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My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

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Hunter Hayes
Age: 33
Born: 1991
Born: September 9
Guitarist
Multi-Instrumentalist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Breaux Bridge
Louisiana
Hunter Easton Hayes
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Cajun
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Cajuns
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Accordions
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Accordion
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Louisiana
Heritage
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Grandmother

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