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Pierce was born Joseph De Lacroix Pierce in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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He is best remembered for the songs "Peanut Vendor" and "Dippermouth Blues", both with Billie Pierce. Pierce"s first gig was with Arnold Dupas in New Orleans in 1924. They released several albums together but stopped performing in the middle of the 1950s due to illness, which left De De Pierce blind.
By 1959 they had returned to performing, and De De Pierce toured with Ida Cox and played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, before further health problems ended his career.
He died in November 1973, at the age of 69.
