Great musicians who played an accordion?

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: GUEST,Alan Whittle
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 08:30 AM

Pete Shutler of the Yetties is pretty damn good.

One for the teenagers - there was this guy called Bob Cann who lived somewhere in the depths of Dartmoor who was pretty nifty.

Its a bugger being old - no one else knows what you're talking about.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: G-Force
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 09:52 AM

Garth Hudson.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: GUEST,GUEST, Mark Bluemel
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 03:54 AM

Richard Cryan said "Richard Thompson plays accordian; I think it appears on Henry the human fly."

And on Strict Tempo, and probably others.

T-Bone Wolk, the late bass-player, multi-instrumentalist and musical director for Daryl Hall was a child prodigy on the accordian, winning prizes.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 09:53 AM

Clifton Chenier? Who? Zydeco, that's who.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: GUEST,Doug Saum
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 01:11 PM

Best I've heard personally: Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez and Buckwheat Zydeco. Has anyone mentioned Myron Floren?
Doug Saum

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: GUEST,peggy bastek
Date: 24 Mar 11 - 10:15 PM

any one ever heard of vinny roberts. i have a beautiful accordion custom made for him, I bought at a auction back in the 1980's

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 11:44 AM

Alan Reid, keyboard player for Battlefield Band until very recently, also sometimes plays accordion.

Eliza Carthy. better known for her singing and fiddle playing, but also plays melodeon.

David Lyle, musical director for Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society, great conductor, pianist and timpanist, also plays accordion.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: PHJim
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 12:45 PM

Tracy Schwartz, the fiddle player for the New Lost City Ramblers. Although he didn't play accordion with the NLCR, he does play cajun music on the diatonic one row button accordion.

I've noticed a large number of players who don't fit Len's requirements showing up in this thread. People like Myron Florin, Art Van Damme, Peewee King, Garth Hudson, Clifton Chenier, Marc Savoy and Len Wallace for that matter, don't belong here, since they are well known for being accordion players. Len was looking for people who were well known, but NOT as accordion players.

Subject: RE: Great musicians who played an accordion?
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 02:04 PM

john cage?he was ace on rests