Biography
Iry Lejeune And His Lacassine Playboys
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952
Members: Iry Lejeune, Orsy Vanicor, Ernest Thibodeaux, Ivy Vanicor
Cajun band from Lacassine, Louisiana, formed in the late 1940s after Iry Lejeune moved in to live with Milton and Odile Vanicor and their family. The band consisted of Iry Lejeune (accordion), Milton Vanicor (fiddle), Orsy Vanicor (steel guitar), Ivy Vanicor (guitar), Asa Lejeune, and Ellis Vanicor (fiddle).