Week 1
Cajun/Creole Week
Accordion from Scratch mini-course
Drew Simon

Drew Simon was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and developed an interest in Cajun music in his late teens. At 18, he started playing drums and singing with his brother in a local group called Acadien. Soon after, he learned how to play the accordion, guitar, and bass and developed a great passion for singing some of the forgotten Cajun classics by the likes of Belton Richard, Lawrence Walker, Philip Alleman, Vorence Barzas and the Balfa Brothers.
Drew is strictly a traditionalist, playing and singing in a style which has been described as a "simple, older, blue collared cajun." As he sits behind the drumset or the accordion, he hopes to bring back some of the memories, spirit, and soul of a generation long ago, of Cajun musicians who told their life sorrows and pains through their music. He is a member of the twice-Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys.