Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Monk is the Big Chief of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles. He is widely known for his long time collaboration with Big Chief Bo Dollis in The Wild Magnolias.
In the late 1960’s, Boudreaux joined the Wild Magnolias, the Mardi Gras Indian group lead by his Big Chief Bo Dollis. Dollis and Boudreaux have been close friends since their childhood.
In 1970, Boudreaux appeared with the Wild Magnolias at the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and also in the same year, the group released the single “Handa Wanda” on Crescent City Records, the first studio recorded music by the Mardi Gras Indians.
Boudreaux appeared in full dress on the 2006 Congo Square Poster of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
