Edwin Duhon

Edwin Duhon (11 June 1910 – 26 February 2006) was an American musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers, a band playing a combination of Cajun music, Western swing, and country music.

Edwin Duhon
Born(1910-06-11)June 11, 1910
Broussard, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 26, 2006(2006-02-26) (aged 95)
Westlake, Louisiana
GenresFolk, Cajun, country/Texas swing Cajun
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, accordion

Duhon was born in Broussard, Louisiana. He formed the Hackberry Ramblers along with fiddler Luderin Darbone in 1933.[1] He first played acoustic guitar and went on to play electric guitar, piano, double bass, harmonica, and accordion 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.[2]

Duhon died at the age of 95 in Westlake, Louisiana.

See also

References
  1. "Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon: Cajun fiddler and accordionist". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2002". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.



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