Here’s Clifton Chenier and his band. Video quality is poor but in my mind it doesn’t matter. Enjoy. For a guy who played live a lot, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of video material kicking around. Here he is many years earlier…
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All posts tagged “accordion”
I was making an awkward…
…attempt at playing a vallenato on the triple-row diatonic button accordion, and thought it was time to go back and listen to a master at work. Here’s Lisandro Meza: Lisandro Meza is living the dream. Not only does he have gold outfits and an excellent… Read More
Polkka Potpuri
nice.
Trikitixa
That player moves!…I really love Basque music.
Bull Fiddle Boogie
Here’s Pee Wee King and the Golden West Cowboys… For good measure, here’s another boogie by the same outfit. This one is a novelty piece called Chew Tobacco Rag. Finally, here’s a “humdinger”. This one even has yodelling.
Around the World by Button Accordion
Let’s go to Nigeria back in the 50’s and early 60’s and hear the so-called father of Juju, I.K. Dairo.
Paranoid
OK friends, this is an accordion cover of Black Sabbath’s paranoid recorded in Serbia. I don’t make this stuff up. I just find em and share em.
The Kelligrew’s Soiree
This tune was written by a fellow named Johnny Burke. It’s a Newfoundland song in an Irish tradition. Here’s one version of the lyrics: You may talk of Clara Nolan’s Ball or anything you choose, But it couldn’t hold a snuffbox to the spree at… Read More
Art Van Damme RIP
See the comments on Let’s Polka.
One thing for sure….
Johnny Can’t Dance
27th Street 