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Petite et La Gross

 

Petite et la Grosse are a Cajun band featuring some old faces and some new! It features Hazel Scott on guitar and vocals (formerly with Hazel Scott Playboys) Lil Jim on Cajun accordion (Deepzone Zydeco) , Mitch Proctor on fiddle (Bearcats/ RCajun) and Chris Hall on drums

 

Formed last year they have already been booked by all the major Cajun venues: Cajun Barn, File Gumbo Club, Cajun UK and have made main stage appearances at Gloucester International Cajun Festival, Bristol Cajun Festival, Broadstairs Festival, and London Mayors festival, and Newark jazz festival

 

Their debut appearance at the Cajun Barn in London led to an instant rebooking and an open hearted declaration from the organisers that their favourite Cajun band in Europe had just unveiled itself!

 

Lil Jim is only 20 years old but has already established himself as one of the brightest hopes for the future of this music in Europe . He's already played major festivals in Holland , France , and Germany and of course the UK where audiences have been amazed at his natural talent. Hazel Scott likewise has played all over Europe and has astounded Cajun fans and musicians here and in Louisiana with her amazingly authentic vocals and driving guitar style. Mitch Proctor needs no introduction as he plays fiddle with several of the top bands and has a reputation as one of this country's finest Cajun players. Chris Hall has played and recorded with many major names including Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, Kate Bush and his own bands R.Cajun, The Bearcats, Zydecomotion and Cajun Roosters and is widely recognised as the foremost authority on Cajun music in Europe .

 

The band make effortless traditional Cajun music of high calibre played with passion, skill and grace. Its the band that everyone is talking about. The big and the small. Petite et La Gross!

 

They specialise in some of the less well known Cajun songs gathered from old recordings and unreleased archive materials found in private collections and in the Louisiana Archives and Library of Congress. Be prepared for an awesome new sound. High quality Cajun music that will move your heart and feet.