Talk:German Coast

German Accordions in Cajun Country
I removed the line about German settlers introducing the accordion to Cajun culture, which lacked a citation to support it. I'm researching this now so it caught my eye. Malcolm Comeaux wrote, "It will probably never be known when the first accordion came to Louisiana, or when the first Cajun acquired or played one, nor does it really matter." That said, Comeaux goes on the detail how Cajuns were quite faithful to the fiddle until the late 1800s. Comeaux cites Rocky Sexton's research that the accordion did not eclipse the fiddle in Cajun music until the 1920s. Comeaux includes a discussion of possible German influence (the "Cajun" accordion is of course a German style instrument), but there is more evidence of Black Creole influence on accordion playing in Cajun music than any other source. This topic should I guess go onto the Cajun Accordion page if it is to be expanded.

.

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on German Coast. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060615015240/http://www.gachgs.com/index.htm to http://www.gachgs.com/index.htm
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060615022441/http://cajunculture.com/Places/german.htm to http://www.cajunculture.com/Places/german.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 23:03, 14 October 2017 (UTC)