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Role
  
Musician · joelsavoy.com

Genres
  
Parents
  
Ann Savoy, Marc Savoy

Instruments
  
Siblings
  
Wilson Savoy

Name
  
Joel Savoy


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Occupation(s)
  
Musician, accordion builder, cofounder of Valcour Records

Associated acts
  
Savoy Family Band, Red Stick Ramblers, Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights,

Albums
  
Turn Loose But Don't Let Go, Jesse Lege with Joel Savoy and Linzay Young, Cajun Album

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album

Similar People
  
Wilson Savoy, Ann Savoy, Marc Savoy, Jesse Lege, David Greely

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Joel Savoy (born in Eunice, Louisiana, USA) is a Cajun musician and music producer from Southwest Louisiana. His father Marc Savoy, famous accordion builder and musician, and his mother, Ann Savoy, author and music producer, are well known ambassadors and supporters of preserving the Cajun culture.

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History

Joel Savoy About Joel Savoy

Joel Savoy was born in Eunice. In 1995 many of his childhood experiences with the traditional Cajun Courir de Mardi Gras were included in the book Mardi Gras: a Cajun country celebration written by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith and Lawrence Migdale. He is a member of the Savoy Family Band along with of his father Marc, mother Ann, and brother Wilson Savoy. 1999 he co-founded the Red Stick Ramblers from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2006 he started the annual Faquetaigue Courir de Mardi Gras as an alternative to the main Eunice courir event. The run has become one of the most musically based versions of the traditional event. Also in 2006 he founded Valcour Records, an independent record label based in Eunice, Louisiana, with friends Phillip LaFargue II and Lucius Fontenot. Valcour Records' first release in 2006 was Goin' Down to Louisiana, by fiddle player Cedric Watson and accordionist Corey Ledet. During the 2007 Cajun French Music Association's Le Cajun ceremony at Lafayettes Blackham Coliseum, Savoy was awarded the “2007 Fiddler of the Year” award. In 2008 he played on, recorded and produced his mothers album If Dreams Come True at his Studio Savoy Faire. His brother Wilson and several members of the Red Stick Ramblers also played on the album of Django Reinhardt-style blues and jazz standards as "Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights".

With others

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  • Allons Boire un Coup: A Collection of Cajun and Creole Drinking Songs Various artists (2006) Valcour Records
  • If Dreams Come True Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights (2007) Memphis Records
  • See also

    Joel Savoy Joel Savoy39s Honky Tonk MerryGoRound at Festival

  • Red Stick Ramblers
  • Savoy Family Band

  • Joel Savoy GreelySavoyDuo David Greely

    References

    Joel Savoy Wikipedia