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  DOUG KERSHAW booking - Country Music Artists, Cajun Music Artists - Corporate Entertainment Booking
Doug Kershaw is considered by most to be the king of the fiddle players.
Doug Kershaw, a key player in the promotion and revival of the formerly disappearing Cajun Culture, was born in Tiel Ridge, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, an island just off the Gulf of Mexico on January 24, 1936 to Rita and Jack Kershaw (...they call my mama Rita and my daddy Jack...).
Doug is the second of four sons, Ed, Doug, Nelson (Pee Wee) and Russell (Rusty).
www.delafont.com /music_acts/doug-kershaw.htm   (543 words)

  
  Doug Kershaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player from Louisiana known as "The Ragin Cajun"
Born Douglas James Kershaw in Tiel Ridge, Cameron Parish in an area known as the Cajun country, his ancestors are Acadians who were part of the Great Expulsion by the British authorities from their homeland in eastern Canada in 1755.
Kershaw capped the year with a much-publicized, week-long, engagement at the Fillmore East in New York as opening act for Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doug_Kershaw   (1095 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw Biography - AOL Music
Kershaw capped the year with a much-publicized, week-long engagement at the Fillmore East in New York as opening act for Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos.
The son of an alligator hunter, Kershaw was the seventh born to a family that eventually included five boys and four girls.
By the time their debut album, Rusty and Doug, was released in July 1964, however, the Kershaw brothers had elected to go their separate ways.
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 Sammy Kershaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Kaplan, Louisiana) is an American Country and Western music singer and songwriter.
When the pressures of growing up fast took their toll in the form of a serious drug and alcohol problem, he quit his bad habits cold turkey in 1988 and took a break from music to work as a remodeling supervisor at Wal-Mart.
One of Kershaw's demo tapes made its way to Mercury Records, which released his debut album in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sammy_Kershaw   (241 words)

  
 Book Doug Kershaw - Corporate Booking Agent for Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw, known as the Ragin Cajun, is considered by most to be the king of the fiddle players.  Since his early days on a Louisiana bayou, he still takes a fiddle beyond what most what most people think possible.
Doug Kershaw, with the energy of a nuclear bomb, plays so incredibly fast that clouds of rosin soar from his horse hair bow, giving the impression that it is smoking!
Doug Kershaw is very personable and remembers his fans, often making himself available after a performance to talk to them.
www.corporatebookingagency.com /Booking-DougKershaw.htm   (355 words)

  
 CMT.com : Doug Kershaw : Biography
Kershaw capped the year with a much-publicized, week-long engagement at the Fillmore East in New York as opening act for Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos.
Despite the demands of his music career, Doug enrolled in McNeese State University and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics.
At the peak of their early career, in 1958, Doug and Rusty decided to simultaneously enlist in the United States Army.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/kershaw_doug/bio.jhtml   (752 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw's Official Website Home Page
Doug LOVES his fans and reads EVERY LETTER and tries to answer each letter personally.
Doug did a live interview on the radio on Tuesday, March 21st.
We’ve found a web site that has photos of Doug and the band when they were performing at the Skagenfest in Denmark.
www.dougkershaw.com   (326 words)

  
 PBS - Austin City Limits
Doug Kershaw, often called the “Ragin’ Cajun,” and Clifton Chenier, the crowned king of Zydeco music, bring their distinctive swamp sounds to Austin city Limits.
Kershaw has been performing since he was nine years old and beginning at the “Bucket of Blood” nightclub in a small Louisiana town.
Kershaw said his music is best described as Cajun rock, combining the influence of the folk music of the French Cajun people of southern Louisiana with a more modern sound.
www.pbs.org /klru/austin/artists/program268.html   (352 words)

  
 Book Doug Kershaw - Booking Entertainment, Corporate, Event, Meeting, Contact for Information
Doug Kershaw, known as the Ragin Cajun, is considered by most to be the king of the fiddle players.
Kershaw, with the energy of a nuclear bomb, plays so incredibly fast that clouds of rosin soar from his horse hair bow, giving the impression that it is smoking!
Kershaw has taken his heritage worldwide with his infectious, foot-stomping sound.
www.grabow.biz /Country/DougKershaw.htm   (363 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw: Flip, Flop & Fly
When Kershaws songwriting talent resulted in a publishing and recording contract, he formed a duo with one of his brothers, and as Rusty And Doug quickly became popular throughout the southern USA.
Three of Kershaws original compositions, "Louisiana Man," "Joli Blon" and "Diggy Liggy Lo," not only became Cajun standards, but have been the subject of numerous cover versions by both pop and country acts.
The brothers embarked on separate careers in 1964, but despite the approbation of their peers, Kershaw did not secure a larger audience until 1968, when he guested on The Johnny Cash Show.
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 Louisiana Man: The Very Best of Doug Kershaw Live specs at MSN Shopping
Louisiana fiddler Doug Kershaw has been performing his brand of energetic hybrid Cajun music for some 50 years now, and this live set, which tackles most songs at a blistering pace, shows that he is far from a one-trick pony.
More topped off by Kershaw's manic fiddle playing, which careens through the arrangements, creating energy and tension.
Kershaw closes the show with his brilliant signature tune, "Louisiana Man," a big hit in 1961 and a deserving standard ever since.
shopping.msn.com /Specs/shp?itemId=2822446   (152 words)

  
 Greeley Tribune - Entertainment
Doug Kershaw -- the Ragin' Cajun -- has been performing since he was 9 years old.
Kershaw, who has lived in the Greeley area for almost 20 years, and his partners hoped to have the restaurant, bar, concert hall opened by Memorial Day weekend, but several problems delayed that until this month.
Kershaw contacted his friend, Paul Prudhomme, a world famous chef in New Orleans, and sent the two to spend three days -- and nights -- in Prudhomme's restaurant to learn Cajun cooking firsthand.
www.greeleytrib.com /article/20050610/ENTERTAIN/106100059   (706 words)

  
 Cajun Greats : Info, Customer Reviews & Bargain Prices : Shopzilla
Doug Kershaw was one of the first Cajun artists to "crossover" to a non-Cajun audience.
Kershaw does not play "pure" Cajun music, but combines country, rock & roll and funk with the earthy fiddle and accordion-driven Cajun folk and dance music he grew up with in Louisiana.
Kershaw's funkier side is evident on "Cajun Boogie Queen," with its loping, Little Feat/Meters-style groove.
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 The Best of Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw has issued many albums over the years, a few of which are starting to show up once again in reissues.
Doug's music in the early - mid 70's was little more than badly executed Nashville product, although proficiently played, sounded like the assembly line that the town's name conjures up.
There are few artists that can get the fiddle to sing like Kershaw, but the best of Doug Kershaw should really be a lot longer and have some live cuts on it.Think of this as an appetizer.
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 Fiddler Magazine - Spring 2003
Doug Kershaw was born on January 24, 1936, in Tiel Ridge, Louisiana, a place he says was not a town as such, but was instead a section of coast on a small island where you could tie up your houseboat.
In 1945, at the age of nine, Kershaw made his debut as a fiddler on the small bandstand at the gruesomely named Bucket of Blood tavern in Lake Arthur, Louisiana.
Doug Kershaw has great commercial success, but many aficionados of the traditional forms sniff that he has lost his Cajun soul in the process, that he has more Branson in his playing than bayou.
www.fiddle.com /issues/spr03.htm   (6318 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw, Nick Kershaw, Nik Kershaw, Sammy Kershaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
doug kershaw It has a vision a plot originally conceived by the...
doug kershaw Her chest and elbows on the quarters he'd bought three!
doug kershaw We're barreling toward the hall until the pocket calculator and...
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 Doug Kershaw's Souvenir Shop - Welcome.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Doug's newest CD "EASY" is now in stock.
We have the largest selection of Doug's souvenirs available anywhere.
Doug travels light (that means he takes the band and his fiddle)
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Doug Kershaw, 88.9 FM KRFC's Live at Lunch on the Road, Avogadro's Number, March 21, 2006.
The Ragin' Cajun himself, Doug Kershaw, played a special Live at Lunch show at Avo's, performing several choice tunes and talking about his restaurant (The Bayou House) in Lucerne and his long, colorful music career.
Kershaw answered interview questions posed by KRFC host Bob Terrell.
www.kingkoncert.com /DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=1447   (200 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Best of Doug Kershaw: Music: Doug Kershaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Doug Kershaw loves, caresses and torments a fiddle the way no man did, no matter where or how he is playing it.
Kershaw simply comes alive before an audience and feeds off their adoration, their amazement.
This is a very good Kershaw album, with all his great - but one has to wonder.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002LI9?v=glance   (1238 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw - 1Branson.com
As for Doug Kershaw, I have no idea who he is.
When the dates are announced please post them.Hope we get there when he's there.Saw him years ago and he put on a really good show.Great cajun music with a good band.Of course he's older now and maybe not so active on stage.Not sure how old he would be.
Doug Kershaw is known as the "Ragun' Cajun".
www.1branson.com /forum/t7248.html   (411 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw's E-Mail
Have you ever had the opportunity to see Doug Kershaw perform or have you had the chance to meet to him?
He does answer his mail, but when he is busy or traveling it takes time for him to answer.
Vous pouvez envoyer à Doug un message de (et ne soyez pas étonnési vous avez des nouvelles en arrière de Doug!)
www.dougkershaw.com /html/e-mail.html   (182 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw: The Ragin' Cajun Live in Concert DVD prices at Smarter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Doug Kershaw: The Ragin' Cajun Live in Concert DVD prices at Smarter.com
Doug Kershaw: The Ragin' Cajun Live in Concert
Cajun superstar fiddler Doug Kershaw tears up the place in this live concert that takes place right on the bayou.
www.smarter.com /sm-doug-kershaw-the-ragin-cajun-live-in-concert-dvd-prices--ch-4_pi-210048.html   (195 words)

  
 Oh Boy Classics Presents: Rusty & Doug Kershaw specs at MSN Shopping
Fiddle player extraordinaire Doug Kershaw is featured with his brother Rusty on these Cajun-drenched country and rockabilly songs recorded in the early '60s for the Hickory label.
Before Doug went on to mainstream success as the Ragin' Cajun in the '70s, he and brother Rusty recorded numerous regional records, some of which gained national attention.
More tracks included here are "Diggy Diggy Lo," "Cajun Joe (Bully of the Bayou)," and the country standard "Louisiana Man," which has been covered through the years by a host of artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Nelson, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Dave Edmunds, and Charley Pride.
shopping.msn.com /specs/shp?itemId=2777701   (160 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw MP3 Downloads - Doug Kershaw Music Downloads - Doug Kershaw Music Videos
This 1999 album finds Kershaw at the top of his well seasoned game, playing and singing with both conviction and abandon.
Kicking off with "Diggy Diggy Lo," Kershaw's fiddle has real bite and a downright nasty tone while his vocals are full of exuberance.
and finished years later by his son) and Fats Domino on "My Toot Toot" are highlights, but every track on this album is an inspired performance, Kershaw pouring his blood and guts into each track on here.
www.mp3.com /albums/348269/summary.html   (335 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Doug Kershaw tickets, dates
Although they intially sang in French, J.D. Miller, owner of the Feature record label, persuaded them to incorporate songs in English into their repertoire.
By the time that their debut album, Rusty and Doug, was released in July 1964, however, the Kershaw brothers had elected to go their seperate ways.
We currently do not have any tickets on sale for Doug Kershaw.
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 Doug Kershaw : Oldies.com
Douglas James Kershaw, 24 January 1936, Tiel Ridge, Louisiana, USA.
This renowned fiddle player and vocalist is a major figure in Cajun, or Acadian circles, the traditional music of Louisiana's French-speaking minority.
When Kershaw's songwriting talent resulted in a publishing and recording contract, he formed a duo with one of his brothers, and with his brother Rusty (b.
www.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_7125.html   (152 words)

  
 Doug Kershaw: The Ragin' Cajun Live in Concert
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 MTV - Music - Artist - Kershaw Doug
An appearance on the premier broadcast of The Johnny Cash Show, on June 7, brought him to the attention of his largest audience and led to a contract with Warner Brothers/Seven Arts.
While it seemed to many rock and pop fans that Kershaw had appeared out of nowhere, he had already sold...
Get ready for Warped Tour, Lollapalooza, and all of the summer's sweetest...
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