Tag: cajun
Ann Savoy Collection: On Angelas LeJeune
Finding living relatives of Angelas LeJeune, one of my favorite early Cajun recording artists, was a bit tricky. I went to Church Point and I found his nephew Dewey LeJeune and his wife Carrie Miller who had photos of him.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Nathan Abshire
I never got to interview Nathan though I had a tape of an interview he did with Shirley Bergeron. Fortunately, Floyd Soileau offered to take me over to see Nathan’s wife, Olla. Olla took out her old photos and we had a great time talking.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Sidney Brown
Sidney Brown was not only one of the first people to recreate the diatonic Cajun accordion in southwest Louisiana but had a very popular band in the Lake Charles area.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Amédé Ardoin
My friends Bois Sec and Marceline Ardoin told me that they knew the woman that renowned Creole artist Amédé Ardoin had always loved and that she was alive and had a photo of Amédé!
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Douglas Bellard
Douglas Bellard was the first Black man to record Creole music in this area. In Vol 1 I put the lyrics to his two released songs and a beautiful portrait of him.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On The Babineaux Family
I went to Rayne in search of information about the Babineaux family who had a popular stringband there in the 1940’s. Somehow I found a relative of Sidney Babineaux, Wanda Wilson, who had a wonderful box of photos of the Babineaux family that she shared with me for my book.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Austin Pitre
Though I never personally met Austin I had heard him play at the Evangeline Club in Eunice. Marc and I stopped in one Sunday afternoon and entered a pitch black room, freezing cold due to the air conditioning. The music was rocking and the dance floor was packed.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Harry Choates
I had to interview several people to get enough info about Harry Choates. There were still plenty of people living who had played with him and watched him develop into the dynamo musician he became.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: On Blind Uncle Gaspard
I drove the two hour trip to the Avoyelles region in search of traces of Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney. The recordings of Blind Uncle Gaspard had always been my favorite Louisiana recording due to their uniqueness and haunting, strange quality of sound.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Ann Savoy Biography
Ann Savoy Biography Ann Allen Savoy, a native of Richmond, Virginia, moved to Louisiana in 1977 and began photographing and documenting Cajun music and Cajun musicians....
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