player in southwest Louisiana
, best known for his accordion skills, and television music program.
Aldus Roger was born in Carencro, Louisiana
and learned to play the Cajun accordion at age eight. His father, Francis Roger, didn't want him to play accordion; however, he would borrow it and play in the barn.
Roger led the Lafayette Playboys for over twenty years. During the late 1950s and 1960s, he hosted his own music program on KLFY-TV
10 in Lafayette.
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