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Ti-Fer
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Accordion: Phil Underwood * Percussion: Clare Gilliam * Guitar: Chris Boland * Fiddles: Matt Kelly, Will Sneyd, Simon Kelly |
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Ti-Fer
Cajun Band was
started in early 1994 by Phil
Underwood (accordion)
and Clare
Gilliam (ti-fer
/ triangle). They were joined by two fiddle players, Will
Sneyd and Matt Kelly,
guitarist Chris
Boland,
and later by fiddler Simon
Kelly.
They developed a repertoire of traditional Cajun classics,
carefully arranged and rehearsed but played with gay abandon. They
were especially known for their twin fiddle sound, reminiscent of
the Balfa Brothers, and were a hit in Cajun dance clubs and
festivals around the UK during the "Cajun boom" of the
1990s. They played here, there and everywhere, including Israel
and even the Isle of Wight, as well as Derby's Swamp Festival, and
at National Cajun Festival in Bury where they were advertised as
"One
of the most exciting bands on the Cajun dance scene today".
Cajun
Times Magazine
commented
on their "consistent
quality and strong commitment to Cajun dance and music".They
were also famous for cross-dressing (remember the infamous
Halloween Masked Ball?), drinking Jack Daniel's, and eating
everyone out of house and home, though all that nearly came to an
end when Will ran away to Iceland with a folk rock band and no one
else wanted to wear the lycra mini-skirt. Luckily he was replaced
by young Simon Kelly (whose dad let us borrow him from the Bon
Temps Playboys) and Ti-Fer's twin fiddle reputation remained
intact. (He was let off wearing fancy dress because he was only a
lad).
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