Chad Huval, our first grant-funded performer, will be unable to be with us this week so he is sending a wonderful replacement for the entertainment of our patrons both young and old. We will have a rare opportunity to enjoy accordion music and more by one of the members of the world-renown Pine Leaf Boys – drummer, vocalist and accordionist, Drew Simon.
Performances: Wednesday, 6/14/23 – Pine Prairie Branch @ 10 am, Mamou Branch Library @ 2pm. Thursday, 6/15/23, Basile Branch Library @ 10 am, Ville Platte Main library @ 2 pm.
| Drew Simon was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and developed an interest in Cajun music in his late teens. At 18, he started playing drums and singing with his brother in a local group called Acadien. Soon after, he learned how to play the accordion, guitar, and bass and developed a great passion for singing some of the forgotten Cajun classics by the likes of Belton Richard, Lawrence Walker, Philip Alleman, Vorence Barzas and the Balfa Brothers. Drew is strictly a traditionalist, playing and singing in a style which has been described as a “simple, older, blue collared Cajun.” As he sits behind the drum set or the accordion, he hopes to bring back some of the memories, spirit, and soul of a generation long ago, of Cajun musicians who told their life sorrows and pains through their music. He is currently a graduate in Anthropology. |
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