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Corey J. Arceneaux (born November 24, 1975), is an American accordionist, Zydeco musician, band leader and DJ (known as DJ Hot). He is also a popular special events and club DJ—having held long-term contracts with Boyd Gaming Corporation and many more.

Arceneaux was born to a large Creole family based in Carencro, Louisiana. His parents are Paul Arceneaux and Debra (Melancon) Arceneaux. He started playing the accordion around age 10, under the tutelage of accordionist Clayton Sampy. His great-uncles, musicians Rodney Bernard and Fernest Arceneaux were his initial inspirations into Zydeco, Creole music and Creole history. He also served as an altar boy at the funeral of Clifton Chenier (the famed crowned King of Zydeco).

When his peers were playing sports and video games, Arceneaux and his cousin Shane Bernard (Rodney’s son) practiced their musical chops on his grandmother’s cattle farm, which he later took over maintenance for with his sons after his grandfather passed away.

He formed his band, Corey and the Zydeco Hot Peppers, in 1992, while still in high school. The group has recorded five albums, performed domestically and internationally, and performed for many dignitaries, including Vice President Al Gore.

His biggest musical influences are Clifton Chenier and Stanley Dural, Jr. (Buckwheat Zydeco). Arceneaux is one of the few Zydeco musicians who has mastered both the diatonic and the piano accordion. His music is a creative blend of R&B enhanced with a traditional Zydeco style.

Arceneaux has a vast knowledge about his Creole heritage and music. Also, his great-grandfather Ferdinand Arceneaux was a Creole accordionist, who performed many house dances and parties. He was gifted with the ability to heal as a “traiteur” from his great-aunt, Rose Bernard Chaisson.

His interest in radio started around April 1982, when his great-uncle, Russell Chaisson, and Joshua Jackson opened KJCB, Lafayette's first Black radio station. As a youngster, Corey sat in the studio with JJ Callier, Sr. for his Zydeco Gumbo Show. In the early 1990s, Corey's DJ career started as a substitute for Lester Thibeaux at KVOL 1330 AM. John Broussard also brought Corey in as an apprentice on his Zydeco show on KJCB and later handed him the torch, which led to “The Hot Zydeco Show.” While studying Mass Communication at USL, he filled in at the university's radio station, KRVS FM 88.7. He joined KFXZ Z105.9 FM/www.z105.9.com in 2011. Currently, he’s on-air every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central time with his Hot Sauce Saturday show, which highlights Zydeco with other Louisiana favorites such as “swingout” and “southern soul.”

Discography

2009 Nu Band Nu Sound (H. Peppers Records)

2008 20/20 (H. Pepper Records)

2000 Tell My Why (H. Pepper Records)

1996 Hit and Run (Vidrine Records)

1992 Hot Pepper (Zydeco Hound Records)

References

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/corey-arceneaux-mn0001271091/biography

http://www.downtowncajunband.nl/sitewillem/Acadiana%20Gateway/music/carceneaux.htm.html

http://theind.com/article-10426-my-three-sons.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26984546@N07/collections/72157607148001704/

https://vimeo.com/112656177

https://books.google.com/books?id=h5pgDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT515&lpg=PT515&dq=corey+arceneaux+Michael+Tisserand&source=bl&ots=zl_2Y54F3d&sig=ACfU3U1urHt8NeGU0lGIC7bB824-fPynrw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZmr7g_oTpAhVEF6wKHXxRB-cQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=corey%20arceneau

http://www.offbeat.com/articles/zydekidz/

https://www.propermusic.com/mvd7923br-zydeco-crossroads-a-tale-of-two-cities.html

http://www.downtowncajunband.nl/sitewillem/Acadiana%20Gateway/music/carceneaux.htm.html