Courtney Granger, fiddler, singer and a member of both the Pine Leaf Boys and Balfa Toujours, died on September 18 of a suspected blood clot from complications of diabetes at the age of 39. A native of Eunice, Louisiana, Granger hailed from a long line of Cajun musicians and was the great-nephew of the late Dewey Balfa.

In 1996 at the age of 13, Granger joined Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys and released the self-titled album on Floyd Soileau's Acadian...