# Chubby Carrier

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{{short description|American zydeco musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Chubby Carrier
| birth_name      = Joseph Roy "Chubby" Carrier Jr.
| image           = Chubby_Carrier_knuckleheads.png
| caption         = Chubby Carrier at [Knuckleheads Saloon](/source/Knuckleheads_Saloon) in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri)
| image_size      = 200
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1967|7|1|mf=yes}}
| birth_place     = [Lafayette](/source/Lafayette%2C_Louisiana), Louisiana, United States
| death_date      =
| origin          =
| instrument      = [Accordion](/source/Accordion)
| genre           = [Zydeco](/source/Zydeco)
| occupation      = Musician<br/>singer<br/>songwriter
| years_active    = 1979–present
| label           = Swampadellic
| associated_acts = [Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band](/source/Chubby_Carrier_and_the_Bayou_Swamp_Band)
| website         = [http://www.chubbycarrier.com chubbycarrier.com]
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}

'''Roy "Chubby" Carrier''' is an American [zydeco](/source/zydeco) musician.  He is the leader of [Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band](/source/Chubby_Carrier_and_the_Bayou_Swamp_Band).

== Biography ==
Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name [The Carrier Brothers](/source/The_Carrier_Brothers). He was taught to play [accordion](/source/accordion) by his father, [Roy Carrier Sr.](/source/Roy_Carrier), and played with his father's band at age 12, first on accordion and then on drums. By age 17, he played drums with [Terrance Simien](/source/Terrance_Simien) from 1986 until 1989, then formed a group of his own with his brothers Troy and Kevin.

Carrier's third album, 1993's ''Dance All Night'', was his biggest success.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p717/biography|pure_url=yes}} Chubby Carrier] at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)</ref>

Carrier has made guest appearances on albums by [Tab Benoit](/source/Tab_Benoit) – ''Live: Swampland Jam'', [Doug Kershaw](/source/Doug_Kershaw) – ''Cajun Sweet Home Louisiana'', [Calvin Owens](/source/Calvin_Owens) – ''Stop Lying in My Face'' and [Jimmy Thackery](/source/Jimmy_Thackery) – ''Switching Gears''.

Carrier's 2010 release [Zydeco Junkie](/source/Zydeco_Junkie) won the [Grammy](/source/Grammy) in the category [Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Zydeco_or_Cajun_Music_Album).<ref name="GrammyNom">{{cite web | title = Grammy nods | work = The Daily Advertiser | url = http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20101202/LIFESTYLE/12020338 | accessdate = December 5, 2010 | archive-date = May 6, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200506004450/http://www.theadvertiser.com/errors/404/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Carrier is [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church).<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHEREVER CHUBBY TRAVELS, ZYDECO MUSIC FINDS A HOME |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-08-14-9208120164-story.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=August 14, 1992 }}</ref>

==Discography==
*Go Zydeco Go ([Jewel Records](/source/Jewel_Records_(Shreveport_record_label)), 1989)
*''[Boogie Woogie Zydeco](/source/Boogie_Woogie_Zydeco)'' ([Flying Fish Records](/source/Flying_Fish_Records), 1991)
*Dance All Night ([Blind Pig Records](/source/Blind_Pig_Records), 1993)
*Who Stole the Hot Sauce? (Blind Pig Records, 1996)
*Too Hot to Handle (Louisiana Red Hot Records, 1999)
*It's Party Time (Right Click Records, 1999)
*Take Me to the Zydeco (Swampadelic Records, 2001)
*Ain't No Party Like a Chubby Party (Swampadelic Records, 2005)
*Bayou Road (Swampadelic Records, 2006)
*[Live at Knuckleheads, Kansas City](/source/Live_at_Knuckleheads%2C_Kansas_City) (Swampadelic Records, 2007)
*[Zydeco Junkie](/source/Zydeco_Junkie) (Swampadelic Records, 2010)
*Zydeco Stuff (Swampadelic Records, 2015)

==See also==
[Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band](/source/Chubby_Carrier_and_the_Bayou_Swamp_Band)

==References==
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{{Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band}}
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Category:Zydeco accordionists
Category:Living people
Category:1967 births
Category:20th-century Roman Catholics
Category:21st-century American accordionists
Category:21st-century Roman Catholics
Category:Blind Pig Records artists
Category:Flying Fish Records artists
Category:African-American Catholics
Category:American Roman Catholics

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