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Les Freres Michot
4+ albums
cajunfolkcajun folkLouisiana folk
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Traditional Cajun music from Lafayette, Louisiana. The Michots grew up in rural Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, in a small community known as Pilette. Their father, Louis J. Michot, Jr. (1922-2012) was raised in Mamou and Lafayette; both of his parents grew up in Avoyelles Parish with French as their native tongue, later learning English in school. Patricia Ann Smith Michot (1926-2011), the mother of Les Frères, was born and raised in St. Mary Parish on the banks of the Lower Atchafalaya River near Patterson, where her father ran Idlewild Farms. Her mother Rita was born and raised in Iberia Parish on the banks of Bayou Teche at Belle Place, between New Iberia and Loreauville; she also grew up speaking only French and learned English later in school. The Michots, on Rita's side, are direct descendants of Alexandre "Beausoleil" Broussard who, with his brother Joseph, led the first group of Acadians to relocate to Bayou Teche from Acadie in 1765, after Le Grand Derangement. Louis and Pat Michot had 10 children, 4 girls and 6 boys, who grew up in Pilette and attended school in Lafayette. For more information on Louis MIchot, see https://conservapedia.com/Louis_J._Michot. Les Frères Michot started playing together as an all-brothers Cajun band in 1986, although the individual musicians have played with each other and with numerous other groups since about 1968. The group plays traditional Cajun music in the all-acoustic "bal de maison" (house dance) style that was prevalent
