Harry Choates

Harry Henry Choates was an American Cajun music fiddler known as Fiddle King of Cajun Swing.

Choates place of birth is disputed, though his State of Texas death certificate lists New Iberia, Louisiana as his place of birth. His baptism certificate lists his place of birth as Cow Island, Louisiana, a small community which is south of the town of Kaplan. His baptism lists his parents as Clarence Choate and Idolie Menard. He moved to Port Arthur, Texas in the 1930s, and received little schooling, instead spending time in local bars listening to music on jukeboxes. By agehe started playing fiddle for spare change in barbershops. Born Harry Henry Choate, he would later add an s to his last name for unknown reason sometime after his first marriage.

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