Van Broussard, a bonafide Louisiana blue-eyed soul legend, died at his Prairieville, Louisiana home November 17. He was 83.

Broussard's popularity was unexplainably limited, even in Louisiana. But Van Broussard and his Bayou Boogie Band were an eight-piece powerhouse clad in matching powder blue tuxedos. In my humble opinion, in their prime, their sound was as close to Fats Domino's band as you could get. But outside of...