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BLP sources|date=March 2008Infobox musical artist| image =| name = Queen Ida| birth_name = Ida Lewis Guillory| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_date = birth date and age|1929|1|15| origin = Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles , Louisiana , United States | death_date =| instrument = Accordion | genre = Zydeco | occupation = Accordion ist, Record Producer|Producer | years_active = 1975 — Present| label = GNP Crescendo Record Co.|GNP Crescendo | associated_acts =| website = http://www.cotatifest.com/Queen%20Ida.htm Queen Ida Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory (born January 15, 1929 in Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles , Louisiana ) is an Louisiana Creole accordion ist. She was the first female accordion player to lead a zydeco band.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Queen Ida's music is an eclectic mix of Rhythm and blues|R& B , Caribbean, and Cajun, though the presence of her accordion always keeps it traditional.Citation needed|date=November 2011
Biography
Queen Ida is a proud Creole woman, Born Ida Lewis Guillory to a musically talented family in Lake Charles, Queen Ida learned to play accordion from her mother after she spent a few years learning the piano .Citation needed|date=July 2009 Her family moved to Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont , Texas , when she was ten and eight years later moved to San Francisco, California|San Francisco , California . Her first language is French language|French , and wherever they went, took their Louisiana Creole people|Creole culture and music with them.Citation needed|date=November 2011 Queen Ida and her band played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1976 and 1988, and the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1975, 1978, and 1991.Citation needed|date=July 2009 In 1988, Queen Ida toured Japan , becoming the first zydeco artist to do so. She toured Africa the following year and in 1990 went to Australia and New Zealand .Citation needed|date=November 2011 On the Compact disc|CD album , Back on the Bayou (1999), Queen Ida got together on the bayou in Louisiana with her brother, Al Rapone, for a zydeco reunion.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Rapone often wrote and produced for her and formed the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, which later became his sister's backup group.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Doubling up on accordions with her oldest son Myrick "Freeze" Guillory, they are joined by Terry Buddingh on bass, James Santiago on guitar, Bernard Anderson on saxophone, Eric Nielson on drums, and her youngest son Ron "The Rock" Guillory on rub board and vocals.Citation needed|date=November 2011 Queen Ida also author|co-authored a cookbook , ''Cookin' with Queen Ida in 1990, which featured Creole recipes.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Through the 2000s she continued to tour and perform, although she did not record any more albums during this period.Citation needed|date=November 2011
Won: 4 http://www.blues.org/search/handys.php Blues Music Awards database
Nominations: 6
Queen Ida Blues Music Awards History
Year
Category
Result
1983
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Nominated
1984
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Nominated
1988
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Nominated
1989
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Winner
1990
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Winner
1991
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Nominated
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External links
http://www.cotatifest.com/Queen%20Ida.htm Queen Ida info
http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/queen-ida-biography E-notes: Queen Ida
http://au.youtube.com/watch? v=7OxfbuewmaQ Queen Ida video
http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/artist_queen_ida.php Queen Ida at GNP Crescendo
Persondata | NAME = Ida, Queen | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = January 15, 1929 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Ida, Queen Category:1929 births Category:Living people Category:American accordionists Category:Zydeco musicians Category:People from Lake Charles, Louisiana
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