The debut recording of Sauce Piquante, the traditional Cajun-Creole band I established in 1999. Recorded live in March 2003 at a couple of SF Bay Area venues. I play the accordion, do most of the singing (it's all in Cajun French) and wrote the liner notes. It was dedicated to the memory of my friend and mentor Danny Poullard, the prominent Louisiana-born Creole accordionist who was the guiding spirit of the Bay Area's thriving Louisiana French music community until his death in 2001. Danny plays a central role in my music memoir "Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music."
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The debut recording of Sauce Piquante, the traditional Cajun-Creole band I established in 1999. Recorded live in March 2003 at a couple of SF Bay Area venues. I play the accordion, do most of the singing (it's all in Cajun French) and wrote the liner notes. It was dedicated to the memory of my friend and mentor Danny Poullard, the prominent Louisiana-born Creole accordionist who was the guiding spirit of the Bay Area's thriving Louisiana French music community until his death in 2001. Danny plays a central role in my music memoir "Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music."
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About Blair
I am the author of a music memoir ("Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music, University Press of Mississippi, January 2009) and the accordionist/vocalist in Cajun-Creole band Sauce Piquante. I live with my fiddler-husband Steve in the San Francisco Bay Area,...
Published Reviews
Aug.10.2008
"It is charming, this entire scene, the rafters and the hardwood dance floor, the swirling skirts and proper etiquette, the counter-clockwise motion of dancing couples, turning gears in a larger machine....
Apr.07.2009
Kilpatrick gradually moves from listener to accordion player to performer. Finding her singing voice, she finds her writing one as well. "Accordion Dreams" is for anyone who has ever fallen under the spell...








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