In this July 2, 2017, photo Cajun musician D.L. Menard attends an event at the Acadian Museum in his home town of Erath, La., where a portrait, seen behind him, was presented as part of a tribute to ...

Doris “D.L.” Menard, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who composed the Cajun music classic “The Back Door,” died Thursday at his home in Scott. He was 85. “The Back Door,” released in 1962 by ...

Fans know the late D.L. Menard, who died early Thursday at age 85 after a long illness, for The Back Door, a 55-year-old, million-selling Cajun two-step song that still fills dance floors on its ...

Since the song was created 55 years ago, “The Back Door” brought D. L. Menard to 38 countries, 42 states and countless appearances at local festivals and cultural events. The Cajun-French hit allowed ...

NEW ORLEANS — D.L. Menard, the Cajun musician whose song “The Back Door” became an anthem for his culture and carried him to 38 countries on State Department tours, has died at the age of 85. Mr.

The “Cajun Hank Williams” better known as D.L. Menard died at the age of 85. No matter where you at there you are, if I can’t leave I can’t come back, and what’s down can’t fall— are just some of the ...

D. L. Menard, the never-shy Cajun singer and songwriter, has a bone to pick with Rolling Stone. The magazine has picked Menard’s anthem, “The Back Door (La Porte en Arrière),” as one of its 100 ...

Today a local Cajun music legend was laid to rest. D.L. Menard’s service was held today at family life church in Lafayette. D.L. Menard set the standard for Cajun music with his hit “the back door”.

Reporting from New Orleans — D.L. Menard, an ambassador for Cajun music and culture whose song “The Back Door” is among the most popular in the genre, has died at 85. Menard died Thursday at his home ...

D.L. Menard was born Doris Leon Menard on April 14, 1932, in Erath, La., and first picked up a guitar at age 16. For much of his life, music-making wasn't enough to sustain his family. He wrote "La ...

NEW ORLEANS — D.L. Menard, the Cajun musician whose song ‘‘The Back Door’’ became an anthem for his culture and carried him to 38 countries on State Department tours, has died at the age of 85. Mr.