Tom Rigney is an American,

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...

musician, specializing in

Zydeco Zydeco ( ; ) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by French speaking, Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends African and Caribbean rhythms, blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana ...

and

Cajun music Cajun music (), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Although they are two separate genres, Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based ...

. He is an

electric violinist An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin f ...

and Cajun

fiddler A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially syno ...

. He is the leader of the

American roots music The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ...

band, Tom Rigney and Flambeau. In February 2004, his music was featured in the Alameda Civic Ballet production of Fiestive Les Bons Temps (The Good Times) at the Alameda Education Foundation Mardi Gras Gala.

Discography

*''Chasing the Devil'' (1997)

References

External links

Tom Rigney's Homepage
21st-century American fiddlers Cajun fiddlers Zydeco musicians Folk violinists Electric violinists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-musician-stub