Only a true Cajun could sing this way...I was born in Louisiana, grew up watching my grandpa mend his nets, and eating the fish he caught in his trout lines... I've never seen a performance that brought me back to my roots like this. Beautiful!

On this day in 1970 {April 29th} Doug Kershaw performed "Louisiana Man" on the ABC-TV program "The Johnny Cash Show"... Nine years earlier in 1961 Doug and his brother Rusty's original version reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart... Two covered versions made the Top 100; the Pozo-Seco Singers {#97 in 1967} and Bobbie Gentry {#100 in 1968}... In 1970 Connie Smith took it to #14 on the Country chart... R.I.P. Mr. Cash {1932 - 2003} and Rusty Kershaw {1938 - 2001}...

Love this version! I think it'd sound awesome with no band, just him with the fiddle..I'd pay a million bucks to hear it!

I ain't Cajun but I really love some Cajun music.some Cajun food and Cajun people 😁✌️👏

Never forget seeing him live on the Navy Peer in Chicago in the late 70's. This was a great show I shall never forget.

A tue classic. Although Cash loved the classics and the masters of the time. he once said ( boy if you can't plat Orange Blossom Special like Doug Kershaw, I recon you go practice a spell) true story heard by my dad in Lafayette,:al.

I met doug and his family when he was performing in Reno, NV. I was with my friend Rose Maddox (first women in the country hall of fame) We went to Doug's dressing room after the show and this man was not only the best fiddler I ever heard, but a fantastic father. His boys were with him and while we visited, he was on the floor wrestling with his boys. What an entertainer. Love his music.

i remember this on tv, had the parents watching it. Our family here in canada came from nova scotia, the original Arcadian country, and of course, they were the people that went south, and years later became the cajuns. Love Kershaw, but all that cajun swamp music is great, and for the roots of it, look to Arcadia, it is still here in canada

I love this person b/c he sings just so purty. Gets me in the Soul. I loved the music since I first heard it when it came out. I love how Mr. Kershaw sings. Style and grace.

This guy is "real".

WONDERFUL SONG BY A GREAT ARTIST. WELL DONE

saw him in las vegas i think it at the 4 queens a free show went to everynight while there does he still play anywhere

incredible.

Would love to see some early TV appearances from the 60s/70s. He was pretty popular on the variety shows.

I saw Rusty and Doug in my teens. What electricity.

This is just amazing! Thanks so much!

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana man, reminds me of my Dad, rip. I love the South, especially Florida, Louisiana, and The Woodlands Texas! This guy looks so French to me.

Love this song. Evidently cajun music is my calling. I must get myself some of this music for the car. Great music Mr. Kershaw. Excellent!

sing it Doug sing it

Favorite song!!!

I saw him once at the Mule Palace in western Montana near Charlo I think it was, in late 80's about, he was opening for some other guy but I came to see Doug, there I was in the front wearing my Tom T. Hall hat and once between songs I hollered "Diggy Liggy Lo!" But he didn't sing it, one of the better concerts I've ever seen. He played all his hits and as soon as his set ended, I went home.

IT ROCKS

Right on, Lafayette,La.

I miss Mole Lake

no one can play the fiddle like doug

Ha Ha Ha , Doug is past the Prime of anything he played early. I am sad. I may be wrong, and less than informed will let me know. I was tuned to him in 1985, I loved his music. Still do. I hate musician getting older !!!!!

He also sang it in the 80s at the CMAs dont remember exactly what year just remember watching

This is one fof my favorites thanks Doug love your voice

Et cher! Happy Birthday!

Never forget his performance in early 1970s at the Ritz Theater in Corpus Christi, Texas

FUN!!! THX for sharing!

What a great song, I love it.

I first herd about Doug Kershaw in 1970 from my 8th grade speech teacher. 12 years later I was lucky enough to see him in a little club in Atlanta called Rumours, it was one of the greatest shows I have seen

Cajun Joe!

I agree with everybody ... that band needs to go! Doug's just bursting with the need to let 'er rip! Very nice vid, thanks for the post ~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR KERSHAW (24Jan36)

Nice

He's a real Louisi' ana Man. Wish i could play a violon on my hanche like him

Man love this but you can tell the bands holdin him back they should have turned that cajon loose and followed him cause i've seen him rolllllllllllllll this song

there is an unusual Jan & Dean version of this song that I heard (post-accident - later 60s) - might be on youtube somewhere - its ..ok....

@leoschmeo They always did that on network TV. I agree.

thanks a ton for reposting- do you plan to upload swamp rat again? that's my favorite, very sad to see it taken down!

Was Doug rocking the guyliner and shadow way back when????

Johhny's house band is stinking up this song

I really don't care for the violen,but I like how the song is sung

You wouldn't know good music if it came and bit you on the ass. Most musicians know who Doug Kershaw is. Who ever heard of you?

Heavy metal says a lot. With heavy metal, you can not understand lyrics. The so-called "singers" are usually screaming. Electric anything is beyond screeching noise. You would never find a fiddle player trying to play metal, unless they were delusional. This GUY is a MASTER at fiddle playing. He burns through bows like nobody's business, and normal people get it. Go back to your screaming electric guitar Idol. Leave the rest of us alone.

I'm confused. Is this what he does for a living? No offense all. This is why I'm in heavy metal. This person...well I'm worse then Simon Cowell. This guy can't sing. The fiddle playing...is questionable. Play an electric guitar. To me. This guy has ants in his pants.

Johhny's house band is stinking up this song