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Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet breaks hip on tour in Alaska

FILE - Michael Doucet poses backstage with his award for Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music album for "Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles. Cajun fiddler Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band had to perform there without him. His brother, guitarist David Doucet, wrote about the accident Saturday, April 2, 2022, on his Facebook page and reposted the message on the page for the band, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) FILE - Michael Doucet performs with the Cajun band BeauSoleil at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, May 3, 2013. Cajun fiddler Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band had to perform there without him. His brother, guitarist David Doucet, wrote about the accident Saturday, April 2, 2022, on his Facebook page and reposted the message on the page for the band, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)