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Goldman Thibodeaux Inducted Into The Acadian Museum Order of Living Legends

Goldman Thibodeaux Inducted Into 
The Acadian Museum Order of Living Legends

Creole Musician Recognized for 
His Contributions to Zydeco and Creole Music


December 14, 2019


by Rod Sias
www.ZydecoOnline.com
Uniting The Zydeco Nation



Creole Musician and lead accordionist for Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys was inducted into the Acadian Museum's Order of Living Legends
on Saturday, December 14, 2019

Creole Musician and lead accordionist for Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys was inducted into the Acadian Museum's Order of Living Legends on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the St. Landry Parish Visitor's Center during it's "Jammin' on the Bayou and Goldman Event."

Former Poet Laureate of Louisiana, Darrel Bourgue in his written tribute to Goldman  Thibodeaux stated that "he (Goldman  Thibodeaux) is of mixed Creole and Cajun bloodlines and represents the best of both cultures, as well as, more broadly, Louisiana's gumbo cultures and America's melting pot cultures....Goldman preserved the native music of his culture and time, Louisiana LaLa music. He played in a mixed race band echoing Ardoin's experiences (and a part of Ardoin's demise), and carried on the music traditions of his other grandparent, Joseph "Bébé" Carrière and his uncle Éraste Carrière."



Theresa Thibodeaux (Goldman's Wife) (l), Goldman Thibodeaux (c), Darrel Bourgue
at the St. Landry Parish Visitor's Center


Goldman Thibodeaux (age 83) was born in 1936 in the rural community of Mallet near Lawtell, Louisiana.  "I am descended from one of the children with (his grandfather, Theodule Thibodeaux (Cajun) his Cajun wife, Philomene Latliolais; Goldman is descended from one of 4 children he Theodule Thibodeaux) fathered with his Creole neighbor, Marie Ophelia Richard."

Goldman Thibodeaux began learning and playing Creole "la la" music at a very young age and was heavily influenced by his Creole grandparent Joseph "Bébé" Carrière, his uncle Éraste Carrière and the great Amede' Ardoin.  He is the last living person in the Zydeco Nation to have seen and heard Amede' Ardoin perform live and his passion to play Creole music was inspired by occasionally carrying the accordion of Amede' Ardoin. 


Goldman & Guyland CD
Teaching The Young

Mr. Goldman remembers, "waiting as an 8-year-old under a china ball tree, watching him (Amede Ardoin) come up the road on horseback, his accordion hanging beside him in a flour sack. He was coming for a Sunday afternoon house party, and for three hours he sat in a corner and played, making up songs on the spot.  “Amédé...he could put the words in a way, the girl knew he was talking about her, the man knew he was talking about him, but he wouldn’t name anybody’s name.”


Goldman Thibodeaux first began performing a full band at the age of 14 in his brother-in-law's band for the next 20 years.  In 1966, Goldman Thibodeaux played with the Lawtell Playboys along with Eraste Carriere, Calvin Carriere, and BeBe Carriere. Just before Calvin died in 2002, he asked Goldman to continue the Lawtell Playboys, the name they used when they began the group in 1946.




Zydeco in Opelousas, Louisiana with 
Goldman Thibodeaux & Guyland Leday

As lead accordionist for Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, he has carried on the old Creole "la la" music tradition by playing regularly at Festivals Acadiens et Creole, Vermilionville, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the NSU Folk Festival, the Cane River Music Festival, the Creole Heritage Folk Life Center's Sharecroppers Day Festival in Opelousas, the Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week, the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival, the Holy Ghost Creole Festival in Opelousas, St. Ann's Church Bazaar in Lawtell as well as a host of festivals and events local and nationwide.

Goldman Thibodeaux has mentored many Zydeco Musicians like Guyland Ledet, Corey Leday and Cedric Watson.  He received the Richard J. Catalon Sr. Creole Heritage Award in 2012.  In 2014, he was presented the Louisiana Folk Life Heritage Award as part of the Louisiana Culture Awards by Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne.  He has written and recorded over 35 Creole Waltzes and two-steps and recorded three CDs.



Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys
performing  - "La Valse a Austin Ardoin" (Amédé Ardoin)
at the Cane River Music Festival
May 14, 2016


Congratulations Mr. Goldman Thibodeaux 
and Thank You for Keeping Our 
Creole Roots Proud and Strong!!!

#GoldmanThibodeaux  #CreoleMusic  #ZydecoNation
Goldman Thibodeaux Inducted Into The Acadian Museum Order of Living Legends
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