Dewey Balfa was a Cajun fiddler who contributed significantly to the popularity of Cajun music. Balfa was born in Mamou, Louisiana. He is perhaps best known for his 1964 performance at the Newport Folk Festival with Dewey Balfa, Gladius Thibodeaux and Vinus LeJeune, where the group received an enthusiastic response from over seventeen thousand audience members. After this, in 1965, he formed The Balfa Brothers. Wikipedia
Dewey Balfa was born in 1927 in Grand Louis, a small community near Mamou, Louisiana, to Charles Balfa and Amay Ardoin . There was music in the Balfa household from the beginning, with papa Charles playing the fiddle and singing ballads. Dewey's older b www.balfatoujours.com/brothers.html
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An accomplished fiddler and dedicated cultural crusader, Dewey Balfa was one of the first Cajun musicians to perform outside of Louisiana. Appearing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, he was pleasantly surprised to see that Cajun music was well receiv www.louisianafolklife.org/FOLKLIFEimagebase/FLImagesListi...
Fiddler and vocalist Dewey Balfa was notable not only as a musician, but also as a cultural ambassador and modern tradition bearer. After gaining recognition as a performer in traditional musical settings associated with Louisiana's French-descended Caju www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004136/Dewey-Balfa....
Dewey Balfa is shown in April 1979 when he performed in the LSUE Acadian Center. The membership of the group is itself a tribute to Dewey Balfa 's efforts as an ambassador of Cajun music on the national scene. When Dirk Powell, Christine's husband, firs www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/balfatj1.htm
