Not all American legends spoke English as their first language. Some carried their heritage in Creole French, in rhythms, and in songs passed down through generations. Among them were Alphonse “Boi Sec” Ardoin and his wife, Marceline Victorian Ardoin, whose lives and family helped shape Louisiana’s Creole musical tradition.Boi Sec, born November 16, 1915, in L’Anse des Prien Noir, Louisiana, to Gustave Ardoin and Marie Louise Cesaire, was a proud Louisiana Creole of African, French, Spanish, and