Theryl declouet biography

23rd July 2018   ·   0 Comments

By Geraldine Wyckoff
Contributing Writer

It’s improbable that Theryl DeClouet ever dreamed that his greatest recognition would come when he hooked up with some young, white musicians half his age who were about to step out to tour nationally on the jam band scene.

That’s just what happened in 1994 when DeClouet, a life-long musician, became the lead singer of Galactic. New Orleans native, Theryl “The Houseman” DeClouet, who gained national fame for his soulful and gritty vocals, died on Sunday, July 15, 2018, at the age of 66.

DeClouet grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans in a home that was filled with music and records.

His mother played piano and he once described how his grandfather and his brothers – Theryl’s uncles—would come over to the house and sing. In the 1970s, DeClouet led an R&B band called the Lyrics