CC Adcock & The Lafayette Marquis

C. C. Adcock, born Charles Clinton Adcock in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a rock and roll musician associated with cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop influences. He is also known for helping to preserve and promote swamp pop music, although he describes his own guitar-led approach as harder-edged and not simply swamp pop.

Solo work and recordings

Adcock records as a solo artist and under the name CC Adcock & The Lafayette Marquis. His self-titled album C. C. Adcock appears in 1994 on Island, later reissued in 2000 on Evangeline as House Rocker. He also releases Lafayette Marquis on Yep Roc in 2004.

Collaborations and associated acts

He produces albums for artists including Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys and Doyle Bramhall. He also records and performs with the south Louisiana group Lil' Band of Gold, which includes Warren Storm, Steve Riley, Richard Comeaux and David Egan. He appears frequently with swamp pop veterans including Storm, Rod Bernard and Tommy McLain, and in the 1990s he helps bring King Karl and Guitar Gable out of retirement.

Adcock performs regularly with Lil' Buck Senegal's Cowboy Stew Blues Revue in Lafayette. He also makes guest appearances on recordings by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Ani DiFranco on Red Letter Year, and Bramhall.

Screen work and soundtrack appearances

Adcock co-produces the documentary Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey, which premieres at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in 2009. He also records the song “Bleed 2 Feed” for the HBO series True Blood soundtrack and appears on the series with his band.