List of people related to Cajun music
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A list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists.
List of Cajun musicians
This is a list of musicians who perform or performed Cajun music. The musicians are not necessarily Cajuns, nor necessarily limited to Louisiana musicians.
Traditional Cajun
- Amédé Ardoin, accordion [1]
- Bois Sec Ardoin
- Cléoma Breaux, guitar [2]
- Joe Falcon, accordion [2]
- Canray Fontenot
- Sady Courville, fiddle[3]
- Dennis McGee, fiddle [4]
- Breaux Brothers, accordion, fiddle, guitar trio [5][6]
- Leo Soileau
- Mayeus Lafleur
- Wade Fruge
- Segura Brothers
- Blind Uncle Gaspard
Country/Texas swing Cajun
- Hadley J. Castille, fiddle
- Harry Choates, fiddle
- Hackberry Ramblers
- J. B. Fuselier
- Varise Conner
- Edwin Duhon[7]
- Luderin Darbone
- Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc
Dancehall Cajun
- Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
- Austin Pitre
- Cleveland Crochet
- Camey Doucet
- Iry LeJeune
- Phil Menard
- Belton Richard, accordion
- Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys
- Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces
Cajun "renaissance"
- Balfa Brothers, fiddlers and guitarists
- Dewey Balfa, fiddle
- BeauSoleil
- Charivari
- Octa Clark
- Michael Doucet, fiddle
- Harrison Fontenot
- Alan LaFleur, upright bass
- D.L. Menard
- The Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Pine Leaf Boys
- The Red Stick Ramblers
- The Revelers
- Zachary Richard, accordion
- Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author
- Joel Savoy, fiddler, music producer,
- Marc Savoy, accordion
- Wilson Savoy, accordion
Contemporary Cajun music
Other Cajun musicians/groups
Solo artists
- Al Berard
- Octa Clark
- Camey Doucet
- L.J. Foret
- J. B. Fuselier
- Blind Uncle Gaspard
- David Greely
- Hunter Hayes [12]
- Doug Kershaw
- Rusty Kershaw
- Gundula Krause
- Mayeus Lafleur
- Sonny Landreth
- Iry LeJeune
- D.L. Menard
- Jimmy C. Newman
- Crystal Plamondon
- Austin Pitre
- Belton Richard, accordion
- Zachary Richard, accordion
- Ann Savoy
- Joel Savoy
- Wilson Savoy
- Phil Underwood[13]
- Amanda Shaw
- Leo Soileau
- Jo-El Sonnier, vocals
- Lawrence Walker
- Kevin Wimmer
- Doc Guidry
Bands
- Balfa Brothers
- Belton Richard and the Musical Aces
- Breaux Brothers
- Hackberry Ramblers
- Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
- Red Stick Ramblers
- The Sundown Playboys
Other Cajun musicians playing non-Cajun music
- Johnnie Allan, swamp pop musician
- Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
- John Fred, swamp pop & rock and roll musician
- Fabian Thibodeaux, art pop and New Age music artist (piano)
- Warren Storm, swamp pop musician
- Rufus Thibodeaux, Cajun and country music artist (fiddler)
- Sammy Kershaw, country music artist
Other related Cajun music producers, authors, folklorists, historians, and activists
- Barry Ancelet, historian
- Richard Guidry, cultural activist
- Harry Oster, LSU folklorist, recorded in the 1950s.
- Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author
- Fabian Thibodeaux, producer of Cajun music[14][15]
- Ryan Brasseaux
- Kevin Fontenot
- Carl A. Brasseaux
List of Cajun instrument makers
- Marc Savoy, accordion builder and player, cultural activist
- Larry Miller, accordion builder
- Andre Michot, accordion builder
See also
- List of Cajuns
- Cajun French Music Association
- History of Cajun Music
References
- ↑ www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 www.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma"
- ↑ "Courville, Sady". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ↑ www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis"
- ↑ www.cajunculture.com "Breaux Brothers"
- ↑ Brasseaux, Ryan, and Kevin Fontenot, Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step, and Swing: A Cajun Music Reader. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007.
- ↑ www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon"
- ↑ Ancelet, Barry. Cajun Music. Journal of American Folklore 107 (1994): 285-303
- ↑ www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/music/halloffame.htm
- ↑ Yule, Ron, Cajun French Music Association Hall of Fame, Lake Charles Chapter, DeRidder, LA: Fiddle Country Publishing, 2004.
- ↑ Yule, Ron, Iry LeJeune: Wailing the Blues Cajun Style, Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State University of Louisiana Press, 2007.
- ↑ www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005"
- ↑ http://cajunmusic.co.uk
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/cajun-folk-music-r932059
- ↑ http://www.isadar.com/cajuncredits.htm