The band includes Mark and Ann Savoy and Michael Doucet . Fiddler and vocalist Michael Doucet is a member of Beausoleil , the most well-known Cajun band touring today. The Sioux Bayou Cajun Band from southwest Wisconsin will play for a dance at the Common Ground Cafe in Viroqua, Wisconsin on Friday, November 21.
Food is an additional charge.
Swamp pop is an often overlooked genre of Louisiana music. A mixture of Cajun, zydeco, rockabilly and blues, it developed in the 1950's and has been a tenuous fixture on the music scene since then. He dropped out of the music scene in 1965, but re-appeared about 5 years agoand performed at festivals in Louisiana and in Europe with the reorganized Cookies. Maurine McCort is giving zydeco and Cajun dance lessons this fall. There will be a Halloween Costume Ball in Chicago on Saturday, November 1.