Wade Frugé (August 27, 1916 – June 23, 1992) was a

Cajun The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. Whi ...

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

player in southwest

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. He raised sheep and farmed. He learned to play from contemporaries of his time. His only album was recorded in 1988 with various tunes recorded in 1979, 1983, and 1989 at the home of

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 occ ...

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/ref> He married Evelyn Courville in 1942 and adopted a child. * ''Gumbo Waltz'
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Discography

* "Wade Frugé – Old-Style Cajun Music CD" (LP 5044), 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fruge, Wade 1916 births 1992 deaths American folk musicians Musicians from Louisiana 20th-century American fiddlers Cajun fiddlers

Discography

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