“I moved back to Louisiana about 1986–87. I had met Steve Riley and he used to sit in with me at lunch time at Mulate’s in Baton Rouge. We were offered a night to have a band and play dance music for Mulate’s. Steve hired a couple of guys and we had a band. It took off like a rocket. We played the Liberty Theatre and after Barry [Ancelet] heard us, he invited us to play Festivals Acadiens.

The Balfa Brothers were the first Cajun band that really cause...