Iry LeJeune
 | Born |
| October 28, 1928 in Point Noir, LA | |
| Active Decades | |
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Despite a tragically short career, during which he recorded less than three dozen tunes, Iry Lejeune (born: Ira LeJeune) was one of the most influential accordion players and songwriters in the history of Cajun music. His short list of compositions, including "The Love Bridge Waltz," "The Waltz Of The Mulberry Limb" and "The Church Point Breakdown," have been covered by such Cajun performers as the California Cajun Orchestra, Geno Delafose, The Magnolia Sisters, Steve Riley, Jo-el Sonnier and his son, Eddie Lejeune.
Born and raised on a small farm near Church Point, LA, Lejeune suffered from extremely poor eyesight and wore heavy, coke bottle-like, glasses throughout his life. Unable to work on the farm, he had little direction until an uncle, Angelos LeJeune, taught him to play the accordion. Music was in his blood. His father, Guston, was an amateur fiddler and his brother, Theobert, played accordion. Lejeune took to the squeezebox quickly and was soon hitch-hiking to town, with his fiddle in a flour sack, to play for tips in local beer halls. In a late-50s interview, Angelos LeJeune remembered, "As a young boy of fifteen, (Iry) would come to my house almost every day to practice on my accordion." Lejeune's first accordion of his own was a gift from another uncle, Stephen LeJeune.
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Born and raised on a small farm near Church Point, LA, Lejeune suffered from extremely poor eyesight and wore heavy, coke bottle-like, glasses throughout his life. Unable to work on the farm, he had little direction until an uncle, Angelos LeJeune, taught him to play the accordion. Music was in his blood. His father, Guston, was an amateur fiddler and his brother, Theobert, played accordion. Lejeune took to the squeezebox quickly and was soon hitch-hiking to town, with his fiddle in a flour sack, to play for tips in local beer halls. In a late-50s interview, Angelos LeJeune remembered, "As a young boy of fifteen, (Iry) would come to my house almost every day to practice on my accordion." Lejeune's first accordion of his own was a gift from another uncle, Stephen LeJeune.
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