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By Patricia C. Ress, Staff Reporter

   With some of the youngest and most talented musicians from South Louisiana, Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys is one of the hottest Cajun bands to come out of the swamps. Their fire and drive keep the dance floor packed and the band popular!

   With veteran Cajun musicians eager to play with this young band whose talent and sound defy their years.

   Kevin and his playboys are on a mission to bring their blend of Cajun and dance hall groove to the world. Kevin Naquin is South Louisiana's newest son whose musical role continues a legacy of great accordionists and band leaders.

   Drummer Dwayne Lavergne is from Carencro. His father, Ray Lavergne is in the Cajun music hall of fame and has played and recorded with many musicians. He started playing the drums at the tender age of 12 and has been playing with the Ossun Playboys since December 1998.

   The band's fiddler is Louis Dronet who has been playing his instrument since age 14. He became interested in the fiddle when his father started taking fiddle lessons with Ron Sonnier.

   Louis went along with his father and learned to play. After only three months of lessons with Ron, Louis was playing at different jam sessions with other musicians. Later he took a few lesons with Tony Thibodeaux and Travis Matte. He has been with the Ossun Playboys since April of 1999. Louis was CFMA Fiddler of the Year and nominated in 2000 and 2002. He's a member of the Cajun French Music Association and a recipient of the 1998 CFMALafayette Chapter New Dawn Award.

   Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys had the "Best Recording of the Year" entitled "Bayou Groove." They have also been noted as the "Band of the Year" and received recognition for their "Song of the Year" entitled C'est Trop Tard (It's Too Late). All of that was just for 2004.

   Prior to that, in 2002, they were recognized by the Cajun French Music Association, named Band of the Year. That same year they also had the Record of the Year and the Accordionist of the Year. In 2000 they had won all the same accolades PLUS Male Vocalist of the Year!

   In 1997 they won the Lafayette Chapter New Dawn Award and in 1994 received an award for Junior Accordion Player-Mulates.