie Ballou has provided the live music for scores, if not hundreds, of good occasions during a five-decade career, so it’s only fitting that when he turns 80 years ...

Just ahead of his 82nd birthday, a local blues legend was honored with his own day, a flag that flew over the state Capitol, a proclamation from the county commissioner’s court and in true Classie ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this month features big-name musicians — Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello, Buckwheat Zydeco, Pearl Jam, Jeff Beck, the Neville Brothers, B.B. King and others.

Cedryl Ballou couldn’t help but play zydeco. The music and his family share deep roots. In 1954, Cedryl’s grandfather, Classie Ballou, played with Boozoo Chavis on zydeco’s first commercial hit, ...

Hot Legs @ the SPIN party @ Stubb’s in Austin – March 20, 2009AUSTRALIA’s THE AGE’s SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST BREAKDOWN Bizarre supergroup: Tinted Windows features members of Hanson, Cheap Trick, Smashing ...