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Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Anglyn started playing
guitar in 1997. Her rhythm is flawless. After turning down
a promising lingerie modeling career, she joined Choupique "because I
was desperate." Her beauty and crowd appeal is lagniappe.
Expect everything from hard "chumping" percussive cajun style to
delicate picking on a slow gentile waltz. She may also lose the
guitar for the frottior, wood block, or 't fer.
Three time Louisiana State Fiddle
Champ, Bill Grass applied with Choupique only after being rejected by
such names as "Big Rappin' Daddy R", "The Fly Brothers", and "The
Tingling Loins". A superior fiddle player, Bill is also known to
pick up the electric guitar for those killer zydeco numbers or swamp
pop tunes to polish your belt buckle. If you're lucky, he'll even
show off his backup and lead vocal talents.
Making the long trek from
Gonzales, LA, Kent Lavigne is the band's "bass man". He also has
somehow worked his way into being the band's "guy who knows what key
all of songs are in". Kent's bass runs pump up the zydeco and
rockin' cajun numbers and lay down in the background for more
traditional tunes. "Whatever you're paying me, it's not enough."
Lead singer of the
band, Jesse Brown originally hails from Eunice, LA. During his
first public appearance, he won the Mamou "Hard Body Contest" wearing
cut-off blue jeans and his infamous straw hat. Since that day,
he's been contacted by GQ and Men's Health magazines,
but his refusal to lose the hat has limited his modeling career.
So, with a desire to be in front of throngs of people screaming his
name, he picked up the Cajun accordion. He will join Bill for
several twin fiddle tunes, and may even plunck out a few numbers on the
mandolin.
Warren Thomassie comes to the
band courtesy of his wife. His music abilities are summed up by
"I play in perfect time even when the rest of the band is out!"
His back up and lead vocals add depth and dimension, and so does the
size of his drum kit. A lefty drummer, Warren comes from a
musical family and started playing music at age 11. It is
apparent that his older siblings taught him well.