- List of accordionists
This is an alphabetized list of notable accordionists who have their own main articles or belong to a notable band.
=A=
*Veikko Ahvenainen Finnish classical accordionist
*Steve Albini =B=
*Jeremy Barnes ofNeutral Milk Hotel
*Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates ofThe Divine Comedy
*Alan Bern , of theKlezmer bandBrave Old World
*Geoff Berner
*Bratko Bibič , Slovene accordionist
*Roy Bittan
*Renato Borghetti , Brazilian musician
*Sandy Brechin
*Gary Brooker ofProcol Harum
*Joseph Byrd =C=
*Drew Carey
*Carmen Carrozza , classical & concert accordionist
*Roland Cedermark , Swedish accordionist and schlager artist
*Régine Chassagne ofArcade Fire
*Boozoo Chavis ,Zydeco musician
*Clifton Chenier , Zydeco musician
*Neil Cicierega ofLemon Demon
*Jared Claxon
*Zach Condon of Beirut
*Jenny Conlee ofThe Decemberists
*Dick Contino , who appeared onThe Ed Sullivan Show a record 48 times
*Gianni Coscia , jazz accordionist
*Sheryl Crow
* Phil Cunningham
*Andy Cutting =D=
*Pietro Deiro , pioneer of the accordion
*Orlando DiGirolamo
*Wolfgang Dimetrik
*Henry Doktorski , classical & concert accordionist
*Dr. Busker =E=
*Mogens Ellegaard , father of the avant-garde accordion movement
*Keith Emerson
*John Evan of Jethro Tull
* Roberto Enzo [http://www.robertoenzo.com]=F=
=G=
*Anthony Galla-Rini
*Richard Galliano =H=
*Frode Haltli , Norwegian accordionist
*Daniel Handler , aka.Lemony Snicket
*Rolf Harris
*Kevin Hearn ,Zydeco musician, ofBarenaked Ladies
*Matt Hensley ofFlogging Molly
* Harry Hibbs, Canadian musician
*David Hidalgo ofLos Lobos
*Bruce Hornsby
*Rocky Howard
*Nihad Hrustanbegovic
*Garth Hudson ofThe Band
*Rob Hyman ofThe Hooters =I=
*Gary Innes =J=
*Martyn Jacques ofThe Tiger Lillies
*Ryan Jarman ofThe Cribs
*Flaco Jimenez
*Beau Jocques ,Zydeco musician
*Billy Joel
*Brian Jones ofThe Rolling Stones
*Esteban "Steve" Jordan
*Kepa Junkera ,Basque musician and composer=K=
*Maria Kalaniemi
*Boris Karlov
*Guy Klucevsek
*Julian Koster ofNeutral Milk Hotel =L=
*Gabby La La
*Yuri Lemeshev ofGogol Bordello
*John Lennon ofThe Beatles
*John Linnell ofThey Might Be Giants
*Nils Lofgren
*Kenneth Larsen =M=
*Joseph Macerollo Canadian classical accordionist
*Charles Magnante , pioneer of the accordion
*Frank Marocco
*Michel Martin , host ofNPR showRough Cuts
*Loreena Mckennitt
*Johnny Meijer , Dutchjazz accordionist
*Rade Mijatovic , classical & concert accordionist
*Corn Mo of.357 Lover =N=
*Franz Nicolay ofThe World/Inferno Friendship Society
*Krist Novoselic , bassist inNirvana =O=
*Pauline Oliveros ,avantgarde performer
*Walter Ostanek =P=
* Willard A. "Bill" Palmer, (1917-1996) inventor of thequint system which was later patented byTitano as used in their line of "converter" (or "quint ") bassaccordion s
*Cory Pesaturo
*Joseph Petric Canadian classical accordionist
*Kimmo Pohjonen , experimental Finnish accordionist=R=
*Matti Rantanen , classical accordionist
*Ryan Ross ofPanic At The Disco
*Steve Roxton , British accordionist, vocalist
*Roberto Ruscitti , Venezuelan accordionist
*Nikolai Ryskov , Russian accordionist=S=
*Dr. William Schimmel , accordionist, composer and philosopher
*John Serry, Sr. , classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
*Sivuca , Brazilian musician
*Paul Stein =T=
*Matt Thiessen ofRelient K
*Yann Tiersen , French composer andmulti-instrumentalist
*Pete Townshend ofThe Who
*Karen Tweed =U=
*Brendon Urie ofPanic at the Disco
*Steve Urkel on Family Matters=V=
*Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
*Art Van Damme
*Eddie Vedder ofPearl Jam
*Gus Viseur , French accordionist
*Courtney Von Drehle , accordionist in 3 Leg Torso=W=
*Jason Webley ,Zydeco musician
*Lawrence Welk
*Martin White , British cover artist
*Wix Wickens
*Patrick Wolf
* Richard Wright ofPink Floyd =Y=
*Frankie Yankovic , polka musician
*"Weird Al" Yankovic , song parodist=Z=
*Joe Zawinul
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