List of people related to Cajun music
This is 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
- Breaux Brothers, accordion, fiddle, guitar trio [2][3]
- Cléoma Breaux, guitar [4]
- Sady Courville, fiddle[5]
- Joe Falcon, accordion [4]
- Canray Fontenot, fiddle
- Wade Fruge, fiddle
- Blind Uncle Gaspard
- Mayeus Lafleur
- Dennis McGee, fiddle [6]
- Segura Brothers
- Leo Soileau
Amar Ti-Frere Devillier Accordion JOHN HENRY SCOTT-Bass player
Country/Texas swing Cajun
- Hadley J. Castille, fiddle
- Harry Choates, fiddle
- Varise Conner
- Luderin Darbone
- Edwin Duhon[7]
- J. B. Fuselier
- Hackberry Ramblers
- Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc
Dancehall Cajun
- Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
- Cleveland Crochet
- Camey Doucet
- Iry LeJeune
- Phil Menard
- Austin Pitre
- Belton Richard, accordion
- Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys
- Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces
Cajun "renaissance"
- Les Amies Louisianaises
- Balfa Brothers, fiddlers and guitarists
- Dewey Balfa, fiddle
- BeauSoleil
- Charivari
- Bruce Daigrepont
- Octa Clark
- Michael Doucet, fiddle
- Harrison Fontenot
- Alan LaFleur, upright bass
- The Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Chris Miller
- D.L. Menard
- 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
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
- Feufollet
Jerry Devillier Harmonica/Accordion
Contemporary Cajun music
- Barry Jean Ancelet
- Lee Benoit
- Sam Broussard
- Hunter Hayes
- Kevin Naquin
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
- Wayne Toups and his legendary roadie Johnny Opelousas
- Brandon Degeyter
- Seth Spell
- Kegan Navarre
- Tyler Rayon
- Donovan Bourque
- Brandon Broussard
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 [8]
- Doc Guidry
- Marissa Hunter
- Doug Kershaw
- Rusty Kershaw
- Mayeus Lafleur
- Sonny Landreth
- Iry LeJeune
- D.L. Menard
- Gina Forsyth
- Forest Huval
- Jimmy C. Newman
- Austin Pitre
- Crystal Plamondon
- Belton Richard, accordion
- Zachary Richard, accordion
- Ann Savoy
- Joel Savoy
- Wilson Savoy
- Amanda Shaw
- Leo Soileau
- Jo-El Sonnier, vocals
- Lawrence Walker
- Kevin Wimmer
Bands
- Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
- Balfa Brothers
- Breaux Brothers
- Captain Gumbo (a Netherlands band)
- Hackberry Ramblers
- Red Stick Ramblers
- Belton Richard and the Musical Aces
- The Sundown Playboys
- Lisa Haley and the Zydekats
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
- Isadar, real name Fabian Thibodeaux, art pop and new-age music artist (piano)[9][10]
- Sammy Kershaw, country music artist
- Nancy Tabb Marcantel
- Warren Storm, swamp pop musician
- Rufus Thibodeaux, Cajun and country music artist (fiddler)
- Machine, Horn Band, Steve Dugas (Drums), Steve Broussard (Guitar & Vocals), Oran Guidry (Vocals),
Bobby Kimbal (keyboard & Vocals), Jack Rather (Vocals), Steve Morrow (Bass), Willie Trahan (Tenor Sax & Vocals), Bob Mercer (Trombone), Jeffrey Fournet (Alto Sax & Vocals). Frank Ball (Guitar & Vocals), Kirk Boudreaux (Organ), Sam Broussard (Guitar), Kirk Dubois (Guitar) The "Incredible" Julius Farmer (Bass), Sonny Landreth (Guitar), "Allen Wayne" Michon (Vocals) Ralph Mier (Organ & Vocals), Ray Salazar (Keyboards and Vocals), Danny Zeringue (Drums)
Other related Cajun music producers, authors, folklorists, historians, and activists
- Barry Ancelet, folklorist, cultural activist
- Ryan Brasseaux, cultural historian
- Carl A. Brasseaux, historian
- Kevin Fontenot, historian
- Richard Guidry, cultural activist
- Harry Oster, LSU folklorist, recorded in the 1950s
- Ann Savoy, guitarist, Rlsinger,
List of Cajun instrument makers
- Andre Michot, accordion builder
- Larry Miller, accordion builder
- Marc Savoy, accordion builder and player, cultural activist
References
- www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"
- 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.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma" Archived 1999-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- "Courville, Sady". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
- www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon" Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005" Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/cajun-folk-music-r932059
- http://www.isadar.com/cajuncredits.htm
- 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.
- http://www.zydecocajun.com/
Isom Fontenot Harmonica/Other instruments
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