Fontenot, Canray
(1922–1995)> SINGER
Fontenot, Canray 16 October 1922; L’anse Aux Vaches, LA – 29 July 1995; Welsh, LA A contemporary and associate of the renowned Ardoin family of Creole musicians, fiddler and singer Canray Fontenot was one of the last traditional Francophone musicians of Louisiana. While other Creoles of his generation helped develop the modern R&B-influenced zydeco form during the 1940s and 1950s, Fontenot hewed closely to traditional Creole music. Jim Trageser Bibliography Sort…