Wilson Savoy Trio (of Pine Leaf Boys)

WILSON SAVOY, Cajun accordion, piano & vocals, GRAMMY WINNER 2012 for Best Regional Roots, has played accordion for most of his life, having been given as a child a hand-built accordion by his renown father, Marc Savoy. The accordion was built from the wood of a sassafras tree that was planted by Wilson's grandfather. It was not until Wilson moved to Baton Rouge to study at the University where he became completely addicted to playing and progressing on the accordion, inspired by the styles of his heroes, Iry Lejeune, Amede Ardoin and naturally his father, Marc Savoy. The piano was his first musical love, having begun boogie-woogie styles at the age of 10, inspired by the music of Louisiana wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis.  

Louisiana's finest, world-renowned Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Louisiana music with youthful exuberance, blending the sounds of Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp-Pop, Country, and Soul. 

What began as a group of friends getting kicked off campus for busking on the college campus in Lafayette in 2004, the "Pine Leaf Boys" has become one of the best known Cajun/Zydeco bands today, garnering one Grammy to leader, Wilson Savoy, and 4 Grammy noms to the band, as well as six invitations from the U.S. State Department to present their music to 23 countries throughout Europe and Asia.

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