Artists

A brief history… Dave Petitjean Jr. was born in Rayne, Louisiana in 1928 His parents were Dave Sr. and Mary Petitean, who ran a warehouse that stored crops for local farmers. Influenced by Louisiana humorists Bud Fletcher and Justin Wilson, Petitjean, with his Acadian ancestry, found he could mimic the Cajun dialect and started telling

A brief history… D.L. (Doris Leon) Menard, a carpenter by trade, was born on April 14, 1932, in Erath, LA.On stage and off, he is an old-fashioned teller of tall tales. When asked what D.L. stands for, he replies, “Darn Lucky.” D.L.’s earliest inspiration was furnished by his father, who played harmonica, and an uncle

A brief history… Although Cajun music was the folk (and only) music of a greater part of southwest Louisiana for two hundred years, it was virtually unknown outside of the area until the late 1920s and early ’30s, when some 78-rpm records published. Cajun music made it’s live debut when the Mamou Cajun Band –

A brief history… The original “Cajun Party Band,” now known as “Cypress City,” began entertaining audiences in 1985. Within a short time, The Party Band  was widely recognized for it’s uniquely entertaining, energetically laid-back, good-time style of performances. Cypress City “spreads it thick” when it comes to it’s roots. The guys are hardly Cajun traditionalists

A brief history… The Creole Zydeco Farmers is composed of veteran musicians who have cultivated their musical talents in Lafayette, Louisiana. Together for over 10 years, the band began their careers as back up musicians for accordion great Fernest Arceneaux and spent their early days picking up dates with such zydeco legends as Rockin’ Dopsie,