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MARGOT'S LINKS TO
SOME FAVOURITE CAJUN & OTHER MUSICIANS.
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Melbourne based Cajun band - Cajun Roux,
New CD Gumbo now available, 60 minutes of traditional Cajun music, I use this CD for my dance classes, and the band for my Dance displays. The best Cajun traditional band in Australia. With Geoff Le Blanc on Cajun Accordion, (Geoff is a descendant of the Cajun people), Nick Dear on Fiddle, Janet Dear on Vocals and Guitar and Lachlan Dear on Double Bass.
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Balfa Toujours a fantastic Cajun band from Louisiana, Vocalist and Multi-Instrumentalist Christine Balfa , daughter of Dewey Balfa, one of the famous Balfa brothers.
This band performed at the Harrietville Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Convention in 2001, plus an Australian tour including two gigs at the East Brunswick Club Hotel in Melbourne where I had the pleasure of dancing to their great music, and playing rub-board in the support band with Andy Baylor and his Cajun Combo..
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From Louisiana, contemporary Cajun & Swamp Pop band…"at the forefront of the new breed of traditional-but-progressive Louisiana bands.." We were lucky to have them in Melbourne in February 2001. Margot had so much fun dancing until 1am both nights. Margot also got to met them and Cajun dance at the Cajun French Music Awards in Lafayette in Louisiana USA in Sept. 2001, and Festivals Acadiens at Lafayette, in 2003. Current CD's available in Australia through Shock records.
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Andy is a good friend as well as a fantastic musician. Andy gave me my first break into performing with my Rub-board. Andy plays great Cajun, Jazz & Blues music.
Check out his CD - "Arcadiana". His band Andy Baylor and his Cajun Combo play regularly in Melbourne, and always welcomes Margot to play with them..
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Billy Abbott plays in all of these great bands. He has been very supportive of me playing rub-board & I've played with these great musicians numerous times at the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy, and the Central Club Richmond, the Cornish Arms Hotel in Brunswick, and the Nash Hotel in Richmond, doing Zydeco & Cajun music as well as great music to dance to.
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Texperimenti,
Crawfish Dave
& The Nudgells
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A great Cajun accordion player who I met in Louisiana in 2003, and who played at the Festivals Acadiens, which I attended. In the 1970's he played with the legendary Balfa Brothers, and can be seen regularly performing at Randol's Cajun Restaurant in Lafayette, Louisiana. I met up with again in February 2004, and played in his band, and am negotiating to bring him over for the National Folk Festival in Canberra in 2005. Ray is the nephew of the late Nathan Abshire, Accordion player of Louisiana.
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A great Cajun band in Michigan USA led by my friend Garry Kaluzny . Playing good Cajun dance music, and I got to play with them during my visit and attending two Cajun festivals with Garry in 2001. Garry also run a Cajun radio program called Michigumbo that I listen to, at www.wcbn.org
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Jay Cormier, is a great Cajun accordion musician, who plays regularly at the original Cajun Restaurant, Mulate's in Breaux Bridge. On both my stays in Breaux Bridge, Jay has invited me to play in his band with my rub-board. Great Cajun music on a great dance floor, with friendly staff and diners.
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TO SEE MORE GREAT CAJUN & ZDECO MUSIC LINKS CLICK HERE
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