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

Country/Texas swing Cajun

• Hadley J. Castille, fiddle
• Harry Choates, fiddle
• Varise Conner
• Luderin Darbone
• Edwin Duhon ^[7]
• J. B. Fuselier
• Doc Guidry
• Hackberry Ramblers
• Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez
• Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc

Dancehall Cajun

• Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
• Sidney Brown and the Traveler Playboys
• 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"

• Balfa Brothers, fiddlers and guitarists
• Dewey Balfa, fiddle
• BeauSoleil
• Charivari
• Octa Clark
• Michael Doucet, fiddle
• Harrison Fontenot
• Alan LaFleur, upright bass
• D.L. Menard
• Zachary Richard, accordion
• Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author
• Marc Savoy, accordion
• Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
• Feufollet

Contemporary Cajun music

• Christine Balfa
• Lee Benoit
• Joe Hall
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Kevin Naquin
• Pine Leaf Boys
• The Red Stick Ramblers
• The Revelers
• Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
• Joel Savoy, fiddler, music producer
• Wilson Savoy, accordion
• Wayne Toups and his legendary roadie Johnny Opelousas

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
• Doug Kershaw
• Rusty Kershaw
• Mayeus Lafleur
• Sonny Landreth
• Iry LeJeune
• D.L. Menard
• 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 (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
• Sammy Kershaw, country music artist
• Warren Storm, swamp pop musician
• Rufus Thibodeaux, Cajun and country music artist (fiddler)

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, singer, author, and record producer

List of Cajun instrument makers

• Sidney Brown, accordion builder and player
• Andre Michot, accordion builder
• Larry Miller, accordion builder
• Marc Savoy, accordion builder and player, cultural activist

See also

• List of Cajuns
• Cajun French Music Association
• History of Cajun music

References

1. www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"
2. www.cajunculture.com "Breaux Brothers"
3. 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.
4. www.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma" Archived 1999-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Courville, Sady". Archived from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
6. www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
7. www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon" Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
8. www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005" Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

• 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/