Dwayne (Dopsie) Rubin is youngest the son of the late King of Zydeco , Alton Rubin Sr. (aka Rockin' Dopsie). Born March 3rd, 1979, Dwayne Dopsie was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he grew up listening to and playing Zydeco music. At the age of four, he played the washboard like his brother, David, “Rockin' Dopsie Jr.”, but he soon picked up the accordion and followed in his father's footsteps. After traveling the Zydeco circuit with his family, at the age of nineteen, Dwayne started his own band and has continued in the family tradition of entertaining. Currently, Dwayne is burning the trail on several continents touring to support his newest Sound of New Orleans release, Up In Flames. Reviews of both his performances and his newest recording are always glowing. Travelling Man, Dwayne's last release, also received a Grammy pre-nomination in 2006.
Media Highlights Include:
• Community Coffee television commercial (Age six)
• The Dolly Parton Show (Age six)
• CBS This Morning
• The Travel Channel
• Discovery Channel
• 20/20
• Good Morning America
• The Fox Television Network News
• Univision, Rio Das Ostras, Brasil
• Channel 3 Tampa, FL
• MTV Brazil 2004
• 2004 Music for Nikki and Nora filmed in New Orleans to air on UPN Network.
• Programa JO in South America 2004
• The Jamie Kennedy Show - Warner Network
• Block Magazine (Netherlands), 2008 Feature Story
• Rolling Stones Magazine, 2006 New Orleans Jazz Festival
• New Years Hurricane Katrina Benefit for Bear Necessities Cancer Fund
• Mardi Gras Cover Story: Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL
• Cover Story: Times-Picayune 2005 New Orleans Jazz Festival
• Jornal Do Brasil, 2005 Rio Das Ostras Jazz Festival Cover Story
• Cover Story: Standard Examiner for Harvest Moon Festival, Ogden, UT
• The 2003 Louisiana Music Directory cover
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers have also been featured on Playboy's website and have numerous articles published in the New York Times, USA Today, and The Los Angeles Times. Dwayne has also graced the covers of Big City Blues Magazine, The Insiders Guide to Lovin' New Orleans: Visitor Magazine, and Offbeat Magazine.
