Friday, April 4, 7:30 PM
For 50 years, Grammy-winning band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making potent Cajun music and can be credited with taking it from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide.
Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s renowned fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most no-nonsense audience to its feet. The band’s distinctive sound is a stirring mix of New Orleans jazz, blues, rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country, and bluegrass.
At LOH, they are joined by longtime friend Richard Thompson.
Thompson, who was called “the finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix” by the Los Angeles Times, co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ’60s. Thompson and his bandmates were credited with inventing the distinctive strain of British Folk Rock.
He left the group by the age of 21 and what followed was a decade-long musical partnership with his then-wife Linda and more than 30 years as a highly successful solo artist.