Corey Arceneaux approaches Father’s Day this year with memories of his three sons playing music at home. Arceneaux, a zydeco accordionist since he was 11, had to referee fights, even wipe away tears, over instruments.
But his sons returned the care in unexpected ways.
“Times when I wanted to give up, they still wanted me to play,” said Arceneaux, 50, a Lafayette native now living in Fairfax, Virginia. “They were like, ‘Oh no, Dad, book some jobs. We want to play.’ Like most musicians, we get discouraged at times — ‘I don’t want to play any more’ — but they inspired me to keep on going. Most of them learned to play on stage.”…