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Dewey Segura

Dewey Segura

Dewey Segura has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with You're Small And Sweet first played on 5 May 2018.

Dewey Segura was one of twelve children (their father was of Spanish origin, their mother French) most of whom played music to some extent. Born in 1902 he learned the rudiments as a child on one of his elder sisters' accordeons and by his early teens was playing regularly at local dances organised by their father. This pastime, combined with a career as a bootlegger, continued into the Twenties and in 1928 he arranged a recording session with his brother Eddie on vocals and triangle with Columbia Records in New Orleans. It was this session that was to produce the song by which he is understandably best known today - A Mosquito Ate up my Sweetheart!

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Dewey Segura

Dewey Segura has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with You're Small And Sweet first played on 5 May 2018.

Dewey Segura was one of twelve children (their father was of Spanish origin, their mother French) most of whom played music to some extent. Born in 1902 he learned the rudiments as a child on one of his elder sisters' accordeons and by his early teens was playing regularly at local dances organised by their father. This pastime, combined with a career as a bootlegger, continued into the Twenties and in 1928 he arranged a recording session with his brother Eddie on vocals and triangle with Columbia Records in New Orleans. It was this session that was to produce the song by which he is understandably best known today - A Mosquito Ate up my Sweetheart!

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The Library Of Congress1976