I’ve been told this was ass-backwards, but I came to Doug “Ragin’ Cajun” Kershaw via his lesser-known brother, Rusty. Rusty had done the magnificently wonky Dobro work for Neil Young’s On the Beach and was rumored to have pulled a knife on Stephen Stills during the recording sessions (awesome!). I later discovered he was a member of Rusty & Doug, the early-’60s Cajun-pop duo that had major success with “Louisiana Man” and “Diggy Diggy Lo.” But it was Doug who went on to be the superstar from 1969 through the early ’70s, making very successful appearances on The Johnny Cash Show, opening for Derek & the Dominoes at the Fillmore, and even having his own Top 40 hit, “Hello Woman,” in 1981. I’ve never seen the dude live, but his Alive & Pickin’ live album from the ’70s is a blistering, energetic set of pure Cajun country. He’s older now (obviously), so he might have mellowed some, I dunno. But Cajun isn’t just a young man’s genre, so it’s a good bet he won’t spend the night staring at his shoes. BRIAN J. BARR

Wed., Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., 2008