Dennis McGee

1893–1989 (age 96)

Musician

Biography

Dennis McGee, born in 1893, became a treasured musician whose fiddle playing helped define Cajun music, bringing audiences to their feet with spirited reels and soulful duets.

He rests at Chatagnier Baptist Cemetery, where future generations of fiddlers still hear echoes of his tunes and the stories he told between songs.

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