Keith Gates: Music

Christopher Miller is the accordionist for the cajun/zydeco band Bayou Roots. Miller grew up in the Lacassine, Louisiana area and began playing musical instruments at an early age. Miller composed a few songs in middle school and won a few talent contests with his original piano works. As a young man, Miller began playing more Cajun music and taught himself Cajun accordion, guitar, and later, fiddle. In 1999 Miller helped to form Louisiana's Kingfish. Miller has also played throughout the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. and France with Hadley Castille, the Cajun Swamp Fiddler. Miller also played at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio with Rodney LeJeune and the Texas Cajun Playboys. Chris has bachelor's and master's degrees in Music Education from McNeese State University and is the Choral Director at Barbe High School and First Presbyterian Church in Lake Charles.

Bayou Roots website