What makes a Cajun accordion sound different from any other squeezebox in the world?
The answer lives in backyard workshops across south Louisiana. These aren’t factory floors. They’re small shops where craftsmen spend decades perfecting an instrument that defines the sound of Cajun and zydeco music.
Larry Miller works out of a workshop in Iota surrounded by rice fields and crawfish farms. He’s 85 years old and has built more than 1,250 accordions over four decades. His brand is called Bon Cajun Accordions…