Zydeco Party Band Founder Doug Legacy Performs, Talks Muppets, Disney on The Jim Masters Show

Multi-instrumentalist Doug Legacy is one of the founding members of the the Zydeco Party Band. He has puppeteered background characters on Muppets Tonight and his band were featured as the house band for the show (with Legacy playing accordion). He made a cameo in episode 207 and did the whistling in the "Muppets Tonight Theme". Doug joins award-winning television, radio, multimedia personality and host Jim Masters on this musical episode of The Jim Masters Show LIVE series.

His band, the Zydeco Party Band, also won an Emmy for being the house band for The Late Mr. Pete Show. The band also provide music for Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, and The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, and Sean Hayes.

Outside of the band, Legacy plays a pirate at Disneyland playing sea shanties on accordion and penny whistles.

Doug has been extremely blessed to have been able to work with so many of his heroes; either singing, playing or taking care of their instruments. The first 45 rpm single that he ever bought was by Little Richard and he was also the first rock star he tuned a piano for. Since then, Ihe has have tuned pianos for more awesome musicians than he can possibly remember. Doug also ended up preforming with many of those people. Such as Rod Stewart (he was keyboard tech and steel drummer) and Todd Rundgren whom he was a tech for his band Utopia and then a singer on his tour “A Capella”.

Doug worked for several years with other musicians and finally decided to focus on his own band again. He's had some real adventures including working with Muppets and opening for the Neville Brothers in Europe and Japan.

The current team of musicians that I am working with are top notch and our new album “Lagniappe!” is going to turn some heads!" Doug Legacy

Amazing Career Moments

Z Z Top – worked with art director Bill Narum

Doug performed the song “TUSH” by ZZ Top in the film, “Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, Directed by Rob Reiner

Lucinda Williams – Houston based band together; shared a bill with Clifton Chenier

Rod Stewart – keyboard tech and steel drummer

Delbert McClinton – played keyboards on east coast tour opening for the Allman Brothers

Van Dyke Parks – 1st AFM session – steel drums with live orchestra – still working with him

Brian Wilson – background vocalist on his and Van Dyke Parks collaboration album “Orange Crate Art”

Peter Ivers – steel drums in his band “Iver’s Divers”

E.L.O. – keyboard tech

Barry Manilow – keyboard tech

Kinky Friedman – played keyboards

Jackson Browne – keyboard tech

Stevie Nicks – keyboard tech

Boz Skaggs – keyboard tech

Billy Joel – keyboard tech and played piano on special occasions

Simon and Garfunkel – keyboard tech

Delaney Bramlett – played B3 Hammond organ

Ziggy Modeliste – Ziggy played drums with my steel drum band “The Chili Steel Band”

Ry Cooder – keyboard tech – Ry played accordion and guitar on my “King Cake Party” album

David Lindley – David played guitar and other instruments on my “King Cake Party” album

Jim Keltner – Jim produced and performed on my “King Cake Party” album

Freebo – Freebo was a member of The Zydeco Party Band & produced and performed on my “King Cake Party” album

Jim Wilson – accordionist on his “Cape of Good Hope” album

Ricky Lee Jones – keyboard tech and keyboardist on tour

Bruce Hornsby – keyboard tech

The Tubes – keyboard tech and played synthesizers – I enlisted the band to work on “Hey You”

Utopia – keyboard tech

Todd Rundgren – singer on tour “A Capella” – Todd produced and performed on my album “Hey You!”

Eliza Gilkyson – piano on her “Through The Looking Glass“ album

Oingo Boingo – keyboard tech, accordionist, percussionist and background vocalist

Dick Clark – “The Late Mr. Pete Show”

Jim Henson – “Muppets Tonight”

The Neville Brothers – opened for them in Europe and Japan

Sir Paul McCartney – accordionist and background vocalist

Grant Geissman – accordionist on his album “Bop! Bang! Boom!” Album – Grant played for several years with The Zydeco Party Band and was the guitarist on their album “The Gumbo Brotherhood”

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