Interview by Michel Tisserand with Corey Arcenaux

Accession No.: 
TI1-002

Arceneaux talk about his introduction to music and how he became and accordion player.

1:48-Corey arcenaux originally played guitar (at 7-8 years old) but quickly prefered accordion.

4:00-He had mentor who taught him to play with all his fingers they practiced for seven month.

6:15-Arceneaux was a fan of Nathan WIlliams, he came to see him every week. One day Nathan williams brought him on stage

13:50-Arceneaux started a band at 17, he attended the holy rosary institute in lafayette. His first band struggled to find a steady guitar player.

15:37-Arceneaux was voted quietest kid in his school in 1993, he says he is very shy.

16:09-he won his first zydeco award in 1994

17:51-Corey Arceneaux's family initiated him to zydeco, they always listen to zydeco. His family took him to plaisance zydeco festival.

19:50-buckwheat has been one of his Idols.

26:30-Arceneaux does not speak french, only his grand parents on both side do, even his mother does speaks but not fluently

30.40-Arceneaux used to work as a DJ on KJCB radio station he even got an FCC licence for this.

35:39-His favourite musician at that time was Keith Frank

37:14-Arcenaux explains his song writing process.

47:00-Arcenaux talks about playing when he was under 21, he had issues when he was playing in casinos and bars.

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
tisserand
Subject: 
accordion zydeco
Creator: 
michel tisserand
Informants: 
corey arcenaux
Recording date: 
Thursday, March 14, 1996
Coverage Spatial: 
1:04:26
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Original Format: 
cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
896 KHZ
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore-Drawer-111