Rockin' Dopsie

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Old Time Zydeco 00:00 Tools
I Got a Woman 00:00 Tools
Zydeco 'Round the World 00:00 Tools
Zydeco Around the World 00:00 Tools
Mardi Gras In New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Ay Tete Fee 00:00 Tools
My Baby She's Gone 00:00 Tools
They All Ask For You 00:00 Tools
Keep a Knockin' 00:00 Tools
Lucille 00:00 Tools
Please Don't Leave Me 00:00 Tools
Foot Stompin' Zydeco 00:00 Tools
Tous Demandant Pour Toi 00:00 Tools
Ay-Tet-Te- Fee 00:00 Tools
O, O, Ba, Ba 00:00 Tools
Allons a Lafayette 00:00 Tools
Dopsie's Boogie 00:00 Tools
I'm in the Mood for Love 00:00 Tools
Ma Negresse 00:00 Tools
Dopsie's Cajun Stomp 00:00 Tools
The Louisiana Two Step 00:00 Tools
Sweet Lucy 00:00 Tools
Shake Rattle And Roll 00:00 Tools
I'm In The Mood Baby 00:00 Tools
I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Use 00:00 Tools
Make It Hot 00:00 Tools
Zyde-Cool 00:00 Tools
Who's Loving You 00:00 Tools
Who's Lovin' You Tonite 00:00 Tools
Do Right Tonight 00:00 Tools
No Good Woman 00:00 Tools
Run Here to Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Pushin' & Pullin' 00:00 Tools
Down at the Mardi Gras 00:00 Tools
The Back Door 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya 00:00 Tools
Josephine 00:00 Tools
Shake Rattle & Roll 00:00 Tools
Flip Flop and Fly 00:00 Tools
Ay-Te-Te-Fee 00:00 Tools
Why You Do The Things You Do 00:00 Tools
Ella Mae 00:00 Tools
Crazy 'Bout That Married Woman 00:00 Tools
Ay-Tete-Fee 00:00 Tools
They All Asked For You 00:00 Tools
Boogie Woogie Zydeco Man 00:00 Tools
Pushin` & Pullin` 00:00 Tools
Who`s lovin` you 00:00 Tools
Shake, Rattle And Roll 00:00 Tools
Who's Lovin' You 00:00 Tools
Ella May 00:00 Tools
Colinda 00:00 Tools
Rockin Dopsie - Josephine 00:00 Tools
Doin' The Zydeco 00:00 Tools
Tous demandaient pour toi 00:00 Tools
I'm Coming Home 00:00 Tools
I'm In The Mood 00:00 Tools
Zydeco Party 00:00 Tools
Shake, Rattle & Roll 00:00 Tools
Ma Ne Gresse 00:00 Tools
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If Clifton Chenier was the king of zydeco music, Rockin' Dopsie (pronounced doopsie) with his unequaled proficiency on the button accordion was its crown prince. Like Chenier, Dopsie was devoted to preserving the old French songs that form the basis of zydeco. He was born Alton Rubin in Carencro, LA, a small town near Lafayette. He spent much of his childhood picking cotton and working in the cane fields. His father played accordion and performed at local weekend house parties. He frequently brought young Rubin along. His father gave him his first small accordion when Rubin was 14. He then told his son that he must teach himself. A lefty, Rubin played the accordion upside down, learning tunes off the radio. It didn't take long before he began playing parties and gaining a reputation as an even better musician than his father. Alton eventually moved to Lafayette and began performing in blues clubs in the 1950s with his cousin Chester Zeno on washboard. During the day, Alton worked as a hod carrier. He took his stage name from a Chicago dancer who had come to perform in Lafayette. Like his namesake Doopsie, Alton also had a reputation as an excellent hoofer. Later the accordion player was given the name Rockin' to describe his lively playing. Over the years, Rockin' Dopsie performed zydeco in clubs, and despite Chenier's advice, continued working day jobs, eventually becoming an electrical contractor. Through the '50s and '60s, Dopsie occasionally recorded with independent labels. He recorded his debut album with Sam Charters for Sweden's Sonet label. Over the next decade, Dopsie recorded five more albums for the label. Released in Europe, Dopsie soon became an extremely popular performer. He began touring Europe twice annually in 1979. It wasn't until well into the '80s that Dopsie's music began garnering attention back home. His U.S. career got a big boost in 1985 when he recorded "That Was Your Mother" with Paul Simon on the latter's landmark Graceland album. Later Dopsie would also record with other pop singers including Cyndi Lauper and Bob Dylan. He has also done television commercials and appeared in a few films, including Delta Heat. He continued performing and recording through his death in 1993. His son, David Rubin, has become a noted metal washboard player and his other son, Alton Rubin, Jr., is a drummer. Both performed in their father's band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.