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Saturday, August 6, 2016

"La Nuit De Samedi (Saturday Night Waltz)" - Joseph Falcon

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Early on, Dennis McGee and Sady Courville recorded some of the first Creole tunes by mixing together their French vocals with old fiddle t...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

"La Turtape De Saroied" - Amede Ardoin

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The name most mentioned by respected Cajun musicians when asked for the most influential of all south Louisiana French musicians is Amede ...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

"Chere Meon" - Harry Choates

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By the mid 1940s, Bill Quinn was interested in recording local Texas musicians such as Harry Choates .  Bill Quinn's recording techni...
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

"Jeusté Parcqué (Just Because)" - Cleoma Breaux

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Cleoma Breaux Falcon and Moise Morgan paired up in this 1936 Decca recording (#17015) done in New Orleans at the Roosevelt Hotel called ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

"Ma Chere Joui Rouge" - J.B. Fuselier

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J. B. Fuselier joined the string band craze in the mid 1930s, first joining banjo player Beethoven Miller and guitarist Preston Manuel....
Thursday, July 14, 2016

"Jolly Boys Breakdown" - Jolly Boys of Lafayette

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By the late 1930s, old-time string bands were being replaced by brother acts like the Delmores and the Sheltons.  There were also new soun...
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Saturday, July 9, 2016

"La Valse La Prison" - Douglas Bellard & Kirby Riley

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Douglas Bellard is said to be the first black Cajun/Creole to record, just before Amede Ardoin, thus making him arguably the spiritual f...
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