Doug Kershaw

If any one Cajun musician could called a rock & roll star, it's Doug Kershaw. Along with his brother Rusty, he began playing an invigorating hybrid of Cajun and rockabilly, cutting a series of singles in the late '50s that culminated with "Louisiana Man," a Top Ten hit in 1961. The brothers parted ways not long afterward, and Doug Kershaw became a Louisiana music legend by sitting in with rockers and country artists alike, while recording a series of albums for Warner Bros. Records in the 1970s. Kershaw eventually retreated from the crossover spotlight but he remained a fixtur...