Camile Baudoin
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Camile Baudoin is a guitar
player from New Orleans
, Louisiana
and a founding member of The Radiators
.
Baudoin shares lead guitar
duties in The Radiators with Dave Malone
, and plays with or without a slide
. Since the band's equipment truck was stolen in 2001, Baudoin has mainly played a malachite green PRS
Custom 24 (pictured at right) or a Rainsong
WS-1000 graphite guitar.
In Born on the Bayou, an autobiographical essay on his website named for a Creedence Clearwater Revival
song, Baudoin writes, "my Paran Alton, who played in a country band (the Dufrene Brothers), taught me how to play guitar." When Baudoin was "about 10 or 12" he was invited to sit in with the Dufrene Brothers, and he says, "After that night, I pretty much knew what I was going to be doing for the rest of my life." While he was still in high-school, Baudoin began playing at clubs on Bourbon Street
, in various bands, often with fellow Radiator-to-be, Ed Volker
. One of these high-school bands, Souls Of The Slain. released a single that was included on a compilation called Louisiana Punk From the Sixties. During his twenties, Baudoin played in several bands, including The Dogs and The Rhapsodizers. In 1978, Baudoin and Volker and drummer
Frank Bua quit The Rhapsodizers to join The Radiators.
In 1998, between Radiators tours, Baudoin joined a side project, The Back Porch Rockers, with Dave "Snaker" Ray, Tony Glover and Reggie Scanlan
. This group released a single album called By the Water.
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
player from New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
and a founding member of The Radiators
The Radiators (US)
The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who have combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they call fish-head music...
.
Baudoin shares lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
duties in The Radiators with Dave Malone
Dave Malone
Dave Malone born August 29, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana is best known as the guitarist/vocalist, and sometimes songwriter, of The Radiators. He has also worked with a wide variety of other musicians, in and out of New Orleans. He has recorded more than a dozen albums with the Radiators,...
, and plays with or without a slide
Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
. Since the band's equipment truck was stolen in 2001, Baudoin has mainly played a malachite green PRS
PRS Guitars
PRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland. PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of high-end electric guitars.-Materials:...
Custom 24 (pictured at right) or a Rainsong
Rainsong
RainSong is an acoustic guitar manufacturer currently based in Woodinville, Washington, and originally based in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. The company makes high-end carbon fiber bodied acoustics and acoustic electrics, with past models including nylon string guitars, 12-string guitars, and a jazz...
WS-1000 graphite guitar.
In Born on the Bayou, an autobiographical essay on his website named for a Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
song, Baudoin writes, "my Paran Alton, who played in a country band (the Dufrene Brothers), taught me how to play guitar." When Baudoin was "about 10 or 12" he was invited to sit in with the Dufrene Brothers, and he says, "After that night, I pretty much knew what I was going to be doing for the rest of my life." While he was still in high-school, Baudoin began playing at clubs on Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street is a famous and historic street that spans the length of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. When founded in 1718, the city was originally centered around the French Quarter...
, in various bands, often with fellow Radiator-to-be, Ed Volker
Ed Volker
Ed Volker, aka Zeke is a singer, songwriter and keyboard player from New Orleans, Louisiana, and a founding member of the legendary New Orleans band, The Radiators...
. One of these high-school bands, Souls Of The Slain. released a single that was included on a compilation called Louisiana Punk From the Sixties. During his twenties, Baudoin played in several bands, including The Dogs and The Rhapsodizers. In 1978, Baudoin and Volker and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Frank Bua quit The Rhapsodizers to join The Radiators.
In 1998, between Radiators tours, Baudoin joined a side project, The Back Porch Rockers, with Dave "Snaker" Ray, Tony Glover and Reggie Scanlan
Reggie Scanlan
Reggie Scanlan is a bass guitar player and photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana and a founding member of swamp rock band, The Radiators.According to Matthew Haggman of radio station WWOZ in New Orleans, "In the early seventies Scanlan made enough of a name for himself as a bassist to record...
. This group released a single album called By the Water.