(1922-10-16)October 16, 1922 L'Anse aux Vaches, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
July 29, 1995(1995-07-29) (aged 72) Welsh, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
Creole Cajun
Instrument(s)
Fiddle
Labels
Arhoolie, Melodeon, Rounder, Sonet
Musical artist
Canray Fontenot (October 16,[a] 1922[1] – July 29, 1995)[2] was an American Creole fiddle player, who has been described as "the greatest Creole Louisiana French fiddler of our time."[3]
^Savoy, Ann Allen, ed. (1986) [1984]. Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People. Vol. 1. Eunice, Louisiana: Bluebird Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-930169-00-8.
^Barry Jean Ancelet (May 28, 2015). "Fontenot, Canray". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2282899. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
^Harris, Paul (2008). "Biography of Canray Fontenot". Juke Blues (65).
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