The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers), a Grammy
Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, 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 the genre's most imitated, and its 1936 song "Jolie Blon" ?
the group's most cover 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 accordionist Edwin 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, from
Western swing to blues and rockabilly, and much of their sound blends them
all.
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