July 14th 2009, 7-9pm
Music on Mainstreet is proud to present Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew, a fine cajun group that includes outstanding accordian, guitar, fiddle, drums and vocals. The concerts this season are on the front lawn of NBT bank, the corner of Church and Mohawk streets. Rain location is the Arkell Auditorium at the Canajoharie High School, corner of Maple St, Moyer St and Carlisle Road.
Jesse Lége is one of the most admired Cajun accordionists and vocalists from Southwest Louisiana. Beginning with Cajun accordion at age 16, Jesse has been playing traditional Cajun music for over 35 years with a variety of bands in various Louisiana dancehalls. He has garnered numerous Cajun French Music Association awards, known as the “Cajun Grammys”: Traditional Band of the Year, Accordion Player of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Band of the Year, and for “Memoires Dans Mon Coeur,” Song of the Year. He has recorded three CDs with the Lake Charles Ramblers, the Southern Ramblers, and Live at the Isleton Crawdad Festival (Calif.) with master Creole fiddler Ed Poullard. In 1998 he was inducted into the Cajun Music Hall of Fame. Jesse has played many Cajun events in Louisiana and elsewhere in the U.S. and world: Festivals Acadiens, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and the prestigious Chicago Folk Festival, major festivals in CA and FL, and in England and Canada.
This program is made possible through:
New York State Council for the Arts, Regrant Program
Administered by the
TriCounty Arts Council of Fulton-Montgomery-Schoharie Counties
