Background

Louis was the son of Isidore Barbarin and the younger brother of Paul Barbarin.

Education

He studied under the famed drummer, Louis Cottrell, Senior

Career

He worked with bands of Armand J. Piron, Papa Celestin, Papa French, Preservation Hall, and others until he retired in the mid-1980s due to hearing problems. Oxford University Press. (subscription required).

Achievements

• He spent most of his life playing in his home town of New Orleans, never achieving the fame of his brother, but many of his fellow musicians considered him equal or better as a drummer than Paul.