Douglas James Kershaw (born January 24, 1936 [1] [2]) is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw. He had an extensive solo career that included 15 albums and singles that charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.

Courtesy of the Clark Santee archives, here's the one and only Doug Kershaw and his great song Louisiana Man. Steeped in Cajun music, Doug Kershaw started outplaying with his brothers before...

2019年10月3日 · Country music scholars can agree on a few things about Doug Kershaw: He is one of the most famous Cajun musicians of all time; he survived a rough upbringing in Southern Louisiana; and...

2020年1月24日 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he’s still looking ahead too — fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential “Louisiana Man.” Kershaw taught himself to play by surreptitiously using his daddy’s fiddle at age 5.

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Douglas James Kershaw is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his...

2020年1月24日 · As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he's still looking ahead too — fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential “Louisiana Man.”

Born in Tiel Ridge in Cameron Parish, Doug Kershaw (Jan. 24, 1936–) is Cajun music’s ambassador to the world, thanks to his 1969 national television debut on the Johnny Cash Show. Two months later, Louisiana Man, recorded in 1961, was the first song broadcast back to earth from the lunar surface by the Apollo 12 astronauts. The song ...

Kershaw has composed hundreds of songs, but his most famous is “Louisiana Man”, which was the first song broadcast from the moon by the astronauts of Apollo 12. Kershaw’s reputation was built...

2024年6月4日 · If anyone deserves huge respect among legendary fiddlers in the 60s, Doug Kershaw should be at the top of the list. A prodigy in singing and fiddle virtuoso with humble beginnings in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, Doug is a superstardom to remember.