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A Hackberry Ramblers (as well referred to as a Riverside Ramblers) occurs as Hackberry, Louisiana-based, Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band, and since its prime in the late 1930s has been one of the virtually all recognized list & influential groups within Cajun music. Formed within 1933, the Hackberry Ramblers' healthy has are to exist as one of a genre's virtually all imitated, & its 1936 song "Jolie Blon" — a class action's virtually all cover version — has been considered a informal "Cajun national anthem."

A class action, which continues to tour & perform, is one of a longest-going musical organization around U.s. history, & spell its lineup has changed several days since its conception, its founders — fiddler Luderin Darbone and accordionist Edwin Duhon — still lead a band now. When the roots of a b& come within its Cajun music repetoire, the Ramblers perform a wide swath of American music, from either Western swing to blues & rockabilly, and great deal of their healthy occurs as blend of the two completely.

A class action has been honored per Country Music Hall of Fame; many of the innovation members' instruments use been enshrined there.

Current members
Luderin Darbone - Fiddle Edwin Duhon - Accordion Glen Croker - Electric guitar Johnny Faulk - Upright bass Ben Sandemel - Drums

Personal members of Glen Croker reported him missing to vicinity media below Hurricane Rita.

Hackberry Ramblers
Official site with news, biography, photographs, achievements, press coverage, performance dates, and CD ordering.

CNN: Hackberry Ramblers: Making Music Since 1933
Article with photographs and videos.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Cajun Greats The Hackberry Ramblers Spice Up Hall of Fame
Michael Gray reports on their donation of instruments to the museum and their appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.

LSUE: The Hackberry Ramblers at the Liberty Theater 2002
Brief article and photographs of their performance.

National Endowment for the Arts: Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon
Profiles, photographs, audio samples, and interview with the 2002 National Heritage Fellows.


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