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Cloma Falcon was an American guitarist and vocalist who, along with her husband Joe Falcon, recorded one of the first known examples of Cajun music. The recording, Allons Lafayette was released in 1928, and opened the way for other commercial releases of Cajun music. Aside from being a groundbreaking recording artist, Cleoma Breaux also was one of the few women to perform live, despite the social standards of the era.
Cloma Breaux was born on May 27, 1906 in Crowley, Louisiana to an accomplished accordion player, Auguste Breaux, and Mathilde Breaux. Cleoma Breaux and her brothers Amede, Orthy, and Clifford Breaux were all taught as multiinstrumentalists, and began performing for the familys entertainment. Cleoma Breaux was capable of playing a hard rhythm guitar style, which was closely related to the preferred technique of later bluegrass guitarists. In addition, Breaux was trained to play the fiddle and accordion, though she never recorded with the two instruments. In 1917, Breauxs father abandoned the family, which drove them into poverty, and resulted in the family depending on performances at dance halls for the majority of their income. In 1921, Breaux married to a local musician, Oliver Hall, however, it was relatively short and the two divorced within a year.
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