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    • Michael Doucet - Learn an easy Cajun tune on violin
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In this Masterclass, Michael Doucet, The GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, artist, and legendary Cajun musician teaches us an easy Cajun tune/loosening up song called Catch My Hat that will get the juices flowing.  

After Michael talks a bit about the history of the tune and Cajun music in general, he will go over each part of the 2 part song with you.  


PicturePhoto Courtesy of The Roots Agency
About Michael Doucet (of the band Beau Soleil): For the past 45 years, Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, to Carnegie Hall, then all the way across the pond to Richard Thompson’s Meltdown Festival in England.

Their most recent album and the 25th in their 45-year career,  was titled “From Bamako to Carencro,” alluding the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro), a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleil’s roots. Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a GRAMMY with “L’amour Ou La Folie” (their Traditional Folk Album – 1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010, “Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including twelve GRAMMY nominations. They are regular guests on Garrison Keillor’s NPR show A Prairie Home Companion, where Keillor has dubbed them as “the best Cajun band in the world,” and their music is so integral to the Cajun culture that they have been featured on the New Orleans–based hit HBO program “Treme”. Critics unanimously agree that it is “bon temps, every time they play,” (New York Times).

In addition to their show, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet created their own Christmas performance, “14 Cajun Christmas”.  A detour from the routine path of holiday musical fare, “14 Cajun Christmas” presents his beloved ensemble performing selections from their rich catalog alongside Bayou flavored versions of classic holiday tunes. Expect both the familiar and some surprises for a ”cool-yule” of an evening!

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
(Bio and photo from The Roots Agency).  



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    • Why Rent from Stamell Strings? >
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      • Enhanced Insurance Plan for Renters
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    • Cases
    • Chinrest Comforters
    • Endpin Stops
    • Humidifiers
    • Gift Certificates
    • Masks
    • Metronomes and Tuners
    • Mutes
    • Rosin
    • Sheet Music
    • Suzuki Books
    • Shoulder Rests
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    • Try Our Instruments
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    • Appraisals and Evaluations
    • Bow Rehairs
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    • Schedule an appointment
  • Make an appointment
  • Stamell Strings Masterclasses
    • Craig Eastman Fiddle Masterclass
    • Scott Slapin Masterclass: Discussion of the Opening of Bach's First Sonata
    • Natalie Haas Masterclass
    • Randal Bays teaches a traditional Irish tune
    • Gideon Freudmann teaches "Blue Stew" on cello
    • Michael Zaretsky - Bach Kodaly Chromatic Fantasy
    • Michael Doucet - Learn an easy Cajun tune on violin
    • Colleen Jennings Masterclass: A Daily Practice For String Players