Harry Hypolite

Born: April 1937, St. Martinville, La., USA Died: 22 June 2005, Cade, La., USA. Blues guitarist Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite played for eight years with zydeco king Clifton Chenier. After Chenier's death in 1987, he played ten years with C.J. Chenier -- the elder Chenier's son. He also played with his nephew's band, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas for one year. In 2001, Hypolite released his first -- and only -- solo CD, "Louisiana Country Boy," recorded on APO Records of Salinas, Kansas.