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Archive Files of Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco Musicians |
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Rosie Ledet |
Click here for high resolution photos of Rosie Ledet posted on Flickr.Click here for Rosie Ledet's Official Web Site or go to her MySpace page. |
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Photos of Rosie Ledet in 2007 |
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Pick It Up: Rosie Ledet in 2005 |
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Rosie Ledet in 2003 |
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These 2003 photos were taken at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish
Festival. In the bottom left photo in this section, Rosie is shown with her father-in-law,
Lanice Ledet, on rubboard. In 2003, Rosie also released a new CD, Now's the Time, with more hard driving zydeco songs like "Do That Thing" and "Don't Look Back," smooth ballads like "More Than I Can Say," and dance floor hits like the title cut, "Now's the Time."
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It was already a sultry night in Breaux Bridge even before Rosie Ledet strolled on stage at the annual Crawfish Festival in 2000. Radiating sensuality dressed in cutoff shorts and a halter, she began singing about love in her rich, seductive voice, accompanied by the insistent rhythm of her own accordion melodies. For several years, Rosie Ledet has been bringing this uniquely female version of zydeco to a national audience on tours around the country, and she has also released five albums.
Several of her songs have gained notoriety for their use of double entendres, as, for example, in "I'm Going to Take Care of Your Dog" and, most notoriously, in "Eat My Dust," to give the English title of a song with a refrain that translates one word into French to provide a double meaning. But, although her stage act is sensual and the occasional double entendres in her lyrics can be a bit racy, Rosie Ledet's music is actually about celebrating life, including romance in all of its dimensions, without setting out to violate anyone's sense of propriety. There is even a touch of innocence about her performance on stage, a hint of the shyness that she says she felt around others when she was a child.
Her husband, Morris Ledet, is a co-producer of her albums and plays bass guitar. As described by Michael Tisserand, Rosie met her future husband when her uncle persuaded her to go to a zydeco dance at which Boozoo Chavis was playing. At one point, Chavis allowed Morris Ledet to sit in for a couple of songs on accordion, enough to make an impression on Rosie. Once they were married, Rosie began secretly practicing on her husband's accordion after he left for work, and, when he found out she could play, he let her sit in with his band. Subsequently, she became the regular accordion player, and her husband switched to bass.
Ledet writes almost all of the songs that she records, so each CD offers new melodies and new lyrics that tell stories of love, recall memories from childhood, or describe the zydeco scene. Her albums, all on the Maison de Soul label from Floyd's Records in Ville Platte, include Sweet Brown Sugar, Zydeco Sensation, Zesty Zydeco, I'm a Woman, It's a Groove Thing! , and her 2001 release, Show Me Something.
For more information about Rosie Ledet, contact Morris Ledet, (337) 779-2102, or Piedmont Talent, (704) 399-2210.
Click here for 2002 photos at the Liberty Theater.
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All of the photographs on this page were taken during the 2000 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. |
All photographs and text by David Simpson.