Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin' Cajuns

Born Sept 24, 1974 Raised in a french speaking, cajun family Listened to cajun music played in the home every Saturday and Sunday while growing up and he heard his Dad play accordion for family gatherings. A late starter, Jamie has only been playing accordion for 6 years A 12 year veteran with Acadian Ambulance as an EMT-paramedic; he balances his life-saving job with his music career. Dreamed of playing accordion and remembers singing along with his Dad and saying that he too would one day perform. 1 of 5 siblings The ONLY boy Says he's not spoiled...MUCH

Zydeco Musician/Paramedic Jumps Off Stage to Resuscitate Fan and then Continues His Set!

December 2004, Acadian News —It was a typical Saturday night at Tony's Dance Hall in Gueydan , Louisiana , while the crowd two-stepped to the Kickin' Cajuns' Zydeco music. Jamie Bergeron was singing and doing his thing with his accordion when he noticed several in the crowd looking panicstricken. He calmly dropped his accordion and jumped off the stage before the band knew he was gone.

Jamie-the-musician had gone into Jamie-the-paramedic mode and immediately determined that one of his fans had gone into cardiac arrest. Seventy-three-year-old Girlie Thibodeaux had just finished dancing and had sat down at her table. Minutes later, she lay on the floor without a pulse. An Acadian Ambulance paramedic of 14 years, Jamie began breathing life back into Thibodeaux. While he performed life-saver breathing, a first responder performed chest compressions.