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Fernest Arceneaux

A torch-bearer for the vintage zydeco customs personified by Clifton Chenier, Fernest Arceneaux earned the name “THE BRAND NEW Prince of Accordion” for his virtuosic prowess. Given birth to August 27, 1940 to a big sharecropping family located in Lafayette, Louisiana, he first found his brother-in-law’s accordion while operating the …

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