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Yvette Landry was born and raised in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

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Yvette Landry Enters the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

Fifteen years ago, on an impulse, Breaux Bridge native Yvette Landry walked into a music store and bought a bass guitar—the very first step towards an unexpected journey into the world of Cajun music.

In 2019, with four albums, three bands, countless collaborations, and a Grammy nomination in her back pocket, Landry is being recognized for her contributions to the genre, joining over one hundred local legends in the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. “I’m still speechless,” she said. “So many musicians are worthy of this. I’m very, very humbled by it all.”

[Read about Landry's musical journey, and how her upcoming book on the life of Warren Storm came to be in Tom Scarborough's story—"Just Say Yes"—from our May 2019 issue.]

She’ll receive her official induction, fittingly, on stage with her band The Jukes at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles on October 12; the festival this year is placing a special focus on women in Cajun and Creole culture.

The award coincides with the release of

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Just Say Yes

Flying to Maine for a solo performance a couple of years ago, Yvette Landry found herself accosted by two young boys as soon as she got off the plane. “Hey Asian lady—are you coming to our house with us? Hey Asian lady!”

She said to her host, their father, “Why are your kids calling me Asian lady?”

He said, “I’ve been telling the boys for the last month that the Cajun lady was coming to stay at our house, and they have no idea what a Cajun is, so they just think you’re Asian.”

As soon as they all arrived at the home where Landry would be staying, one of the little boys immediately needed to go to the bathroom—but he refused to go unless the Asian Lady accompanied him and told him a story about Asian Land while he did his business: “So I’m sitting on the floor of the bathroom,” recalled Landry, “and he’s sitting on his little pot, and I just made up this story about an old oak tree deep in the swamp that turned disobedient little boys into stone and devoured them.”

Three days after returning home to Breaux Bridge,

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From touring the world as a multi-instrumentalist, to performing with the likes of Balfa Toujours, Redstick Ramblers, Pine Leaf Boys, Walter Mouton, Steve Riley, Dirk Powell, Donna the Buffalo, Bill Kirchen, Carol McComb, John Lilly, Geraldine Gay and Darrell Scott, and being a founding member of the all-woman super-group Bonsoir Catin, Yvette has made a name for herself as a powerful accompanist.

Now taking center stage, backed by members of The Redstick Ramblers, River Road, The Wilders, and more, be prepared to be blown away yet again by this beautiful songsmith. Her brand new CD, Should Have Known, is comprised of homemade honky-tonk that’ll knock you off your boots!

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“If you like your country music with more old school tumbleweed and Texas twang than fast-burning plastic of the modern age, then you should pick up Yvette Landry’s new solo CD Should Have Known. Like some Cajun queen bee from another era, the Bonsoir, Catin bassist picks up her acoustic guitar to belt out 16 original tunes that trace the arc of romance from holding hands to one night stands to making lon