The Back Door

We just heard the heartbreaking news that Cajun music legend and original singer of "The Back Door" D.L. Menard has passed away at the age of 85.

D.L. Menard's "The Back Door" turned 55 this year. But there are five things you probably don't know about the most popular and recognizable Cajun song ever.

Here is another great Cajun musician of our time, D.L. Menard, who has been playing Cajun music for 64 years now. Wow 64 years or since the age of 16. D.L. Menard was born Doris Leon "D.L." Menard  in Erath, Louisiana in 1932 and was an only child. In his bio it says that D.L. was part of a Cajun farming family which a lot of Cajuns from that era were.  It also says that one of his bigge

This is a video of DL Menard with Aly Bain & Blackie Forester on accordian performing "The Back Door", From 1988 documentary Aly Meets The Cajuns. What is really cool about this video is that DL explains how the song came about and why it was written. ...