All Instruments | Blake Miller and Jesse Lege | All Levels | Period 1 | Week 1 (July 6-10, 2026)
In this class, we will dig deep into the repertoire to find the best songs you don’t often hear at jams. From jam busters, to country crossovers, we’ll learn how to conquer these tunes and bring some standouts into your repertoire. Join Jesse and Blake each morning to bring in more knowledge about the history of the songs and artists who have carried them to us. All instruments welcome, this will be half jam-half instruction.
About the Instructor
Blake Miller comes from a multi-generational musical family in Iota, Louisiana. He learned to play all the instruments traditionally found on a Cajun bandstand through his grandpa (world-renowned accordion maker Larry Miller of Bon Cajun Accordions), father, uncles, the late local accordion player Kenneth Thibodeaux, jam sessions at D.I.’s Cajun Restaurant, as well as the Augusta Cajun Week in Elkins, West Virginia. He started playing regular dances at the age of 14, and at 17, he began bringing his love of Louisiana French Music around the world with bands such as the Red Stick Ramblers, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, and Pine Leaf Boys among others. Today, you can find him with the Revelers, with his wife Amelia Biere in the Old-Fashioned Aces, Balfa Toujours, the Daiquiri Queens, the Lafayette Rhythm Devils, and you never know who else. You can hear him on the radio as well with his bilingual public radio show called La Lou Jukebox on 88.7 fm, KRVS.org. He also loves to teach and pass on the music he loves through private lessons, at various music camps, and even at his alma mater UL Lafayette.