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Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy ( ; born October 1, 1940) is an American musician, and builder and player of the Cajun accordion. Early life He was born on his grandfather's rice farm near Eunice, Louisiana, Eunice, Louisiana. His grandfather was a fiddler, who occasionally played with the legendary Dennis McGee, who was once a tenant farmer on his grandfather's property. Marc Savoy began playing traditional music when he was 12 years old. Career Savoy acquired a Sidney Brown (accordion maker), Sidney Brown accordion as a teenager, and within a few years was interested in making his own. After earning a degree in chemical engineering, in 1966 he went into business full-time as an accordion maker and player, based at his Savoy Music Center in Eunice. His wife is the singer and guitarist Ann Savoy, whom he met in 1975 and married in 1977. He has performed with Robert Bertrand, Dennis McGee, Rodney Balfa, Sady Courville, Dewey Balfa, D. L. Menard, and Michael Doucet, the latter of whom he plays with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Savoy
Ann Savoy ( ; ; born January 20, 1952) is a musician, author, and record producer. Biography Savoy was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She resides with her husband Marc Savoy and family in Eunice, Southern Louisiana. As a musician, she performs with her husband accordionist Marc Savoy and fiddler Michael Doucet in the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band. She also has an all-woman band The Magnolia Sisters. She also performs with husband Marc and their sons, Joel and Wilson, in the Savoy Family Band. Most recently, she has put together a Django Reinhardt-style swing band called Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights. Savoy appeared as a musician in the film '' Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' and was the associate music director of the film ''All The King's Men'', working on this project with T Bone Burnett. She has appeared in many documentaries on the subject of Cajun music including a Les Blank film, entitled ''Marc and Ann''. As a record pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
