The accident came about on April 1, on the opposite hand it modified into once no joke.
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Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band needed to assemble there with out him. His brother, guitarist David Doucet, wrote about the accident on his Fb web page and reposted the message on the online page for the band, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet.
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He wrote on Saturday that he’d got a name from his 71-year-extinct brother on Friday — April Fool’s Day — announcing he’d slipped on ice by their hotel in Fairbanks and modified into once scheduled for surgical treatment.
“What a day the earlier day modified into once. We’re up in Fairbanks, AK, for a show. Yes, it’s chilly nonetheless Springtime is correct across the nook, and I’m thinking I’m within the center of a Johnny Horton attach of abode,” David Doucet wrote. “It’s moreover April Fool’s Day and I uncover a phone name from my brother Michael Doucet that he’s slipped on the ice by our hotel and has broken his hip and is scheduled for surgical treatment this morning. No Fooling.”
He said it modified into once loads to salvage up, particularly as they had been extra than 2,500 miles from home and needed to assemble two expansive exhibits with out their band chief. “However the show must hotfoot on. Thanks Fairbanks for web hosting us and giving BeauSoleil sans Michael Doucet a likelihood to entertain you! Barely memorable!” he added.
The, responding to replies, he wrote on Sunday, “I ticket the surgical treatment went neatly.”
Michael Doucet led exhibits in Fairbanks on Friday night and in Anchorage on Saturday night, The Recommend reported.
“Thanks Fairbanks for web hosting us and giving BeauSoleil sans Michael Doucet a likelihood to entertain you! Barely memorable!” he wrote. David Doucet wrote on Sunday that he didn’t know whether the band would be ready to assemble this week as scheduled in Ohio and Michigan.
