Fernest Arceneaux

Fernest Arceneaux

Fernest Arceneaux

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Top Songs

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Bernadette
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Jolie Blonde
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Don't Mess With My Toot Toot
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I'm on My Way Back Home
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Eh, Mama

Albums

  • Zydeco Stomp (2012 Remix)

    Jun 2012 • 18 songs

  • Old School Zydeco

    Feb 2008 • 12 songs

  • Zydeco Stomp

    Aug 2007 • 18 songs

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Fernest Arceneaux

Biography

A torch-bearer for the classic zydeco traditions personified by Clifton Chenier, Fernest Arceneaux earned the title "The New Prince of Accordion" for his virtuosic prowess. Born August 27, 1940 to a large sharecropping family based in Lafayette, Louisiana, he first picked up his brother-in-law's accordion while working the fields as a child, and learned his craft by copying his father, himself a rural musician whom the youngster often backed at local house parties. However, by the 1960s, Arceneaux had abandoned his zydeco roots to play guitar in a rock & roll band, a group whi...
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