Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin

Infobox musical artist
Name = Michael Doucet

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Img_capt = Bois Sec singing on PBSs American Patchwork
Img_size = 180px
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date|1915|11|16
Died = death date and age|2007|5|16|1915|11|16
Genre = Cajun
Instrument = Vocals, accordion

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (November 16 1915–May 16 2007) was an American accordionist who specialized in Cajun music (called "la la music" or "la musique Creole") and was influential in what became zydeco music.

Born in Duralde in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, he earned his nickname "dry wood" because he would always be the first to run in from the fields during a rainstorm. After starting on the triangle with his cousin Amédé Ardoin and fiddler Dennis McGee, he learned traditional accordion at age 12, playing the style of Louisiana music that was a precursor to zydeco.Fuselier, Herman (May 18, 2007). [http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/NEWS01/705180302/1002 Friends, fans mourn legendary Bois Sec Ardoin.] "The Daily Advertiser"] His longtime musical partner was Canray Fontenot, who died in 1995. He also performed as the Ardoin Family Orchestra with three of his sons.

In 1986, the pair were awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. Ardoin died of natural causes at a nursing home in Eunice, Louisiana.Pareles, Jon (May 20, 2007). Bois Sec Ardoin, Musician and Nurturer of Creole Tradition, Dies at 91. "New York Times"]

elected discography

*"La Musique Creole"
*"Allons Danser"
*"Les Blues De Bayou"

ee also

*History of Cajun Music
*List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music

References

External links

* [http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/bsardoin.htm Bois Sec Ardoin]
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