All posts tagged “accordion

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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

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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

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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