Billy Lee Corwin
STYLE OF MUSIC
Gulf Coast: a gumbo of Cajun/Zydeco/Mardi Gras
Five to Seven Band Members: Accordion, fiddle, scrub board, bass, guitar, drums--trombone and clarinet/sax optional
SPECIALTY
Tight three-part vocal harmonies & original songs
Raised in the Cajun Triangle
Plays traditional Cajun and Zydeco music
Sings in Cajun French
Band plays mostly original songs
Coordinates dance instruction for the
Bon Temps Social Club in Balboa Park
Writer/Performer of the theme song for Six Flags America’s “Mardi Gras Theme Park” — April, 2014
This song is being played on a loop repeated throughout the park, used in their play, and featured in their parade twice daily with 20 dancers choreographed to the words!
”One of the top three shows of the last two years"
–Dane Wostenberg
-Technical Director
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
“The best band that has EVER played here"
–Gary Blade
Owner, Chateau O'rleans, Pacific Beach, CA
Past Performances
Glastonbury Festival , U.K.
Americana Festival International, U.K.
CA Center for the Arts, Escondido
Gator-by-the-Bay Festival
Simi Valley Crawfish Festival
Long Beach Zydeco/Cajun/Blues Festival
Scripps Birch Aquarium
December Nights in Balboa Park
San Diego Chargers Game-- Qualcomm Stadium
Hot Blues Engines Festival
Bird Park Summer Concert
Trolley Barn Park Summer Concert
Warner Springs Resorts
Sycuan Casino
Paradise Casino
Adams Avenue Festival
Roots Festival
Mardi Gras Gaslamp
Gas Lamp Quarter