Cedric Watson

Cedric Watson
Cedric Watson plays fiddle with Bijou Creole at the Savannah Music Festival, March 21, 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Cedric Watson
Born	1983 (age 33–34)
Origin	San Felipe, Texas
Genres	Cajun, Creole
Instruments	fiddle, Cajun accordion, vocals
Labels	Valcour Records
Associated acts	Bijoux Creole Pine Leaf Boys

Cedric Watson (born 1983) is an American musician. He has been nominated twice for Grammy Awards.

Born in 1983, Cedric grew up in San Felipe, Texas surrounded by the blues, old soul, country, and zydeco music. Though hip-hop was then popular amongst his peers, Cedric developed an affinity for the old-style French songs of Southwest Louisiana and the greater Houston area. He soon found himself in Lafayette, Louisiana where he became part of the musical community and began contributing to the continuity of Creole music.

He has played with some of the great names in Creole music, such as Dexter Ardoin and the Creole Ramblers and Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole Cowboys. With the Pine Leaf Boys, Cedric added a Creole and zydeco foundation to the group's roots Southwest Louisiana sound. Cedric continues to explore the roots of Louisiana’s Creole music with his own band, Bijou Creole.

He has performed in places across the United States as well as in France, Nova Scotia, Haiti, and Spain. He has said he wants "to present the Creole Nation of Louisiana to the Creole Nations in other parts of the world, to make these Creole cultures aware of the one in Louisiana, and vice versa."

In 2010 Watson appeared in season 1 episode 7 of the HBO series Treme with Wilson Savoy and Watsons replacement in the Pine Leaf Boys Courtney Granger. The scenes depict Annie (Lucia Micarelli) trying out to join the Pine Leaf Boys on a Canadian tour as Watsons replacement, but choking at the audition. Watson actually left the band to form Bijou Creole in 2006, not 2005 as depicted in the show.