Cajun Roosters

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The Cajun Roosters are a German Cajun band . The group emerged from the Cajun Pioneers who played traditional Cajun & Zydeco music as popular in Cajun Country in southwest Louisiana , USA .

The Cajun Pioneers were founded in 1998 by Luitger Fräger ( Cajun Accordion , 3-row Zydeco Accordion, vocals). Other band members were Hartmut Hegewald ( Fiddle , Mandolin , washboard Frottoir , Triangel Tit Fer ), Klaus Warler guitar , Michael Bentele bass and Olaf Markewitz († 7 February 2007), drums . Luitger Fräger died on February 11, 2005 in a traffic accident.

Hegewald, Warler, and Bentele formed the Cajun Roosters after Fräger's death, along with accordionist Chris Hall (of R. Cajun and the Zydecobrothers , The Bearcat , Zydecomotion , Breaux ) and drummer Sam Murray (both from the UK) . The band is on festivals across Europe and released their 2006 album Crank It Up , for which they received the "Prix dehors de nous" award for a non-Louisiana Cajun band at the 2007 Lafayette CFMA Awards .  In November 2008, the album was released Double Shot, At the end of 2009, Klaus Warler left the band, and Scottish singer Hazel Scott has since become a member of the band as a singer and guitarist. In February 2011, the album okra and a pepper was released. Drummer Sam Murray left the band in April 2012 for health reasons. Since then, Frenchman Antoine Fève has been playing the drums. In December 2012, the band performed in Sumatra (Indonesia) at the Sawahlunto World Music Festival . Violinist Hartmut Hegewald left the band in spring 2013. Since then, the Belgian David Buyle plays the fiddle. In fall 2013, the band's sixth CD was released: Hell Yeah! in the current cast.
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