{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Wade Frugé | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|08|27}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|6|23|1916|08|27}} | origin = Louisiana | genre = Cajun | occupation = Musician | instrument = Fiddle | label = Arhoolie Records }}
'''Wade Frugé''' (August 27, 1916 – June 23, 1992) was a Cajun fiddle player in southwest Louisiana. He raised sheep and farmed.<ref>Savoy, Ann Allen. "Cajun Music: A Reflection Of A People. Volume 1." Bluebird Press, 1984.</ref> He learned to play from contemporaries of his time. His only album was recorded in 1988 with various tunes recorded in 1979, 1983, and 1989 at the home of Marc Savoy.<ref>[http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Old-Style-Cajun-Music/Wade-Frug/e/96297047620 "Overview – Old-Style Cajun Music" music.barnesandnoble.com]</ref> He married Evelyn Courville in 1942 and adopted a child.
* ''Gumbo Waltz'' [http://www.npmusic.org/WadeFruge_Gumbo_Waltz.mp3 Listen (MP3)]
==Discography== * "Wade Frugé – Old-Style Cajun Music CD" (LP 5044), 1998.
==See also== * List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music * History of Cajun Music
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