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'{{BLP sources|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = Queen Ida | birth_name = Ida Lewis Guillory | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|1|15}} | birth_place = [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | instrument = [[Accordion]] | genre = [[Zydeco]] | occupation = [[Accordion]]ist, [[Record Producer|Producer]] | years_active = 1975 — Present | label = [[GNP Crescendo Record Co.|GNP Crescendo]] | associated_acts = | website = [http://www.cotatifest.com/Queen%20Ida.htm Queen Ida] }} '''Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory''' (born January 15, 1929) is a [[Louisiana Creole]] [[accordion]]ist. She was the first female [[accordion]] player to lead a [[zydeco]] band.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Queen Ida's music is an eclectic mix of [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], Caribbean, and Cajun, though the presence of her accordion always keeps it traditional.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} ==Biography== Born Ida Lee Lewis to a musically talented family in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Queen Ida learned to play accordion from her mother after she spent a few years learning the [[piano]].<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2009_05&type=int National Endowment for the Arts]</ref> Her family moved to [[Beaumont, Texas]], when she was ten and eight years later moved to [[San Francisco, California]]. Her first language is [[French language|French]], and wherever they went, took their [[Louisiana Creole people|Creole]] culture and music with them.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} [[File:Queen Ida concert ticket - 1993 - Stierch.JPG|thumbnail|Queen Ida & her Bon Temps Zydeco Band concert ticket, 1993]] Queen Ida and her band played at the [[Monterey Jazz Festival]] in 1976 and 1988, and the [[San Francisco Blues Festival]] in 1975, 1978, and 1991.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} In 1988, Queen Ida toured [[Japan]], becoming the first zydeco artist to do so. She toured [[Africa]] the following year and in 1990 went to [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} On the [[album]] ''Back on the Bayou'' (1999), Queen Ida got together on the bayou in Louisiana with her brother, Al Rapone, for a zydeco reunion.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Rapone often wrote and produced for her and formed the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, which later became Queen Ida's backup group.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Doubling up on accordions with her oldest son Myrick "Freeze" Guillory, they are joined by Terry Buddingh on bass, James Santiago on guitar, Bernard Anderson on saxophone, Erik Nielsen on drums, and her youngest daughter Ledra Guillory and son Ron "The Rock" Guillory on rub board and vocals.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} As "Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band," the ensemble was the musical guest on [[Saturday Night Live]] on November 23, 1985, with [[Paul Reubens]] as host. Queen Ida also [[author|co-authored]] a [[cookbook]], ''Cookin' with Queen Ida'' in 1990, which featured Creole recipes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Queen Ida continued to perform live through the 2000s, and though she did not release any albums during this period, she has joined her son Myrick and his band onstage. She officially retired from playing in 2010 and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she enjoys cooking for her friends and family. ==Selected discography== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Genre !Label |- |1999 |''Back on the Bayou'' w/Al Rapone |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2265 |- |1995 |''Cookin' with Queen Ida'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2197 |- |1995 |''On a Saturday Night'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2172 |- |1994 |''Mardi Gras'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2227 |- |1990 |''Zydeco a La Mode'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNP 2112 |- |1985 |''Caught in the Act'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2181 |- |1983 |In San Francisco |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2158 |- |1982 |''The Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour'' |Zydeco |GNP Crescendo - GNPD 2147 |- |} ==Awards== ===Grammy Awards=== Won: 1<ref>[http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=Queen+Ida+&x=15&y=6 Grammy Awards Database]</ref><br /> Nominations: 2 {| class=wikitable |- |- align=center |1980 | Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording | ''Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band in New Orleans'' | Zydeco | Nominated |- align=center | 1982 | Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording | ''Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour'' | Zydeco | Winner |- align=center |} ===Blues Music Awards=== Won: 4<ref>[http://www.blues.org/search/handys.php Blues Music Awards database]</ref><br /> Nominations: 6 {| class=wikitable |- | colspan=5 align=center | '''Queen Ida [[Blues Music Awards]] History''' |- ! Year ! Category ! Result |- align=center | 1983 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Nominated |- align=center | 1984 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Nominated |- align=center | 1988 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Nominated |- align=center | 1989 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Winner |- align=center | 1990 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Winner |- align=center | 1991 | Traditional Blues Female Artist | Nominated |- align=center |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.cotatifest.com/Queen%20Ida.htm Queen Ida info] *[http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/queen-ida-biography E-notes: Queen Ida] *[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7OxfbuewmaQ Queen Ida video] *[http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/artist_queen_ida.php Queen Ida at GNP Crescendo] {{Authority control|VIAF=34655760}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Ida, Queen | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American musician | DATE OF BIRTH = January 15, 1929 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ida, Queen}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American accordionists]] [[Category:Zydeco musicians]] [[Category:People from Lake Charles, Louisiana]]'