I corresponded with his son, 'Chubby ' CARRIER, in January...it was pretty clear that Roy was in a significant health slide.

What a legend....I have all of his CDs, saw him play at Rock n Bowl, the now defunct Ft Lauderdale C & Z Festival, and so on. Roy, Chubby and Dikki Du also did an acoustic 3 row segment on the small and intimate Backwood Stage at Ft. Lauderdale that I'll always remember...was a chance to see them up close and ask questions etc..

.A real gentleman. Always prepared to stop and chat.

That growly triple row sound will remain with me as will his bluesy style Zydeco .

Condolences to his family.

Darryl, Australia.

other posts discussed Zydeco players of being protective of their licks. Roy was kind enough to spend his break time at a Glen Echo gig to show me some stuff on his 3 row. Class act.

Craig

Another Daily Advertiser story about Roy's generosity

Oh man, I didn't know he was sick :( I will miss him, he was truly a great man, and awesome accordion player. He could really wail the Zydeco and Creole with only 3 fingers. Rest in peace friend

What a great gig he did in Saulieu years back.. a real gentleman.. humble and a great showman at the same time ( you can probably remember his Queen Ida imitation? )..

I understood he was Clifton Cheniers cousin?..

Was one of the very few to do PA songs on a triple row..

He will be missed..

G.

mr roy
good guy
wle

Great player: all that with only three fingers on his right hand! He will be missed.

mr roy
nice guy
my *band* played with him
i didn;t get to, since he played my accordion, i had to sit out :)

same with zydeco joe
*they* got to play with him, i had to dance with pretty women
oh well

someone has to do the heavy lifting

anyway, roy will be missed

he played atl a million times
seemed like he;d play anywhere any time even if it was 600 miles from lawtell

wle