Editing Rockin' Sidney (section)

===Zydeco===
In the late 1970s Sidney was performing solo organ gigs at [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] hotels and lounges when he recognized zydeco's growing popularity. Floyd Soileau takes partial credit, saying "I suppose it was the mid-'70s when I suggested that he pick up the accordion and start doing zydeco which was then making a comeback." Sidney quickly added the instrument to his repertoire and made that traditional folk music of Louisiana his focus. Zydeco was long familiar to him, from his [[Louisiana Creole people|Creole]] heritage. His [[Clifton Chenier]] and [[Buckwheat Zydeco]] parodies became one of his performance highlights. For Chenier, Sidney dressed up as the zydeco monarch, complete with a crown, cape and gold tooth. The Buckwheat bit was done with a [[ventriloquism|ventriloquist dummy]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} His first zydeco album, ''Give Me a Good Time Woman'' was released in 1982 on the [[Maison de Soul]] label. 
 
"He already knew keyboards and that was half the battle," said Soileau. In the late 1970s, Sidney was recording for a new label, Bally Hoo, and started his own publishing company, Sid Sim Publishing. His zydeco talents were immediately recognized and he had another hit with "Louisiana Creole Man." He also signed a lease agreement with Floyd Soileau to distribute his recordings on Soileau's Maison de Soul Records label, giving Soileau's Flat Town Music Company a share of the profits.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} By the early 1980s, Sidney had recorded two successful albums for Maison de Soul, ''Give Me A Good Time Woman''<ref name="Larkin"/> and ''Boogie, Blues 'N' Zydeco''.