Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet (born February 14, 1951 in Scott , Louisiana ) is an American fiddle player and singer-songwriter and an important representative of Cajun music .
Life
Doucet learned Cajun music as a child in his family. He started playing the banjo when he was six and the guitar when he was eight. At the age of twelve he formed a band with his friend Zachary Richard , with whom he played folk rock. In 1974 he went on a trip to France with Richard, where he met young French people who played traditional Cajun music.
After his return to the USA, Doucet settled in Lafayette. He received a Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant and studied with Cajun masters such as Dewey Balfa , Varise Connor , Canray Fontenot , Hector Duhon and above all Dennis McGee . In 1977 he founded the Beausoleil group with Kenneth and Sterling Richard . The group's music combined elements of Cajun music with Zydeco and elements of jazz , blues and country . She has been nominated for a Grammy several times and won the award for Best Traditional Folk Album with the album L'Amour ou la Folie . For the group, Doucet composed titles such as Chanson d'Acadie , Bunk's Blues , Conja , Newz Reel , Quelle Belle Vie , L'Ouragon , and Freeman's Zydeco .
In addition, Doucet forms the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band with Marc and Ann Savoy . He appears as Fiddlers 4 with Bruce Molsky , Darol Anger and Rushad Eggleston . With his wife Sharon Doucet he recorded an album of French nursery rhymes in 1977. His album From Now On , which he recorded with Todd Duke , was nominated for a Grammy in 2008 for "best Zydeco or Cajun album". From 1977 he taught Cajun music in public schools with Dewey Balfa. He later became a professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana .
literature
- Michael McCall, John Rumble, Paul Kingsbury, Vince Gill: "The Encyclopedia of Country Music" , Oxford University Press, 2012, 2nd edition, ISBN 9780199920839 , p. 29
Web links
- Louisiana Folklife Center - Doucet, Michel
- Michael Doucet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Doucet at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doucet, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fiddle player and singer-songwriter and an important exponent of Cajun music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scott , Louisiana |