Sady D. Courville was a Cajun fiddler

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...

 noted for his extensive collaboration with 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...

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Early life

Courville was the son of Eraste Courville who was also a fiddler. In his early teens he bought his first fiddle and started learning from his father and Dennis McGee. By the time he was 16, he was playing dances with Amédé Ardoin

Amédé Ardoin

Amédé Ardoin was an American Louisiana Creole musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on the Creole/Cajun Accordion...

 around Chataignier and Faiquitaique.

Musical career

In 1929, Courville and McGee were invited to record in New Orleans. Courville was credited only as "second fiddle" on this record.

Personal life

Courville married in June 1929. Around this time, he decided to take a hiatus from music around this time due to the stress.

Discography

• Vieille Musique Acadienne (1977) Swallow LP 6030, 3001
• The Complete Early Recordings of Dennis McGee, (1929–1930) Yazoo
  Yazoo Records
  Yazoo Records is an American record label, founded in the late 1960s by Nick Perls. It specializes in early American blues, country, jazz, and other rural American genres ....
  
  2012