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Accordionist Octa Clark and fiddler Hector Duhon shaped their group, the Dixie Ramblers, in 1930, executing in contests alongside Nathan Abshire and Amedee Breaux. Years afterwards, in the 80’s, they installed with fiddler Michael Doucet and his sibling, guitarist David Doucet.

Vocalist/accordionist Octa Clark (b. 1904) and fiddler Hector Duhon (b. 1915) started playing together in the past due 1920s. Duhon documented for some time within the Dixie Ramblers, and following the group disbanded, continued to be active playing community dances with Clark. Both had been older persons by enough time …