Acknowledgements for Cajun, Louisiana Creole & zydeco music database

By Jim Hobbs

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There are so many people who gave generously of their time and other resources that it is nearly impossible to thank everyone individually. Here are many of those who did:

• Mark DeWitt, Ph.D. who got me started on the right track back in 1997: an ethnomusicologist with a specialty in Cajun music and a database programmer
• Steve Servey, who taught me Cajun dancing, and Dave Shaver, my very good friends and early supporters of this project
• Gary Talarchek and Tootie Buisson in the Grants & Research office at Loyola University New Orleans for help in writing grants
• Deborah Poole, my supervisor, and my colleagues Alicia Hansen, Trish Del Nero, Elizabeth Orgeron, Ashley Pillow, and everyone at the Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans who picked up the slack when I was away twice for this project
• Charles Laborde and the late Johnny Fasullo, WWOZ-FM, where you can hear Cajun music on Sundays from noon to 2:00 pm U.S. Central time
• Kateri Yeager Laborde, queen of Cajun radio in New Orleans, hear her locally at on Saturdays at 10:00 am U.S. Central time for two to five hours on WSLA-AM 1560
• Barry Smith and everyone at the Louisiana Music Factory, New Orleans, who let me sit in the store for days on end
• Roland Cheramie, Tom Gregory, Buddy D. & Jerry Gisclair, KLEB-AM 1600, Larose, LA.
• Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities for their generous grant support
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation for their generous grant support
• Annie Wilson, Cajun Country Store, Lafayette, LA
• Pete Bergeron, KRVS-FM 88.7, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, hear him weekday mornings from 5:00 to 9:00 am U.S. Central time
• Cecil Fontenot and Mona Ortego at Floyd's Record Store, Ville Platte, LA
• Down Home Records, El Cerrito, CA: John, Scott, Mark, Ross, Woody and everyone else who made me feel so welcome
• Bruce Daigrepont, for his excellent music, commitment to the Cajun culture, and for his Sunday night's fais do-do at Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans
• Rudy Markel, Jerry Brock, Dave Clark, Barry Jean Ancelet, Michael Doucet, and everyone else who listened to my crazy little idea and then encouraged me
• And everyone else I left out!