Jay Cormier was born in 1952 and brought up on his father's cotton farm noth of Scott, Louisiana. Jay's home was a bilingual Cajun/English household where both his father and grandmother played Cajun accordion. there was an old accordion aroound the house that the very young Jay "used to mess with," as he put it. "My mother and father bought me my first good accordion when I was about eight, Hereditary," he said of his early exposure to the instrument. As Jay gained proficiency singing and playing accordion, guitar, pedal steel, bass, or "almost anything I could get my hands on", his reputation solidified over time as the area's sideman of choice.
Visitors to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival have seen Jay perform as a side player with swamp pop guests Johnny Allan and Warren Storm. Has has appeared on the recordings of Ed Gary and Breaux Bridge Playboys, and many others. He also holds the distinction of having entertained four U.S. presidents.

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