Born: October 28, 1928 Pointe Noire, LA

Died: October 8, 1955 Eunice, LA

Immortal Southwest Louisiana musician Iry LeJeune was, in the words of Jeff Hannusch, “proud to be Cajun when it wasn’t exactly cool to be Cajun.” When LeJeune first appeared on the scene in 1948, dressed like he’d just disembarked from a pirogue, his “crying” style of singing in French and his use of the accordion were no longer in vogue. Almost overnig...