List of people related to Cajun music explained

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

Dancehall Cajun

Cajun "renaissance"

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

Bands

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

References

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/

Notes and References

http://www.cajunculture.com/People/ardoinamede.htm www.cajunculture.com "Ardoin, Amédé"
http://www.cajunculture.com/People/BreauxBrothers.htm 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.
http://www.cajunculture.com/People/falconcleoma.htm www.cajunculture.com "Falcon, Joseph and Cléoma"
Web site: Courville, Sady. 2010-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061214103824/http://www.cajunculture.com/People/CourvilleSady.htm . 2006-12-14.
http://www.cajunculture.com/People/mcgeedennis.htm www.cajunculture.com "McGee, Dennis"
http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/Heritage02/Darbone.html www.nea.gov "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon"
http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/hhayes.htm www.lsue.edu "Hunter Hayes in 2005"