A well-known and loved Acadiana musician died in a car crash Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief and tributes in the community.
Chris Stafford, 36, was a founding member of Feu Follet and known for being a musician's musician. He was nominated for multiple Grammys and played in so many groups it's virtually impossible to list them; in fact, just this past weekend at Festival International he played with at least three bands.
His music was the focus of Friday's Bonjour Louisiane show on KRVS, when Colby Lejeune chose as his word of the day "heaven."
We'll update this story as soon as his obituary and service information is posted.
If you want to read the story posted by Offbeat Magazine, click here. A GoFundMe has been set up to pay for his funeral, for other expenses and to establish an endowment in his name. If you want to help, click here.
Here are some of the tributes posted in his memory:
Stafford died in a crash on East Pinhook Road Thursday morning, Lafayette Police say.
Pinhook was closed for several hours after the 10:20 a.m. crash, between the Thruway and Gauthier Road.
Police say Stafford was driving a vehicle east on Pinhook in the outside lane when investigators believe he may have struck a curb, overcorrected and crossed all lanes of travel. At the same time, another vehicle was traveling west in the inside lane of Pinhook and it crashed into the passenger side of Stafford's vehicle.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lafayette Police Department Traffic Division.
