- Hackberry Ramblers
The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers), a
Grammy Award -nominated Cajun music band based inHackberry, Louisiana , formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music. Its sound has come to be one of thegenre 's most imitated, and its 1936 song "Jolie Blon " — the group's most covered song — ranks as the informal "Cajun national anthem."The group, which continues to tour and perform, has one of the longest histories of a musical group in the United States of America, and while its lineup has changed many times since its conception, its founders — fiddler
Luderin Darbone and accordionistEdwin Duhon — led the band until Duhon's death in 2006. While the roots of the band lie in its Cajun music repertoire, the Ramblers perform a broad swath of American music, fromWestern swing toblues androckabilly , and much of their sound blends them all.The
Country Music Hall of Fame has honored the group; it holds enshrined many of the founding members' instruments.Current members
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Luderin Darbone -Fiddle
*Edwin Duhon -Accordion
*Glen Croker -Electric guitar
*Johnny Faulk -Upright bass
*Ben Sandmel -Drum sGlen Croker's family reported him missing to area media following
Hurricane Rita (September 2005).References
* [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060319-084702-3360r Musician Edwin Duhon dead at 95] United Press International, Inc. Retrieved 20 Mar 2006.
* Sandmel, Ben. " [http://www.homestead.com/cajunzydeco/files/articles/a000118.htm Cajun At The Country Music Hall Of Fame] ". "ZydE-Zine ". Retrieved 14 August 2005.External links
* [http://hackberryramblers.com/ Official Site]
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