Ardoin

	Ardoin Ardoin may refer to: Amédé Ardoin (1898–1942), American Creole musician Danny Ardoin, American baseball player * John Ardoin (1935–2001) American music critic Ronald Ardoin, American jockey Chris Ardoin, American zydeco accordionist Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007), American Cajun accordionist Kyle Ardoin Robert Kyle Ardoin (born July 31, 1967) is an American politician from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, he has served as Secretary of State of Louisiana since May 9, 2018. Ardoin took the post when former Secretary of State Tom Schedler res ... , Secretary of State of Louisiana {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Amédé Ardoin Amédé Ardoin (March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942) was an American Creole musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on the Cajun accordion. He is credited by Louisiana music scholars with laying the groundwork for both Creole and Cajun music in the early 20th century, and wrote several songs now regarded as Cajun and zydeco standards. Early life and career Ardoin was born near Basile in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana a descendant of both slaves and free people. Ardoin spoke only Cajun French and did not speak English, as did most people in the Cajun Country. Developing his musical talents in preference to undertaking farm work, he played at dances, often for Cajun audiences, with fiddle players Alphonse LaFleur and Douglas Bellard. He moved around the area frequently, settling at one point near Chataignier, where he met Cajun fiddle player Dennis McGee. They established a more regular musical partnership, playing at local house parties, sometimes attended by Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Danny Ardoin Daniel Wayne Ardoin (born July 8, 1974) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 to 2008 for the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orioles, and Los Angeles Dodgers."Danny Ardoin Statistics and History" "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017. High school years Ardoin attended Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte, Louisiana , where he played for Scott Carte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chris Ardoin Chris Ardoin (born April 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, LouisianaChris and Sean Ardoin Interview, Blues & Soul Records Magazine No. 53, 2003) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new style of music that fused traditional zydeco with various styles including hip-hop, reggae and R&B. He was a child prodigy belonging to a musical dynasty (his father was Lawrence Ardoin and his grandfather was Bois Sec Ardoin). His older brother is Gospel zydeco artist Sean Ardoin. He started with the accordion at the age of two and grew up listening to zydeco only for the most part until he was in his teens. When he was just ten, with help from his father Lawrence, he formed the Double Clutchin' zydeco band with his elder brother Sean Ardoin on drums. In 1994, the band released their debut album ''That's Da Lick'' on the Maison de Soul label. Though it was Sean who handled all the vocals and songwriting, the album was credited to Chris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (November 16, 1915 – May 16, 2007) was a Creole accordionist who specialized in the Creole music called "la la music" or "la musique Creole" (closely related to Cajun music) and was influential in what became zydeco music. Early life Ardoin was born in the unincorporated rural village of Duralde in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, to Gustave and Mary Louise (Ceasar) Ardoin. His father owned a guitar but was not a musician, nor was his mother. His father died of pneumonia when Alphonse was four years old. To earn money after Gustave's death, his mother took in laundry from white people and his older brother hired himself out to help support the family. Ardoin earned his nickname meaning "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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ronald Ardoin Ronald D. Ardoin (born June 13, 1957 in Carencro, Louisiana) is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He is one of a number of successful Cajun jockeys who began their careers riding in bush track races in Louisiana. In 1973, at Delta Downs in Vinton, Louisiana, Ron Ardoin earned the first of his 5226 career wins. During his thirty-one years in racing he won twelve riding titles at Louisiana tracks, earning six at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans and another six at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City. Ardoin also won a riding title at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. At Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas, he scored the most significant win of his career when he rode Zarb's Magic to victory in the 1996 Arkansas Derby. That win led to riding Zarb's Magic to a thirteenth place result in the 1996 Kentucky Derby. In his only other Derby start, he finished tenth aboard Encolure in the 1985 edition. On August 20, 2000, Ron Ardoin became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Ardoin John Ardoin, (January 8, 1935 in Alexandria, Louisiana – March 18, 2001 in San José, Costa Rica), was best known as the music critic of ''The Dallas Morning News'' for thirty-two years and especially for his friendship with and encyclopedic knowledge of the work of the famous opera soprano, Maria Callas, about whom he wrote four books. But his influence stretched much further than Dallas, and he knew many of the most important figures in classical music of the postwar era. As a child of twelve, he became interested in listening to the Saturday Met broadcasts and also heard and saw many singers of the day on ''The Voice of Firestone'', and ''The Bell Telephone Hour''. As he notes, "the radio was my first important link to the whole world".James Jordenbr> interview on ''The Parterre Box'' web site November 2005 He also describes his first experiences of seeing opera: it wasn't until I was about 16 or 17 I saw my first opera – the old Charles Wagner Company, which used to ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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