Octa Clark
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Octa Clark was an American
Cajun accordion
player. Clark was a local Lafayette area musician and made three recordings of Cajun music
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Clark is buried in Maurice, Louisiana
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United States
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Cajun accordion
Cajun accordion
A Cajun accordion also known as a squeezebox is single-row diatonic button accordion used for playing Cajun music.-History:Many different accordions were developed in Europe throughout the 19th century, and exported worldwide...
player. Clark was a local Lafayette area musician and made three recordings of Cajun music
Cajun music
Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin...
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Clark is buried in Maurice, Louisiana
Maurice, Louisiana
Maurice is a village in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 642 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
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Discography
- Octa Clark Old Time Cajun Music (CD 9018 Arhoolie RecordsArhoolie RecordsArhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and Bill Gaither...
, 1981) - Ensemble Encore (Rounder Select Records, January 1992)
- Cajun Spice: Dance Music from South Louisiana (CDROUN11550 Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 1989)
See also
- List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music