The late great Clifton Chenier!
All posts tagged “accordion”
Squeeze Box Man Volume 3 is in
The third volume of stories from the graphic novel Squeeze Box Man is in and I’m super-excited to see them. This is a huge issue, bar far our biggest – 74 pages. Jacob Yerex has once again done a fabulous job bringing my characters to… Read More
DakhaBrakha
I was surfing around YouTube this morning, clicking from this to that, when I came across an NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring a group of performers from the Ukraine called DakhaBrakha. I had never heard of these folks before but I decided to give it… Read More
Dancing to a French Canadian Reel
I could watch this video 10 times in a row….
The Smokin’ Bow Reel
Let’s start the week off with some fiddle and accordion. Here’s Calvin Volrath and Roger Lanteigne….
Tu Peux Cogner Mais Tu Peux Pas Rentrer
Here’s The King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier…
Accordion Boogie
Here’s Dick Contino rocking out on the accordion. I love the fantastic interplay between Dick Contino on piano accordion and Corky Bennett on Hammond B3. These guys just cook.
Quadrille des vieux par Réjean Simard
It’s about time I posted some Quebec accordion music around this joint…
Winse Saunders
I stumbled across Winse Saunders on the YouTube machine this evening. I don’t know anything about him except he’s from Newfoundland and he squeezes the hell out of that accordion of his. If any readers know anything about Mr. Saunders, please comment.
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