Despite hailing from a dynasty of Cajun musicians—great-aunt Cleoma and husband Joe Falcon waxed the first Cajun side “Allons à Lafayette;” grandfather Amédée recorded the original “Jolie Blonde”—Jimmy Breaux has always maintained a quiet presence as one of the genre’s greats. He’s held the accordion chair in BeauSoleil for 20 years now and released two [...]
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BeauSoleil: Beau Brothers
February 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Back in 1986, when BeauSoleil was first starting to tour a lot outside Louisiana, back when the Doucet brothers still had a bit of hair atop their heads, the band played at the Kennedy Center, Washington’s red-carpeted bastion of high culture. BeauSoleil was just a quartet in those days—Michael Doucet on fiddle, David Doucet on [...]
