The Downtown Cajun Band was founded by Will Pieters. For years Will was part of the Cajun Company , in which he played the second fiddle. After having shown for about two years the band Except2 how to play Cajun music, Will has started his own band. Both Ed en Ron come from Except2 and are contaminated with the hip-swaying cajun-virus, for wich there is no cure. Meanwhile Netty has come to join the band and she plays ' tit fer '. The Downtown Cajun Band play Cajun music in the "old time" style of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and that music was (and still is) meant for dancing 2-steps and waltzes in the Cajun way. .

This wonderful Dutch 4-piece will enchant you with music in the tradition of Dennis McGee, Wade Fruge and Dewey Balfa and all the other old masters During the gig you are thinking that you are somewhere in a dancehall in Louisiana and about 70 years back in time.

Stunning fiddle, single row Cajun Accordion and steady rhythm from the guitar and tit fer and the high vocals are keeping this music alive.

Having had delighted audiences at festivals  throughout Europe over the years, the band had also the privilege a few years ago of playing a live TV broadcast performance at the Liberty Theatre in Eunice, Louisiana USA.

Netty Pieters: 'tit fer
Will Pieters: fiddle
Ron van Doorneveld: accordion, vocals
Ed van Dorp: guitar, vocals

http://www.downtowncajunband.nl/