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Nathan Williams was born on 1963 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S., is an American zydeco musician. Discover Nathan Williams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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1963

Nathan Williams Sr. (born March 24, 1963) is an American zydeco accordionist, singer and songwriter.

1985

He established his band Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas in 1985.

Williams grew up Catholic in a French Creole-speaking home in St. Martinville, Louisiana, the youngest of seven children.

Williams lost his father when he was seven years old.

He developed his musical sensibility in his hometown, a place rich in folk tradition, following in the footsteps of his uncle, the Creole guitarist Harry Hypolite, who was a band member with both Clifton Chenier and later with his son C. J. Chenier.

The young Williams eagerly sought out the music of zydeco originators such as Chenier.

When he was too young to attend a Chenier dance at a St. Martinville club, he hovered by the window-sized fan at the back of the building to hear his idol, only to have the bill of his baseball cap clipped off by the fan when he leaned too close.

When he was 13, Williams moved to Lafayette, Louisiana to live with his older brother Sid and his wife.

He worked in Sid's grocery store.

Later, while recovering from a serious illness, Nathan decided to dedicate himself to learning the accordion.

He began practicing in the bathroom because he did not want anyone to hear him play.

His main mentor was Buckwheat Zydeco, although his biggest influence was Chenier.

Sid Williams purchased his brother's first accordion from Buckwheat Zydeco.

Williams began playing professionally around the age of 21.

Just five years after graduating from high school, Williams was recording 45s on his brother's El Sid independent record label.

Sid opened a club in Lafayette, El-Sid-O's, and Nathan became a regular Friday night performer there.

Williams got his lucky break after Buckwheat Zydeco had left Rounder Records for Island Records.

Rounder was in need of an accordionist to fill a spot on a project they had lined up.

Buckwheat Zydeco suggested Williams for the position; he auditioned and got the recording contract.

In 1985, he formed his band, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, with which he plays to this day.

Williams named the band after a Chenier instrumental song.

1988

In 1988, Williams and the band performed for the first time at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

1992

The Cha Chas played at the New Orleans Rock n' Bowl for the first time in November 1992.

1993

After their successful performances as well as those by John Delafose and Beau Jocques, the venue began to host zydeco bands every Thursday night beginning in spring 1993.

1995

On his 1995 album Creole Crossroads, Williams teamed up with Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet from the band BeauSoleil.

At the time, collaborations between zydeco and Cajun musicians were rare.

1996

The Cha Chas performed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Internationally, he has performed in Austria, Spain, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Turkey and Germany, among others.

They were the first zydeco band to perform in Poland.

From its inception, the band has included members of the Williams family, with Nathan on accordion and lead vocals, older brother Dennis Paul Williams on guitar, first cousin Mark Anthony ("Chukka") Williams on rubboard, and brother Sid as manager.

Other Williams family band members have included his son, accordionist and keyboardist Nathan Williams Jr., cousin Allen Williams on bass, nephew Djuan on rubboard and accordion.

Non-family band members have included bassists Paul Newman and Wayne Burns, drummers Herman "Rat" Brown and Gerard St. Julien Jr., Clifford Alexander on rubboard, and Allen "Cat Roy" Broussard on saxophones.

1997

In 1997, Williams released a live album recorded at the club, titled I'm a Zydeco Hog: Live at the Rock 'N' Bowl, New Orleans.

2008

In 2008, Williams played accordion on Buddy Guy's album Skin Deep.

2018

Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas performed at the 30th anniversary celebration of the venue in November 2018.

Early in his career, The New York Times wrote that the then-25 year old Williams was "poised to become important; already he is being mentioned as one of the people revitalizing the genre".

A few months later, the newspaper described him as "rightly considered one of the best young zydeco musicians in Louisiana".

His musical style combines elements of zydeco, jazz, blues and R&B.

Williams writes most of the band's original tunes.

For more than three decades, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas have toured widely, performing at venues as diverse as his brother's convenience store in Lafayette, Louisiana to the Lincoln Center in New York and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.