At 84, Cajun musician Doug Kershaw still going strong As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he's still looking ahead too — fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential “Louisiana ManIn this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 photo, Doug Kershaw performs on the first day of the 22nd Louisiana Swamp Festival at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. In addition to the Rockin' Race Jamboree in Torremolinos, Spain, the New Orleans festival and other upcoming gigs, he's still recording music. “'Louisiana Man' is one of the great oral histories of a life,” said Nick Spitzer, host of public radio's American Routes program. Then the Astrodome's event booker asked if Kershaw would play at a big Cajun festival that day. They're still together — and the Louisiana Man is still going strong.

Source: ABC News January 24, 2020 18:45 UTC