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by blueorleansradio · 10/04/2012

Grammy-winning bassist Victor Wooten @VictorWooten performs in New Orleans http://nola.tw/Ho

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1958 - Bruce Daigrepont was born on this day. An accordionist and a vocalist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. By 1980 he had his own Cajun band, and was doing a regular Thursday-night fais do do dances at the Maple Leaf Bar. Over the next six years, Bruce Daigrepont almost single-handedly popularized Cajun music and Cajun dancing in cosmopolitan New Orleans. Several of Bruce's compositions such as "Marksville Two Step," "Riviere Rouge" and "Nonc Willie" have entered into the standard Cajun dance band repertoire while other tunes of his such as "Coeur des Cajuns ", "Disco et Fais Do Do" and "Laissez Faire" are now part of the recorded repertoires of bands from other parts of the world. His most popular anthem of Cajun pride, "Acadia a la Louisiane.

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1958 - Bruce Daigrepont was born on this day. An accordionist and a vocalist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. By 1980 he had his own Cajun band, and was doing a regular Thursday-night fais do do dances at the Maple Leaf Bar. Over the next six years, Bruce Daigrepont almost single-handedly popularized Cajun music and Cajun dancing in cosmopolitan New Orleans. Several of Bruce's compositions such as "Marksville Two Step," "Riviere Rouge" and "Nonc Willie" have entered into the standard Cajun dance band repertoire while other tunes of his such as "Coeur des Cajuns ", "Disco et Fais Do Do" and "Laissez Faire" are now part of the recorded repertoires of bands from other parts of the world. His most popular anthem of Cajun pride, "Acadia a la Louisiane.

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