Edwin Duhon (11 June 1910 – 26 February 2006) was an
American
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musician and co-founder of the
Hackberry Ramblers, a
band playing a combination of
Cajun music,
Western swing, and
country music.
Duhon was born in
Broussard, Louisiana. He formed the Hackberry Ramblers along with fiddler
Luderin Darbone
Luderin Lawrence Darbone (January 14, 1913#Savoy84, Cajun Music a Reflection of the People 1984 – November 21, 2008), was a Cajun-Western swing fiddle player for the band Hackberry Ramblers.
Early life
Darbone was born in Evangeline Parish, L ...
in 1933.
He first played acoustic guitar and went on to play
electric guitar,
piano,
double bass,
harmonica
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, and
accordion
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at various times. He focused solely on the accordion from the mid-1990s. Duhon's last performance was in November 2005.
In 2002, Duhon and Darbone received a
National Heritage Fellowship from the U.S.
National Endowment for the Arts, which is the country's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
Duhon died at the age of 95 in
Westlake, Louisiana
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.
See also
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History of Cajun Music
*
List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music
References
External links
*
Hackberry Ramblers Official WebsiteMusician Edwin Duhon dead at 95
United Press International, Inc. Retrieved 20 Mar 2006.
1910 births
2006 deaths
People from Broussard, Louisiana
Cajun musicians
Musicians from Louisiana
National Heritage Fellowship winners
20th-century American musicians
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