Creole-speaking Texan returns to Zydeco Capital Jam

By Rebecca Chaisson on Friday, October 4, 2024
  • Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas.
    Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas.

    Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas. Jackson is the 2014 winner of the Texas Big Squeeze Accordion Contest in the zydeco category. He was a student in the Traditional Music Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. A Creole-speaking n…