Charles Thibodeaux formed a Cajun Band in March of 2004 while playing for a group of Mardi Gras enthusiast.  In these first years, the band has played in San Antonio, Martinez, Fort Worth, Galveston, Cotulla, Henly, Victoria, Sugarland, Columbus, Beaumont, and Medina Lake Texas for various crawfish boils, birthday events, and festivals including the Cajun French Music Association Festival’s. They performed live on Fox 7 television in April 2005 and 2006 as a promotion for the annual Austin Louisiana Swamp Romp Festival. They also manage to keep the dance floors full while keeping a busy schedule playing in and around Austin.

The Austin Cajun Band, formerly known as the Bayou Cajun Band, has that authentic Cajun sound—sounds of that tough life of the farms and bayous yet that upbeat and happy sound that represents the The Joy of Life –Les Joire de Vivre.  Their repertoire consists of many of the older songs of Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa, Lawrence Walker, Amadee Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Andrew Cormier and many other Cajun and Creole Masters.  You are sure to “Pass a Good Time” when you come out and enjoy their music.

The Austin Cajun Band is made up of the soulful accordion and French vocals of Charles Thibodeaux; master fiddling and French vocals of Peter Schwarz, (formerly of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys), Steve Doerr on rhythm guitar (lead man of Leroi Bros. band) , Richard White on drums, and Robert Vignaud on bass (formerly of the Cajun Band Beausoleil).

There have been several other musicians who have played with Charles and the band including; Cindy Cashdollar, Erik Hokkanen, Darcie Deaville, Steve and Donna Bing, Howard Kalish, Alvin Crow, Brandon Thibodeaux and Mark Viator.