Wayne Toups Wins Grammy Award

Wow, two of the biggest stars in Cajun music celebrate their birthday today. Wayne Toups and Jo-El Sonnier are celebrating their birthdays! Here is a little history on both of these legendary artists!

The Grammy Award ceremonies were back in February and 'The Band Courtbouillon' which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Regional Roots Music Album”. At the ceremony, Wayne Toups was on hand to accept the award but didn't get to keep the trophy.  That is because each Grammy award is handmade which takes a few months.  Well they were finally done and

The Grammy Awards were last month and The Band Courtbouillon which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Regional Roots Music Album”. I found a cool video of Wayne Toups backstage at the Grammys.  He was asked to stop by the CBS Backstage cam where he got a chance thank his fans. Check it out!

The Grammy Award ceremonies are under way and we just received word that The Band Courtbouillon which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy just won the Grammy Award for 'Best Regional Roots Music Album".