David Greely

Baton Rouge local David Greely was raised quite a distance in the Cajun area of his root base. Having no instant connection with the culture’s traditional music, he rather performed his fiddle in search of other styles of music that included gospel, nation, and bluegrass. In 1985, nevertheless, he changed his focus on his ancestors’ Cajun melodies, choosing them up from documented versions just before learning a lot more from individuals who resided about Mamou, LA. A 1992 offer from Louisiana Folklife allowed the aspiring Cajun fiddler to understand from one from the genre’s greatest, Dewey Balfa. The apprenticeship revealed Greely not merely to the tunes from the Cajun people, but additionally to more info about their tradition. In 1988, he helped type the Mamou Playboys with Steve Riley, another of Balfa’s college students. Greely records using the Mamou Playboys, in addition to by himself. He released an recording, La Taille des Ronces, in 1991.