Biography

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041000d2egerdp.png"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#333399" TEXT="#080000" background="040a2c00erkjzj.png"> <div>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 BGCOLOR="#33CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Lafourche Cajun Band</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > |   </FONT> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lafourche Cajun Band"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet The Band"><U><B>Meet The Band</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Biography</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discography"><U><B>Discography</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HistologyPhilosophy"><U><B>Histology-Philosophy</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U><B>Photo Gallery</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Musicians"><U><B>Guest Musicians</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bobby Pellerins Page"><U><B>Bobby Pellerin's Page</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clyde Hartmans Page"><U><B>Clyde Hartman's Page</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Darrell Hartman"><U><B>Darrell Hartman</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marty Cortezs Page"><U><B>Marty Cortez's Page</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ronnie Boudreaux"><U><B>Ronnie Boudreaux</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Play Dates"><U><B>Play Dates</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Music"><U><B>Our Music</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ARCHIVE"><U><B>ARCHIVE</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BENS Archive"><U><B>BEN'S Archive</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BILLS Archive"><U><B>BILL'S Archive</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KENS Archive"><U><B>KEN'S Archive</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ROYCES Archive"><U><B>ROYCE'S Archive</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04207040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Biography</B></div> <div> <B><U>Autobiographies </U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Clyde J. Hartman</FONT> - (<I>Accordion</I>) Self taught musician who also plays</div> <div> <I>drums, bass guitar, and triangle</I>, as well as providing vocals and harmony.  Clyde takes care of all equipment and sound mixing.  He also handles the bookings for the band.  One of the three original members of the band, he resides in Lockport, LA. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Marty Cortez</FONT> - (<I>Rhythm Guitar</I>) Self taught musician, commentator, songwriter, and recording artist who provides vocals.  The historian of the band, provides all histories associated with the music and prepares the sets for the band.  One of the three original members of the band, resides in Raceland, LA. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Bobby Pellerin</FONT> - <I>(Fiddle)</I> Bobby used to sit in with the band whenever Bill could not make it.  Now he has become our main fiddle player.  Bobby has a long career playing the fiddle.  He has played with many bands over the years.  Bobby is an excellent vocalist, and provides vocals and harmony for the band. He also plays rhythm guitar, bass, and mandolin. He resides in Montegut, LA </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Darrell Hartman </FONT>-<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>(<I>Bass</I>) Darrel began playing guitar when he was 9.  He played with various bands and after several years, started his own band. He started playing bass with a local band, then joined Lafourche Cajun Band as current bass player.  He provides vocals and harmony.  He resides in Marrero, LA </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Ronnie Boudreaux </FONT>- (<I>Drums</I>) Ronnie began drum lessons at the age of 9.  Ron has played the largest of venues in all major markets from Coast to Coast.  He is now currently the drummer for Lafourche CajunBand.  He resides in Baton Rouge, LA </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>"FORMER LAFOURCHE CAJUN BAND MEMBERS"</U></B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Ben Brignac</FONT> - <I>(Drums) </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>" Ben had to move out of state to Humble Texas for business reasons Aug 1st 2008" </U></B></I></FONT>Ben started playing drums with us when he was  7 years old.  He was back up drummer for the band when Ken could not make it.  He played his first full 4 hour gig when he was 10 years old at the Texas Crawfish Festival in Spring Texas. Ben studied drums throughout High School and has become one of the best Cajun Music Drummers around. He also plays Bass and Rhythm Guitar.  He resides in Mathews, LA </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Ken Adams</FONT> - <I>(Bass)</I> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>"Ken had to leave the state due to his job Sept. 1st 2008"</U></B></I></FONT> Ken learned to play bass guitar while a member of the band <I>(Drummer)</I> and has become a bass player extraordinaire. Has played drums throughout his school career as well as in college.  He also plays <I>fiddle,</I> and <I>rhythm guitar</I>.  He provides vocals and harmony for the group.  Originally from Lafourche Parish, he now resides in Houma, LA.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Royce Naquin</FONT> - <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>" Royce retired from the band on April 1st 2006"</U></B></I></FONT> (<I>Bass Guitar</I>) Self taught musician, songwriter, and recording artist, who provides vocals and also plays the <I>triangle</I>.  One of the three original members of the band, he resides in Larose, LA. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >William "Bill" Brignac</FONT> - <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>"Died of Cancer On July 16, 2005"</U></B></I></FONT> (<I>Fiddle</I>) Began his career playing music with a Christian Band.  From <I>rhythm guitar</I>, he switched to <I>lead guitar</I>, and then to lead <I>fiddle </I>player.  He also played <I>accordion, harmonica,</I> and <I>bass</I>.  He provided vocals and harmony for the group.  He resided in Mathews, LA. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>