Sheryl Cormier

Sheryl Cormier (March 15, 1945 in Grand Couteau, Louisiana, USA) is a Cajun accordionist. Cormier started her musical career in her father's band, "Andrew Guilbeau and the Sunset Playboys." In order to earn a living, she owned a beauty salon for 14 years before returning to play Cajun music at the age of 32 with Blackie Forestier and his band. In the 1970s, she formed Sheryl Cormier And Friends, which lasted for two years. Then she formed an all female Cajun band, which was the first, and at the time the only group of its kind in the male dominated music scene in South Louisiana. In the 1990s, she formed Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds with her husband Russell Cormier (2) on vocals, and son Russell Cormier, Jr. on drums. Cormier comes from a musical family. Her father, Andrew Guilbeau (1917–1990) was an accordionist, her mother, Eclishia (Quebedeaux) Guilbeau (1920–2001) played the drums, and her brother, Lory "Bozo" Guilbeau (1951–2018) was also an accordionist.