we've lost another great Cajun fiddle player. this makes me sad. i'll play some of his tunes today, he was a unique and wonderful fiddle player......
roger w

I saw them at Strawberry years ago. I have the Arhoolie record, I'll have to get it out and listen to it today.

Not' pays a perdu un aut' de les vieux, c'est un temps triste.....

I'm not well versed with this band. Could someome post some material (mp3, youtuble clips, pics, etc.).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znDv9ddJtd4

Jolie Blon.

They're also the ones that made Un Piastre Ici Un Piastre La-Bas, if you're familiar with the version covered by the Lost Bayou Ramblers on the CD Bayou Perdu.

The band has a website
www.hackberryramblers.com
There is also a one hour documentary "Make 'em Dance" whose world premiere took place in Saulieu where the band was playing in August 2003. The doc was aired nationally in the US on PBS later the same year.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/makethemdance/

5 from the 1930s at link 1.

Sad news indeed.
I got to hear him play last April in Lafayette. He sat in with the Lost Bayou Ramblers at Festival International when they played a tribute to the Hackberry Ramblers.