Mel Melton Biography

Mel Melton became totally immersed in the rich culture and physical beauty of southwest Louisiana. He moved permanently to Lafayette at the end of the summer and began playing in a band he co-founded with Sonny Landreth the Louisiana slide guitar-playing superstar. Over the next few years he honed his musical and cooking skills eventually becoming a well known Cajun chef. At the same time he was becoming known as a singer and harmonica player specializing in a zydeco style of harp playing that has become his trademark. He took a job at a BBQ joint near Lake Travis as a dishwasher but eventually moved up the ranks to cook. The restaurant happened to be a hang out for several European chefs who worked at the resorts situated on Lake Travis and Melton was offered a cook position at one of them. While there he joined Austin's Chef Association and after several years became chef at the Tarry House a private club frequented by many Texas luminaries such as Walter Cronkite Tommy Lee Jones Sissy Spacek and many Texas politicians including the Governor who held a weekly staff lunch at the club.

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