Dennis McGee; Fiddler Played With Cajun Greats
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Dennis McGee, 96, a master fiddler who played on some of the earliest recordings of Cajun music and was heard regularly on the PBS radio show “Prairie Home Companion.” McGee played with such Cajun artists as Amede Ardoin, Joe Falcon and Amede Breaux when the music was first being recorded in the late 1920s. He continued to play at festivals and on college campuses throughout the country well into his 90s. In Eunice, La., on Tuesday.
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