Abshire, Nathan

Abshire's career had its share of ups and downs, following the rise and fall of interest in Cajun accordion music. The accordion had only been introduced in the 1870s, but its popularity was already in decline by the late 1930s, when Cajun bands began to be influenced by Western swing music. Abshire made his first recordings for the Bluebird label with the Rayne-Bo Ramblers in the mid-1950s, but he recorded little in the next decade. He was drafted and...