The Cajun French Music Association is an association dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Cajun music and culture.

History

The Cajun French Music Association is a non-profit organization of Cajuns and non-Cajuns whose purpose is to promote and preserve, not only Cajun music

Cajun music

Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin...

, but also various aspects of the Acadian

Acadian

The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...

 Heritage. The CFMA was founded in Basile, Louisiana

Basile, Louisiana

Basile is a town in Acadia and Evangeline parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 1,660 at the 2000 census.The Acadia Parish portion of Basile is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 in November 1984 with Harry LaFleur of Eunice, Louisiana

Eunice, Louisiana

Eunice is a city in Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 11,499 at the 2000 census.The St...

 as its founder. Since its beginning with less than 30 members, the association has grown to a membership of approximately 2,000 families, serving seven chapters in Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

, three chapters in the Cajun region of Southeast Texas

Southeast Texas

Southeast Texas is a subregion of East Texas located in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The subregion is geographically centered around the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown and Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan areas...

, and a chapter in Chicago, IL.

1997

• Fernest Abshire
• Nathan Abshire
  Nathan Abshire
  Nathan Abshire was an American Cajun accordion player who, along with Iry LeJeune, was responsible for the renaissance of the accordion in Cajun music in the 1940s....
  
  
• Amedee Ardoin
• Dewey Balfa
  Dewey Balfa
  Dewey Balfa was an American Cajun fiddler and singer who contributed significantly to the popularity of Cajun music. Balfa was born near Mamou, Louisiana...
  
  
• Alpha Bergeron
• Shirley Ray Bergeron
• Joe Bonsall
• Amedee Breaux
• Sidney Brown
• Vin Bruce
  Vin Bruce
  Ervin "Vin" Bruce is one of the first Cajun musicians to appear on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry.-Biography:Bruce was born in Cut Off, Louisiana). His father, Levy Bruce, worked as a trapper and fisherman, and played fiddle at local Cajun dances, usually held in someone's front room...
  
  
• Harry Choates
  Harry Choates
  Harry Choates was an American Cajun music fiddler....
  
  
• Octa Clark
  Octa Clark
  Octa Clark was an American Cajun accordion player. Clark was a local Lafayette area musician and made three recordings of Cajun music.Clark is buried in Maurice, Louisiana....
  
  
• Elton (Bee) Cormier
• Lesa Cormier
• Lionel Cormier
• Camey Doucet
  Camey Doucet
  Camey Joseph Doucet is a Cajun musician and disc jockey. Doucet has been twice honored by the Cajun French Music Association being inducted into the hall of fame in its inaugural year in 1997 and awarded for Continuing Contribution to Cajun Music in 2004....
  
  
• Jerry Dugas
• Joe Falcon
  Joe Falcon
  Joe Falcon is a former US middle distance runner whose greatest success was his victory in the 1990 Oslo Dream Mile with a time of 3:49.31 minutes, which was the fastest mile in the world in 1990. In the course of the race, he ran a personal best over 1500 m of 3:33.6...
  
  
• Ledel (Blackie) Forestier
• Oran (Doc) Guidry
• Adam Hebert
• Leroy (Happy Fats) Leblanc
• Iry LeJeune
  Iry LeJeune
  Iry LeJeune was one of the best selling and most popular Cajun musicians in the mid to late 1940s into the early 1950s....
  
  
• Rodney Lejeune
• Dennis McGee
  Dennis McGee
  Dennis McGee was one of the earliest recorded Cajun musicians.A fiddle player, he recorded and performed with black Creole accordionist and vocalist Amédé Ardoin, with accordionist Angelas LeJeune, and with fiddlers Sady Courville and Ernest Frugé...
  
  
• D.L. Menard
  D.L. Menard
  Doris Leon "D. L." Menard is one of the most important songwriters and performers in Cajun music. He has been called the "Cajun Hank Williams" because of the country-tinged sound of his voice and music.-Biography:...
  
  
• Walter Mouton
• Austin Pitre
• Belton Richard
  Belton Richard
  Belton Richard is a Cajun accordionist. He is known for his baritone vocal range.-Biography:Richard was born in Rayne, Louisiana in 1939. He began to play the accordion at age seven, and at 12 he started playing with 'Neg Halloway and the Rayne Playboys. He founded The Musical Aces in 1959 after...
  
  
• Aldus Roger
  Aldus Roger
  Aldus Roger was a Cajun accordion player in southwest Louisiana, best known for his accordion skills, and television music program.-Early life:...
  
  
• Floyd Soileau
  Floyd Soileau
  James Floyd Soileau is an American record producer.Soileau was born November 2, 1938, in Faubourg, a small community between Ville Platte and Washington, Louisiana. He grew up speaking Cajun French and did not speak English until attending school at the age of 6 years...
  
  
• Lawrence Walker
  Lawrence Walker
  Lawrence Walker was a Cajun accordionist born near Duson, Louisiana. He is known for his original songs, including Reno Waltz, Evangeline Special, Bosco Stomp, and Mamou Two Step.-Biography:...
  
  

Fiddler of the Year 1994-2009

• 2009 Travis Benoit
• 2008 Joel Savoy
  Joel Savoy
  Joel Savoy is a Cajun musician and music producer from Southwest Louisiana. His father Marc Savoy, famous accordion builder and musician, and his mother, Ann Savoy, author and music producer, are well known ambassadors and supporters of preserving the Cajun culture.-History:Joel Savoy was born in...
  
  
• 2007 Al Berard
• 2006 Courtney Granger
• 2005 Jason Begeron
• 2004 Louis Dronet
• 2003 Tony Thibodeaux
• 2002 Rufus Thibodeaux
  Rufus Thibodeaux
  Rufus Thibodeaux was an American Cajun music fiddler.Thibodeaux played guitar from age six and fiddle from age twelve. He played in local dance halls at 13, and joined Julius Lamperez's Cajun band in 1949. He worked extensively as a studio musician for J. D...
  
  
• 2001 Travis Matte
• 2000 Michael Doucet
  Michael Doucet
  Michael Doucet is a Cajun fiddler, singer and songwriter who founded the Cajun band BeauSoleil from Lafayette, Louisiana.In 2005 Doucet was one of 12 recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA award, which recognizes artistic excellence, cultural...
  
  
• 1999 Elridge Aguillard
• 1998 Travis Matte
• 1997 Travis Matte
• 1996 David Greely
• 1995 Terry Huval
• 1994 Travis Matte

Best Recording with a Fiddle 1989-1993

• 1993 Terry Huval
• 1992 Al Berard
  Al Berard
  Al Berard is a Cajun musician, recording artist, and composer in addition to being considered a world-renowned cajun fiddler.Berard, influenced by the Cajun songs heard as a young child growing up in South Louisiana, began playing guitar at age eleven...
  
  
• 1991 Steve Riley
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun band from southern Louisiana. The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records....
  
   / David Greely
• 1990 Rufus Thibodeaux
• 1989 Harry LeFleur

Accordionist of the Year 1994-2007

• 2006 Lee Benoit
  Lee Benoit
  -Early life:Lee was born in Louisiana, USA in 1959. At the age of five, he was given an electric organ by his grandmother, who raised him. He started to play Christmas songs on it, by ear....
  
  
• 2005 Jackie Callier
• 2004 Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin is a Cajun accordion player in south Louisiana from Ossun, Louisiana. Naquin is the lead singer and accordion player in the Cajun band Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys. In 2000, he won the CFMA - 2000 Album of the Year with his album "Pour La Premiere Fois" and CFMA - 2000 Song of...
  
  
• 2003 Jackie Caillier
• 2002 Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin is a Cajun accordion player in south Louisiana from Ossun, Louisiana. Naquin is the lead singer and accordion player in the Cajun band Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys. In 2000, he won the CFMA - 2000 Album of the Year with his album "Pour La Premiere Fois" and CFMA - 2000 Song of...
  
  
• 2001 Lee Benoit
  Lee Benoit
  -Early life:Lee was born in Louisiana, USA in 1959. At the age of five, he was given an electric organ by his grandmother, who raised him. He started to play Christmas songs on it, by ear....
  
  
• 2000 Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin is a Cajun accordion player in south Louisiana from Ossun, Louisiana. Naquin is the lead singer and accordion player in the Cajun band Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys. In 2000, he won the CFMA - 2000 Album of the Year with his album "Pour La Premiere Fois" and CFMA - 2000 Song of...
  
  
• 1999 Jackie Caillier
• 1998 Jesse Lege
• 1997 Horace Trahan
• 1996 Steve Riley
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun band from southern Louisiana. The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records....
  
  
• 1995 Reggie Matte
• 1994 Blake Mouton

Best Recording with an Accordion 1989-1993

• 1993 Steve Riley
• 1992 Tim Broussard, Wayne Toups
  Wayne Toups
  Wayne Toups is one of the most commercially successful American Cajun singers. He is also a songwriter.-Biography:...
  
  
• 1991 Steve Riley
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun band from southern Louisiana. The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records....
  
  
• 1990 Bruce Daigrepont
• 1989 Bruce Daigrepont

Female Vocalist of the Year

• 2006 Valerie Benoit
• 2005 Les Amies Louisianaises
• 2004 Ashley Hayes
• 2003 None selected
• 2002 Eva Touchet
• 2001 Christine Balfa
• 2000 Suzanne Fallon-Diaz
• 1999 Les Amies Louisianaises Jeanette Aguillard, Janet Aguillard, Shelia Agillard, Donna Thibodeaux
• 1998 None given
• 1997 Christine Balfa
• 1996 Helen Boudreaux
• 1995 Kristi Guillory
• 1994 Helen Boudreaux
• 1993 Ann Savoy
• 1992 Becky Richard
• 1991 Becky Richard
• 1990 Becky Richard
• 1989 Becky Richard

Male Vocalist of the Year

• 2006 Lee Benoit
  Lee Benoit
  -Early life:Lee was born in Louisiana, USA in 1959. At the age of five, he was given an electric organ by his grandmother, who raised him. He started to play Christmas songs on it, by ear....
  
  
• 2005 Ivy Dugas
• 2004 Belton Richard
• 2003 Ivy Dugas
• 2002 Ed Gary
• 2001 Don Fontenot
• 2000 Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin
  Kevin Naquin is a Cajun accordion player in south Louisiana from Ossun, Louisiana. Naquin is the lead singer and accordion player in the Cajun band Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys. In 2000, he won the CFMA - 2000 Album of the Year with his album "Pour La Premiere Fois" and CFMA - 2000 Song of...
  
  
• 1999 Ivy Dugas
• 1998 Ivy Dugas
• 1997 Ivy Dugas
• 1996 Robert Jardell
• 1995 Jo-El Sonnier
  Jo-El Sonnier
  Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s...
  
  
• 1994 Robert Elkins
• 1993 Robert Elkins
• 1991 Johnny Sonnier
• 1992 Johnny Sonnier
• 1990 Johnny Allen
• 1989 Robert Elkins

Best First Recording of the Year 1998-2007

• 2006 Les Larmes Dans Tes Yeux - Seth Guidry
• 2005 Charlie Roger and the Lafayette Playboys
• 2004 "For Old Time Sake" - Ray Abshire and Friends
• 2003 "La Tete Fille De Carencro" - Al Roger, Terry Cormier & Louisiana Pride
• 2002 "Deux Vies Pour Te Donner" - Jay Cormier
• 2001 "A la Vielle Maniere"(The Old Way) w/Jason Frey, Travis Matte, With Lagniappe
• 2000 "Pour Les Danseur" w/Kenneth Thibodeaux , Jason Frey, Randy Bellard, Jimmy Higginbotham, Ray Thibodeaux, Danny Cormier, Scott Ardoin
• 1999 "Fier D'etre Cajun" w/Don Fontenot, Eldridge Aguillard, Leighton Thibodeaux, Karl Deshotels, Kurt Daigle, Waven Boone, Freddie Pate, Danny Cormier, Troy Jagneaux
• 1998 "Memories de Passe" Mack Manuel, Jesse Lege w/Lake Charles Ramblersw/Jesse Lege, Mack Manuel, Orsy "R.C." Vanicor, Elzie Matthews, Robert La Pointe, Leetal Hank

Best First Album/CD by a Band 1996-1997

• 1997 "Ossun Express" Horace Trahan & Ossun Express w/Horace Trahan, D. L. Menard, Terry Huval, Stacey Huval, Christine Balfa, Nelda Balfa, Kevin Wimmer, Dirk Powell
• 1996 "Robert Jardell & Pure Cajun" w/Robert Jardell, Milton Melancon, Edwin Guidry, Edmond Guidry, Jody Viator

Best First Album by a Band 1992-1995

• 1995 "Reveille" w/Kristi Guillory, Bill Grass
• 1994 "Beau Thomas & Cajun Power" w/Beau Thomas, Jimmie Barzar, Billy "Botch" Richard, Glen "Chic" Richard, Randy Melancon, Colby Thomas, Joe Simon, "Cajun Power" John Trahan, Robert Jardell, Christine Balfa
• 1993 "La Musique de Vieux Temps" Joe Simon & the La. Cajuns w/ Joe Simon, Percy Boudreaux, Ed Gary, Mervin Faul, Mark Corbello, Hugh Johnson
• 1992 "Memories de MaMa" "Danny Brasseaux & Cajun Express" w/Danny Brasseaux, Floyd Brasseaux, Ulysse Poirrier, Kenneth Richard, Ricky Venable, Scotty Hargroder

New Horizon Award 1991

• 1991 "Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys" w/Steve Riley, David Greely, Kevin Barzas, Mike "Chop" Chapman, Christine Balfa

Up & Coming Band 1989-1990

• 1990 "Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sound"
• 1989 "Laissez Faire" w/Ed Billeaud, Wilson Touchet, D. Peters, E. Chapman, R. Monsour

Best Recording of the Year 1998-2007

• 2006 Bayou Roots by Chris Miller and Bayou Roots
• 2005 A Bit of Two Worlds - Jackie Callier and the Cajun Cousins
• 2004 "Bayou Groove" - Kevin Naquin
• 2003 "Let's Kick Up Some Dust" - Jackie Caillier & The Cajun Cousins
• 2002 "AuCoup D'eclair" - Kevin Naquin
• 2001 "Le Necessaire" (The Necessities) w/Don Fontenot et Les Amis de la Louisiane
• 2000 "Pour La Premiere Fois" Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys w/ Kevin Naquin, John Gary, Louis Dronet, Jody Viator, Dwayne Lavergne, Randy Foreman, Derick Maitre, Tony Daigle
• 1999 "Je Vas Sortir et Two Step" Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins w/Jackie Caillier, Ivy Dugas, Keith Richard, Benny Mueller, Danny Cormier
• 1998 "Blacktop the Gravel Road" Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins w/Jackie Caillier, Ivy Dugas, Benny Mueller, Danny Cormier, Keith Richard

Best Album/CD of the Year 1996-1997

• 1997 "Front Porch Cajun Music" Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins w/Jackie Caillier, Dallas Roy, Ivy James Dugas, John Dale Hebert, Benny Mueller, DannyCormier, Marty Pryor
• 1996 "Les Petites Heures de la Nuit" Richard LeBouef & Two Step w/Richard LeBouef, Kevin Sonnier, Randy Melancon, Tommy Guidry, Jimmy Hebert, Tim Picard, Darrel Fontenot, Beau Thomas, Camey Doucet

Best Album of the Year 1989-1995

• 1995 "Laisse Les Jeunes Jouer" Jambalaya Cajun Band
• 1994 "Cajun Sentiment" Le Band Passe Partout w/Joe Lirette, Robert Elkins, Travis Matte, Percy Boudreaux, Jr., Larry Hoffpauir
• 1993 "Tit Gailop Pour Mamou" Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
• 1992 "Untit Peu Plus Cajun" Jimmy Breaux w/Michael Doucet, David Doucet, Gary Breaux, U. J. Meaux, Richard Comeaux
• 1991 (see New Horizon Award)
• 1990 "Co-eur de Cajun" Bruce Daigrepont & the Bouree Cajun Band
• 1989 "Stir Up The Roux" Bruce Daigrepont & the Bouree Cajun Band

Song of the Year

• 2006 "Ma Petite Femme" Lee Benoit
  Lee Benoit
  -Early life:Lee was born in Louisiana, USA in 1959. At the age of five, he was given an electric organ by his grandmother, who raised him. He started to play Christmas songs on it, by ear....
  
   singer/Al Berard songwriter
• 2005 Biggest Fool in the World - Ivy Dugas (Greatest Hits and More)
• 2004 "C'est Trop Tard" - Kevin Naquin
• 2003 "Joues Pas Avec Le Couer Oui T-Aime" - Ivy Dugas
• 2002 "Belle Louisiane" - Brittany Polaski - vocals / Zachary Richard - songwriter
• 2001 "The Porch Swing" Don Fonenot singer/Ellis Deshotels songwriter
• 2000 "Je Suis En Amour Avec La Femme Que J’ai Marier" Kevin Naquin singer & songwriter/John Gary singer/Jean Arceneaux songwriter
• 1999 "La Visit" Lee Benoit
  Lee Benoit
  -Early life:Lee was born in Louisiana, USA in 1959. At the age of five, he was given an electric organ by his grandmother, who raised him. He started to play Christmas songs on it, by ear....
  
  singer & songwriter/Eddie Bodin background vocals/Richard Meaux & Freddie Pate songwriters
• 1998 "Little Short Pants" Ivy Dugas singer/Vin Bruce & Lee Lavergne songwriters
• 1997 "The Gravel Road" Ivy Dugas singer & songwriter
• 1996 "Where Were You Last Wednesday?" Robert Jardell singer/Robert Jardell songwriter
• 1995 "La Valse de Chere BeBe" Jo-El Sonnier singer/Jo-El Sonnier songwriter
• 1994 "Ne Phes de Whisky Pour Pop" Robert Elkins singer/John Hebert songwriter
• 1993 "Je Suis Tout Pour Toi" Robert Elkins singer/John Hebert songwriter
• 1992 "Late in Life" Wayne Toups singer/Jean Arceneaux songwriter
• 1991 "Dernier, Dernier Chance" Johnny Sonnier singer/Ken Vallot songwriter
• 1990 "L Image dans le Mirror" Johnny Sonnier singer/Ken Vallot & Raymond Taussin songwriters
• 1989 "La Lumiere dans tor Chassis" Robert Elkins singer/Pierre Varmon Daigle songwriter

Band of the Year

• 2006 Chris Miller and Bayou Roots
• 2005 Jackie Callier and the Cajun Cousins
• 2004 Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys
• 2003 Jackie Callier and the Cajun Cousins
• 2002 Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys - Kevin Naquin, John Gary, Louis Dronet, Jody Viator, Dwayne Lavergne
• 2001 Don Fontenot et Les Amis de la Louisiane - Don Fontenot, Kurt Daigle, Karl Deshotels, Layton W. Thibodeaux Sr., Mark Young
• 2000 Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys - Kevin Naquin, John Gary, Louis Dronet, Jody Viator, Dwayne Lavergne, Randy Foreman, Derick Maitre, Tony Daigle
• 1999 Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins - Jackie Caillier, Ivy Dugas, Keith Richard, Benny Mueller, Danny Cormier
• 1998 Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins - Jackie Caillier, Ivy James Dugas, Benny Mueller, Danny Cormier, Keith Richard
• 1996 Robert Jardell & Pure Cajun - Robert Jardell, Milton Melancon, Edwin Guidry, Edmond Guidry, Jody Viator
• 1997 Jackie Caillier & the Cajun Cousins - Jackie Caillier, Dallas Roy, Ivy James Dugas, John Dale Hebert, Benny Mueller, Danny Cormier, Marty Pryor
• 1995 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Steve Riley, David Greely, Peter Schwarz
• 1994 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Steve Riley, David Greely, Kevin Dugas, Peter Schwarz, Kevin Barzar, Christine Balfa, Sonny Landreth
• 1993 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Steve Riley, David Greely, Kevin Barzar, Mike Chapman, Christine Balfa
• 1992 Johnny Sonnier & Cajun Heritage - Johnny Sonnier, Leroy Dugas, Jr., Jessie Credeur, Chad Cormier, Russell Quebodeaux
• 1991 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
• 1990 Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold - Paul Daigle, Robert Elkins, Tony Thibodeaux, Kelly Hebert, Vernon Bergeron
• 1989 Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold - Paul Daigle, Robert Elkins, Tony Thibodeaux, Kelly Hebert, Vernon Bergeron

People's Choice Award ( First presented in 2005)

• 2007 - Old Style Cajun Music-Al Berard/Jason Frey
• 2006 - Bayou Roots by Chris Miller and Bayou Roots
• 2005 - A Bit of Two Worlds - Jackie Callier and the Cajun Cousins

Best Single Recording 1992-1993

• 1993 Robert Elkins "Je Suis Tout Pour Tois"
• 1992 Johnny Sonnier/Helen Boudreaux "Tears Become A Rose"
• 1991 Richard LeBeouf "Acadiana Two-Step"
• 1990 Sheryl Cormier
• 1989 Johnny Sonnier "Paul Daigle on the Juke Box"

Most Traditional Cajun Band

This award was initiated in 1989 by Chairman Pete Bergeron to encourage bands to play and record the traditional style of Cajun Music

• 1990 Jesse Lege & the Jeff Davis Ramblers
• 1989 Jesse Lege & the Jeff Davis Ramblers

This Award is discontinued

Prix Dehors de Nous

This award was given a plaque prior to 1996. In years 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999 the winner band was awarded one "Le Cajun". Beginning in 2000, each band member of the winner band is awarded a "Le Cajun".

• 2004-2005 San Diego Cajun Playboys, San Diego, CA (winner)-"Small Town Two-Step"; Boiling Bayou,
  • Denmark (1st runner-up)-"Boiling Bayou";
  • Cleoma's Ghost (second runner-up)-"Mon Coeur Est Avec Toi"
• 2003 The New Riverside Ramblers, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (winner) "Saute la Barriere"
  • Bal De Mason Band, France (1st runner-up) "Ce Soir Au Bayou Ecrevisses"
  • The Hackney Ramblers, England, (2nd runner-up)"Saturday Night Special"
• 2001 Cajun du Nord of Denmark, Norway & Sweden (winner) "In Louisiana"
  • Trans Bayou Express of France (lst runner-up) "Voyage dans le pays Cajun"
  • Catfish of Australia (2nd runner-up) "Two-Step at a Time"
• 2000 The Bone Tones of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (winner) "Live Recordings"
  • Ziga Zag of England (lst runner-up) "Desperately Seeking Boudin"
  • How’s Bayou of Seattle, WA (2nd runner-up) "Pardon My French"
• 1999 Cayenne Cajun Band, Seattle Wash. (winner) "Live at Greenwood"
  • Manuel Family Band, Nashville, TN (1st runner-up) "Leissey Les Bon Temps Rouler"
  • Acadian Ramblers Band, Holland (2nd runner-up) "Ghost Dance"
• 1998 Squeeze Bayou, Va.-Washington D.C. area (winner) "Stepping Fast"
  • Vermenton Plage, France, "Lache Pas La Patate" (1st runner-up)
  • The Colorado Cajun Dance Band, "Colorado Cajun Dance" (2nd runner-up)
• 1997 Tracy Schwarz & the Cajun Trio, W. Va.. (winner)
  • Cajun Company, (1st runner up)
  • Atlanta Swamp Opera, Atlanta, Ga. (2nd runner up)
• 1996 Bon Tons, Minneapolis, Mn. (winner)
  • Danny Poullard & The California Cajun Orchestra, California (1st runner up)
  • The Magnolias, Providence R.I. & eastern Mass. (2nd runner up)
• 1995 Danny Poullard & The California Cajun Orchestra, California (winner)

• 2003
• Cajun Company (winner) "La robe de Rosalie"