Dubbed “the gentle giant of guitar” by the esteemed producer Allen Toussaint, Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal died at his Lafayette home June 10, after a lengthy illness. He was 75.

Well known as a versatile, hard-working guitarist whose career spanned six decades, Sinegal played with virtually every South Louisiana R&B, zydeco, blues and swamp pop artist. In the 1990s, he often played with over a half-dozen different grou...