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Instruments
  
Cajun fiddle

Name
  
Doc Guidry


Role
  
Musical Artist

Genres
  
Cajun music

Doc Guidry

Also known as
  
King of the Cajun Fiddlers

Born
  
April 28, 1918 Lafayette, Louisiana (
1918-04-28
)

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, fiddle player

Associated acts
  
Rayne Bo Ramblers, Happy, Doc, and the Boys, Aldus Roger, Papa Cairo, Jimmie Davis, Bill Hutto, Vin Bruce

Died
  
November 10, 1992, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Similar People
  
Happy Fats, Lawrence Walker, Jimmie Davis

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Oran "Doc" Guidry (April 28, 1918 – November 10, 1992) was an American fiddle player known for playing Cajun music and country music in Louisiana. He is known for his recordings such as "Wondering", "Colinda", "Crowley Two Step", and "Chere Cherie" which was recorded in Nashville.

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Biography

Born April 28, 1918 in Lafayette, Louisiana, Oran Guidry learned to play the fiddle from his father, Cleopha.

Career

Early on, in 1936, he began recording with Happy Fats' Rayne-Bo Ramblers and Hackberry Ramblers' Joe Werner. There, they recorded a slew of recordings for Bluebird. By 1938, he had scored a chance to record with David Kapp's Decca Records and formed the "Sons of Acadians" band.

After World War II, he would continue performing, recording and broadcasting with Happy Fats forming the group "Happy, Doc and the Boys" (or sometimes listed "Hadacol Boys"). These would be featured on J. D. "Jay" Miller's new Fais Do Do label. However, other groups would also use Doc's fiddle and electric mandolin in their recordings. Bill Hutto had him playing on his recordings during the 1950s. He even toured the country with Jimmie Davis where he would make his signature 1953 recording of "Chere Cherie" with L. J. Blanc at a session in Nashville, TN. Together, they played on the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ole Opry. In May of that year, Billboard Magazine stated the song was a "pretty ballad, sung in English and French by the Cajun folk artist, is presented gracefully. Might earn some regional action".

In 1962, Vin Bruce had him recording at a session at the KLFT radio station. He jumped in with Aldus Roger and his Lafayette Playboys at the La Louisianne studio in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, La Louisianne had him record a solo album. By 1968 in his last recordings, he joined Vin Bruce again in New Orleans at the Cosimo Matassa recording studio. In his later years, he would play blues, jazz and even some popular lounge music. At some point in the early 1980s, he toured Asia with Cajun legend D. L. Menard.

  • Chere Cherie (1966)
  • Legacy

    Guidry would eventually be entered into the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

    Discography

  • Chere Cherie / The Little Fat Man (9-28678 Decca, 1953)
  • Doc Guidry: King Of The Cajun Fiddlers (LL-115 LaLouisianne, ca.1966)
  • References

    Doc Guidry Wikipedia