Douglas Kershaw
Musician · b. 1936
Douglas Kershaw is an American Cajun fiddler, singer, and songwriter, known as “the Ragin' Cajun.”
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- Born in 1936 on a houseboat in Tiel Ridge, Louisiana, he spoke only Louisiana French until age 8.
- Performed as a young man with his brother Rusty as the duo Rusty and Doug.
- Wrote the Cajun standard “Louisiana Man.”
- Was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
