I was looking through some photos in my Flickr stream and came across this item. I created this picture digitally using photos I took when Tuffy P and I visited Portugal.
All posts tagged “accordion”
Fernest and the Thunders
Your Daily Dose tonight is some music from a Zydeco band called Fernest and the Thunders, led by a button accordion player named Fernest Arceneaux. Mr Arceneaux is gone now, but I remember seeing him and his band live here in Toronto back in the… Read More
A New Student
A fellow contacted me during the week asking if I was the guy who taught button accordion. It is true that I have done a little bit of teaching. I have one regular student and another occasional student. I hadn’t thought about seeking another but… Read More
How Diatonic Accordions are made
This is a very clear and informative video. I understand these folks make excellent accordions. I play a triple row diatonic, but I’d like to save up for a nice little one row box like this one day.
Junior Santana Tocando Accordion
Your Daily Dose
Johnny Can’t Dance
Either can I. Here’s your Daily Dose Ray Abshire Octa Clark Pee Wee Broussard Andrew Carriere
Boozoo that’s Who
Let’s go back in time a few years to a place called Dog Hill. Your Daily Dose tonight comes from the late great Boozoo Chavis and his Magic Sounds. http://youtu.be/D1XVVOSBaXU I got a paper in my shoe… http://youtu.be/9B3lfqbiwX0 Johnny Billy-goat http://youtu.be/lVAgkX4g8TU
Vallenato Man
Today’s Daily Dose features Vallenato accordionist Lisandro Mesa. http://youtu.be/Qa3UbIWX9OA
Invention of the Accordion
I just heard on the radio that today marks the anniversary of the invention of the accordion. Let’s celebrate, friends. Of course the guy on the radio had some strange information, that the accordion was invented in Philadelphia in 1854, when any old fool knows… Read More