Dewey Balfa

Dewey Balfa

Musician · US · 1927–1992

Cajun musicfolk music

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Discography

Albums
Cajun LegendCajun Legend1994

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En bas du chêne vert (Under a Green Oak Tree)En bas du chêne vert (Under a Green Oak Tree)1989

Tracklist not collected yet.

SouvenirsSouvenirs1985

Tracklist not collected yet.

A Couple of CajunsA Couple of Cajuns1981

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Achievements

Award
National Heritage Fellowship

Groups

Played together with

  • Al TharpBeauSoleil
  • Bessyl DuhonBeauSoleil
  • Billy WareBeauSoleil
  • Canray FontenotBeauSoleil
  • David DoucetBeauSoleil
  • Dennis McGeeBeauSoleil
  • Errol VerretBeauSoleil
  • Jimmy BreauxBeauSoleil · 1988
  • Michael DoucetBeauSoleil
  • Mitch ReedBeauSoleil
  • Pat BreauxBeauSoleil
  • Sterling RichardBeauSoleil

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Archive

Passport
Instruments

fiddle

Country

US

Born

1927-03-20

Died

1992-06-17

Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

0000000063016844

Description

American musician

Extract from Wikipedia

Dewey Balfa was an American Cajun fiddler and singer who contributed significantly to the popularity of Cajun music. Balfa was born near Mamou, Louisiana. He is perhaps best known for his 1964 performance at the Newport Folk Festival with Gladius Thibodeaux and Vinus LeJeune, where the group received an enthusiastic response from over seventeen thousand audience members. He sang the song "Parlez Nous à Boire" in the 1981 cult film Southern Comfort, in which he had a small role.

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