DL Menard obituary

Cajun and country singer-songwriter best known for The Back DoorSeeing DL Menard for the first time, a lean guitar-slinger with a seen-it-all gaze, you would guess that he was an old-school country singer. Then he would speak or sing, in English or French, in the accent of southern Louisiana, and you would take him to be a Cajun musician. Both identifications would be correct. Menard, who has died aged 85, embodied the mixed DNA of Cajun and country music, and was proud of his nickname, “t