Person

Canray Fontenot

From: Louisiana
Active: 1922–1995
Releases: 3

About

Canray Fontenot (October 16,[a] 1922 – July 29, 1995) was an American Creole fiddle player, who has been described as "the greatest Creole Louisiana French fiddler of our time."

From Canray Fontenot on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

BeauSoleil now

Discography

Albums 3

Allons à Lafayette & More 1988
Louisiana Hot Sauce, Creole Style 1992 Apple Music
La Musique Créole 1996

Teacher

D'Jalma Garnier III now

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 48d5bbe4-992f-4fe9-a654-e6ab2390b527

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.