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Thursday, January 31, 2019

"Your Father Put Me Out (Ton Pere A Mit d'Eor)" - Leo Soileau and Mayuse Lafleur

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Cajun music began to be recorded in order to target one more ethnic group and Ralph Peer, predictably, was in the middle of it all.  The v...
Friday, January 25, 2019

"Se Pas Le Pan" - Hackberry Ramblers

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Of all the ventures an optimist might dream up during the Great Depression, the most risky would be a two-person dance band named after a ...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

"Don't Get Married" - Iry Lejeune

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Iry Lejeune came from an area near Church Point and paved the way for accordionists to find work again after the war.  Lejeune, who dre...
Friday, January 11, 2019

"Dans Les Grand Meche" - Lee Sonnier

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In 1948, Livaudais "Lee" Sonnier's connection with Fais Do Do records was a chance circumstance when producer J.D. Miller ma...
Monday, January 7, 2019

"Chere Petite Blun" - Vincent & Cagley

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Fiddle player and Cajun drummer, Crawford Vincent, came from a musical family.  His grandfather, Theozime Vincent, who had come from Franc...
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Friday, December 28, 2018

"Mes Cinquantes Sous (My Fifty Cents)" - Eddie Shuler

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UPDATED! The Reveliers were a backup band for former Hackberry Ramblers guitarist and record producer, Eddie Shuler .  In the late 1940s...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

"Jus Pasque" - Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc

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Cajun swing was perhaps the most dynamic musical expression in the history of Cajun music.  Fiddlers, guitarists, steel guitarists, drum...