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Cajun fiddle tunes, old and new.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Balfa, Dewey (Performer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: Folkways Records 1977.
Subjects:
Folk music, Cajun.
Fiddle tunes.
Airs de violoneux.
Table of Contents:
  • Sliding notes : The Port Arthur blues
  • Rolling notes : Ma chere maman creole
  • The trill : My pretty little Christine
  • Blues in Cajun fiddling : Les bars de la prison
  • Drone sound : Grand Mamou
  • The old lonesome sound : La balse des bombocheurs
  • Grandpa's waltz
  • La valse de Gran Bois
  • Indian on a stump
  • Description of Mardi Gras ceremony : Mardi Gras song
  • Mardi Gras song
  • The Basile Cajun hour : intros, "La valse de Reno"
  • The Basile Cajun hour : commercials, station identifiction, "Madeleine"
  • The 99 years waltz
  • The Cajun from Church Point
  • Allons a Lafayette
  • interview on Cajun singing : J'aimerais te pardonner
  • Interview on Cajun dances : Jolie Blon
  • Johnny can't dance.