Background
Aldus Roger was born in Carencro, Louisiana and learned to play the Cajun accordion at age eight. His father, Francis Roger, didn"t want him to play accordion. However, he would borrow it and play in the barn.
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Aldus Roger
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Roger led the for over twenty years. During the late 1950s and 1960s, he hosted his own music program on KLFY-television 10 in Lafayette. Among his many recordings are “KLFY Waltz,” “Channel 10 Two Step,” “Mardi Gras Dance,” and “Lafayette Two Step (1964).” He also recorded a Cajun French version of Hank Williams country-andwestern hit “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” (which Williams in turn had based on the Cajun tune “Grand Texas”).
He recorded several albums, one with Rounder Records entitled "Aldus Roger & the - Legend Series" in 1998 and another with Louisiana Louisiane Records entitled "Plays the French Music of South Louisiana" in 1993.
The Aldus Roger song "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés" (translated: "The Snap Beans Ain"t Salty") is covered by Ambrose Thibodeaux in some of the The Sims. Duson Waltz Listen.
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April 4, 1999 (aged 84) -
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United States