"The Playboys are not just a great Cajun band anymore--they're a great band."

-New Orleans Times-Picayune-

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Steve Riley	Steve Riley grew up in the prairie town of Mamou where French is spoken on the street, the national holiday is Mardi Gras, and a poor family is one without a fiddler or accordion player. American popular culture was stealing Mamou's children away when Steve took up the accordion and became his home town's favorite son. He plays a single-row diatonic instrument made by his cousin, famed accordionist Marc Savoy. Steve concentrated on learning Savoy's fiery, intricate style and the music of the Balfa Brothers. At age 15 this young prodigy was noticed by Dewey Balfa, who invited Steve to join his band. Under Dewey's guidance he grew as a performer, learning hundreds of French songs and how to sing them in Balfa's singular hurts-so-good style, and taking up the fiddle as well. His confidence, virtuosity and magnetic stage presence continued to grow after the Mamou Playboys were formed in 1988. Soon his horizons expanded to include the triple-row accordion, Zydeco music, and fearless songwriting. In a land where accordion is king, Steve has inspired countless young men and women to follow him and keep Cajun music's royal instrument alive.
David Greely	David Greely's Cajun heritage simmered on the back burner while he was growing up near Baton Rouge. But after years of fiddling in other styles he woke up to the music and language of his ancestors and was completely consumed. Apprenticed to Dewey Balfa, he received firsthand wisdom in Cajun music that has earned him acclaim as an eloquent Cajun French songwriter, fiddler, singer and researcher of nearly forgotten tunes and ballads. He has ventured deep into the study of Acadian history and seen all the places in France, Acadia and Louisiana where his mother's family, the Thériots, lived over the centuries. His less scholarly side finds release on the tenor saxophone, in the footsteps of great Louisiana players like Lee Allen and Sam Butera.
Sam Broussard	Sam Broussard, of Lafayette, is a musician's guitarist. He left Louisiana in his early twenties to follow his passion and found himself most at home in French surroundings, working with artists such as Zachary Richard, Robben Ford and million-selling Franco-Swiss rock star Stephan Eicher. After living in France on his songwriting royalties and his guitar prowess, he has returned to his roots and brought with him talents for singing, arranging, and instrumental artistry that are unsurpassed anywhere. Completely unpredictable and seemingly limitless in imagination, he has this entire band watching every solo just to see what he will do next.
Kevin Dugas	Kevin Dugas began drumming at the age of sixteen with the famed Cajun accordionist and vocalist Belton Richard. He refined his craft during five years with Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys, playing every Saturday night at La Poussiere in Breaux Bridge, LA. Kevin's playing is sure and full in heart and tone-- the soul of the Lafayette dancehall sound. He is the Mamou Playboys' center of gravity and the safety net for their acrobatics.