Willis Prudhomme

One bridge between traditional Zydeco music and more modern influences has been provided by accordionist and vocalist, Willis Prudhomme. The leader of his own band, since the early '70s, Prudhomme received his greatest exposure when he and his band were invited to perform in the 1993 film, Passion Fish. The brother of Charles Prudhomme, guitarist for John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys, and, Joseph "Slim" Prudhomme, who plays bass in his band, Prudhomme grew up in an impoverished sharecropping family. Originally a harmonica player, he was encouraged by his brothers to swit...