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Re: old sound parakeetism

You are correct Bryan. I just heard that both Bois Sec and Amede Ardoin were taught by the same accordion player on this video called "The Death of Amede Ardoin. But the one who posted the video cut the man's name out! I have been thinking on this for a while. WHO TAUGHT AMEDE ARDOIN TO PLAY ACCORDION?? Surely he didn't get handed a bran new accordion as a child and all of a sudden he composed the roots of our Cajun Music Repertoire. Surely he was not the first accordion player ever. Which begs the question, how long has the accordion been around in Cajun Land? Joe Falcon and Cleoma brought Amede Ardoin with them to New York and the first recordings of Cajun music were cut. I just learned that too.

Re: old sound parakeetism

Been a curiosity for me also, who taught the old guys. According to popular legend, the accordion didn't make it to SW La til around the turn of the century, but by the 20's, we guys playing incredibly, just from recordings, and no telling how many unrecorded. So how did they learn to do all that cool stuff that I still can't do after studying them on electronic playback over and over and with youtube.

Re: old sound parakeetism

I shall post my findings soon on how they did it. Doing some serious study on the matter. Almost feverishly. LOL



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