Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory, born January 15, 1929 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is an American zydeco accordionist. Raised in a musical family, she learned to play the accordion from her brother Al Lewis. In 1976, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band signed with GNP/Crescendo Records and released their debut album Play the Zydeco. The band performed at notable festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1976 and 1988, and the San Francisco Blues Festival. Queen Ida's international tours included Japan in 1988, Africa in 1989, and Australia and New Zealand in 1990. She received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2009.
