Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Musical Performance by the Balfa Brothers
Outtake from Jean-Pierre Bruneau's film "Dedans la Sud de la Louisiane"
***NO AUDIO***
Musical performance by Terry Burtram, Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa, Rodney Balfa, Burkeman Balfa, Will Bolfa
Notes from JP Bruneau: Song probably Hick's Wagon Wheel Special
Home made cassette with Ed and Bee Deshotels and Dewey Balfa
Dubs of commercial recordings made by Swallow Records
Laisse Le bon temps rouer (sp) Louisiana Cajun French Music Association Compilation Cassette
Side A
Le two step à Nonc Allie
Opelousas Waltz
Tu va me faire mourir
La valse du coeur content
La valse à tolam
Yo Yo two step
Cyprien, Jouer votre violon
Allons à Lafayette
Side B
Lacassine Special
La valse à Mom
Chere Alice
La valse du veuve de guerre
La valse de Heritage
La valse à Howard Hebert
Contredanse à pepère
Octa Clark - You Cant Go Wrong If You Play it Right
Side A
Dixie Rambler Special
La valse d'écrévisse
Back of Town two step
Black Top Blues
La valse du grand bois
Cajun Hot Shoes
Side B
La valse à Grandma
Cajun Exercise
Tu à éteindre la lumière
Freight Train Blues
La valse du marais bouleur
Wake Up Baby
Brown Family Home Movies and musical performance at D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant
Family Vacation footage for first 4 minutes
Footage of band playing at D.I.'s Cajun Restaraunt (Unknown European Cajun band)
04:49 - Quand j'étais pauvre
05:45 - Acadian Waltz (Beausoleil version)
08:17 - Mardi Gras Song
Family Vacation footage continues at about 10 minutes
Senior's Mardi Gras Celebration at D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant 1998
00:00 - Mardi Gras Jig;
02:30 - Senior Mardi Gras runners begging for and collecting money from restaurant patrons;
03:50 - Performing Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Song;
08:14 - Mardi Gras dancing to Saturday Night Special;
10:55 - Chère Alice;
14:35 - La valse de grand chemin;
17:45 - Footage of kids whipping Mardi Gras;
18:17 - Waltz
21:12 - Mardi Gras Song
25:30 - Reviving a Mardi Gras runner
Wedding Shower footage, Music performances, Hurricane damage
00:00 - Wedding Shower footage;
05:50 - Men singing Ay Ay Ay Cielito Lindo;
07:57 - Pointe aux pins (Scotty Pousson);
08:45 - More wedding shower and family footage;
15:15 - Men singing Spanish Songs;
17:45 - Footage of Hurricane Lili damage;
19:55 - Graduation footage
Mardi Gras Footage at D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant
00:00 - Senior Mardi Gras Footage
01:00 - Iota-Tee Mamou Mardi Gras Footage starts
03:15 - Kaplan Waltz;
06:20 - Mardi Gras runners getting whipped and taken off of the dancefloor;
10:00 - "Mom and Pop" on stage with Scotty Pousson;
12:23 - Pistache à Tante Na Na;
14:12 - Bosco Stomp
Mardi Gras Footage at D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant
Tee Mamou-Iota Senior Mardi Gras
00:00 - Mardi Gras Jig;
03:00 - Mardi Gras begging for change; and singing their song;
07:45 - Lacassine Special - Scotty Pousson;
14:00 - Waltz;
16:30 - Kaplan Waltz;
23:23 - Mardi Gras Jig
25:50 - Mardi Gras begging for change and singing their song;
30:00 - T'en à eu, T'en auras plus;
31:15 - Mardi Gras gives birth on dancefloor, more footage of dancing and fighting with the capitains;
Family and Mardi Gras Footage
00:00 - Family footage - Icy weather;
08:55 - Cooking for the Mardi Gras run
09:28 - Mardi Gras starting their run, singing song;
10:22 - Graduation footage
18:00 - Daytona footage
Live Performance at D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant
Band playing at D.I.'s Restaurant
00:45 - Dans les pins (with Megan Brown singing?);
03:20 - two step;
03:58 - Kaplan Waltz;
05:45 - Allons à Lafayette;
07:19 - Instrumental Waltz;
08:40 - La porte d'en arrière;
12:02 - Mardi Gras Song;
14:50 - Mardi Gras Jig - Footage of Senior Mardi Gras entering the restaurant
16:34 - Tee Mamou/Iota Mardi Gras Song, Begging for change
19:55 - Les flammes d'enfer
21:00 - Reviving Mardi Gras, whipping, Mardi gras and capitains performing for the crowd
Nonc Allie Young Cajun Band - Live Performance at D.I.'s Restaurant
Ellridge Aguilard - Fiddle
Shirley Bergeron - Guitar and Vocals
Vincent Fontenot - Bass
Nonc Allie Young - Accordion
Barry Cormier - Drums
00:20 - Jolie Catin;
01:46 - La valse à Tolam;
04:38 - Eunice two step;
06:06 - Quand j'étais pauvre;
09:05 - Tit gallop pour Mamou;
12:17 - Cowboy Waltz;
15:16 - Watlz
18:10 - Madelaine;
21:21 - La valse de samedi soir;
26:07 - La valse de Cherokees;
29:45 - B.O. Sparkle Waltz;
32:55 - Grand Mamou;
37:10 - Hee Haw Breakdown;
39:42 - Kaplan Waltz;
43:13 - Footage from a different band begins - Hey Mom, je suis toujours ton 'tit garcon
45:38 - La porte d'en arrière
48:27 - Waltz
50:27 - Scott Playboy's Special
Octa Clark - Alive and Cookin'
Side A
1. Kathryn
2. Valse Criminelle
3. Charleston
4. Drunkard's Dream
5. Old Dog Blues
6. Pauvre Hobo
7. Les cocombes sont pas salés
Side B
1. Valse de chagrin
2. Bosco Stomp
3. Chère Alice
4. Old Dog Blues
5. Valse pour les catins
6. Valse d'Evangeline
7. Allons à Lafayette
Lake Shore Mardi Gras - 1986
Nonc Allie Young playing music at D.I.'s Restaurant
Feb/Dec 1988
Interview with , Cajun and Creole Hour
InformantsRobert ?, Talks about; Learning to dance, Magazine publication promoting Louisiana culture, Subject; Cajun music in England, Spreading Louisiana culture, Cajun culture abroad Talks about British Cajun/ Zydeco bands; Ziga Zag, Chris Hall, Mark Knopfler, Zydeco Active, Zedfunk European; Arcadia, Arve Haalands Cajun Gumbo (Norwegian)
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
*This collection contains digitizations of Edison Wax Cylinders. Cylinder #1 - ??;Cylinder #2 - Il est nŽ le divin enfant;Cylinder #3 - CÕest dans la prairie du rocher;Cylinder #4 - Song audible for some parts, the cylinder mistracks often.;Cylinder #5 - Renaud - Ben Coleman;Cylinder #6 - ??;Cylindar #7 - Talking;Cylinder #8 - Ma Brune;Retake of Cylinder 8 - Ma Brune;Cylinder #9 - Il est nŽ le divin enfantCylinder #10 - ?? Cylinder #11 - ??Cylinder #12 - BlankCylinder #13 - ??Cylinder #14 - Il est nŽ le divin enfant;Cylinder #15 - ??, Good recording
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
Cylinder #16 - Cylinder #17 - Cylinder #18 - Contains two songs;Cylinder #19 - Cylinder #20 - SpeakingCylinder #21 - Good quality recording Cylinder #22 -Cylinder #23 - BlankCylinder #24 -Cylinder #25 - BlankCylinder #26 - Cylinder #27 -Cylinder #28 - Cylinder #29 - BlankCylinder #30 - BlankCylinder #31 - Il est nŽ le divin enfentCylinder #32 - Good recording;Cylinder #33 - BlankCylinder #34 - Cylinder #35 - Mostly inaudible
Valentine edition of the Cajun and Creole Hour
Ryan Brasseaux and Erik Charpentier Talks about the conection between Mardi Gras and Valentines Day Harry Connick Jr. - Because weÕre in love Sonny Landreth - Common law love Talks about house dances in the 20Õs and how the automobile changed courtship Little Bob - Merle Haggard - Tribute to Bob Wills Dolly Parton - Puppy love (Her first recording) Talks about the link between the Caribbean sounds and local music as well as Reggae and love Bob Marley and the Wailers - Cookie and the Cupcakes - Matilda Galactic - Wanda Rouzan - Iguanas - Balfa Tuojours - Bluerunners - String bean Red Stick Ramblers - Zachary Richard - Barry White - YouÕre the first, the last, my everything
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
Cylinder #36 - Cylinder #37 - Cylinder #38 - Woman singing - decent soundCylinder #38 - Retake of previous. Trying to get better contact between the stylus and cylinderCylinder #39 - Man singing;Cylinder #39 - Retake of 39 on another cylinder machine.Cylinder #40 - BlankCylinder #41 - Damaged and unplayableCylinder #42 - Woman singingCylinder #43 - Woman singing - Good sound with some skipping;Cylinder #43 - Retake of previous with better tracking;Cylinder #44 - Woman singingCylinder #45 - Two songs; man singing on first one, woman on second;Cylinder #46 - Man singing;Cylinder #48 - Man singing;Cylinder #49 - Man speaking - mostly inaudible;
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
Interview with Terrance Simien, Cajun and Creole Hour
Terrance Simien - You used to call me Terrance talks about; growing up in Mallet, LouisianaWillford CharlesAmede Ardoin traveling, eating Cajun food abroad
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
Joseph MŽdard Carrire Collection - French Folksongs from Missouri
Inauguration show part 2, Cajun and Creole Hour
Ryan Brasseaux, Erik Charpentier talk about; origins of the word Creole, influence of rhythm and blues, Music played; Canray Fontenot, Boozoo Chavis- Paper in my shoe, Goldman Thibodeaux and Calvin Carrire, Geno Delafose, LilÕ Buck Sinegal, Harry Hypolite
Drinking song edition, Cajun and Creole Hour
Dr. Carl Brasseaux talks about; roll of alcohol in Louisiana culture, Catholic Mediterranean values, Spruce beer, *tafue (rum?), prohibition and alcohol production in Louisiana, Fats Domino and swamp pop in LouisianaMusic played; LilÕ Bob and the Lollipops - I got loaded, *6:00 (1755?), Aldus Roger - One scotch one bourbon one beer, *13:00, BeauSoleil - Parlez-Nous A Boire, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys - La Valse du Bambocheur, Nathan Abshire and Dewey Balfa - Lemonade song, Charles Mann - Red Red Wine, Dirk Powell - Moonshiner, Harry Choates - *, Franky Ford - *, Hank Williams sr. - ThereÕs a tear in my beer,Dirty dozen brass band - DonÕt you feel my leg
Copy of CA1.002
Rambling
Ryan Brasseaux/ Erik Charpentier talk about; Musical relation between rambling songs and their adoption in southern musicMusic played; Led Zeppelin- introBluerunners w/ John *Malony* - David Doucet - Le Blues de la route (road blues)Sonny Landrith - Clifton Chenier* - The Highway bluesMike Savoy- Vagabond SpecialDirk Powell - Freight train BluesFrisco Syncaptors - Rayne-bo Ramblers - Lost Bayou Ramblers - Zachary Richard - High Times on the BayouAllman Brothers - Rambling ManWeary Boys - Rambling ManHarry Choates - Eddy Bo - Romanitis
Burlesque Forbidden Pleasures
Ryan Brasseaux/ Erik Charpentier talk about;Kevin Fontenot;Music played; Meme Smith - My Sporting ManPapa to Sweet - Tight Like ThatRoy Brown - Harry Chotts - Good RockinÕ TonightJerry Lee Lewis - High school ConfidentialSlim Harpo - Got Love if Ya Want itClifton Chenier - Take Your Dress OffSteve Riley - Uncle BudBoozoo Chavis - Dance All Night
Willis visits Caffery in Brazil
Willis visits Caffery in Brazil
NO AUDIO
16mm film Willis visits Ambassador Jefferson Caffery home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Caffery served in Brazil from 1937-1944
LINK FILE
Chez Nous Aut' - Une Emission Francoanglais - Interview with Dale Broussard
Gail Dubois-Broussard's husband, Dale Broussard, interviewed by the show's co-host Dino Boudreaux
Born and raised in Milton, LA;
Discussing his parents and their upbringing;
Dale and Gail's children;
His education and joining the police force;
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Songs and Interview with Paul Martin
Intro
Hosted by Philippe Gustin;
00:45 - Balfa Brothers - Cajun from Church Point ;
04:00 - Info about French in Paul's family and how Paul was taught French; French dialect in Breaux Bridge;
10:15 - Song - Une etoile pour chaque un de nous;
13:53 - Song - Je m'ennuie de mon pays;
17:10 - Reasons for researching the Acadians and taking his trip to Acadie;
19:51 - Similarities between Cajun and Acadian French;
23:00 - Talking to French speakers from other places;
23:55 - Camey Doucet song "La langue Francais"
File has some cell noise and sticky tape noise. Redigitize;
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Interview with Paul Martin
Intro;
01:10 - Clifton Chenier - Jolie Blonde;
04:20 - Paul Martin on his trip to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
04:45 - Origins of the Acadians;
06:00 - Acadian song;
08:20 - Friction between Acadians and the English leading up to deportation
12:00 - Paul talking about the deportation and where the Acadians were dispersed;
15:30 - Song - Evangeline;
18:15 - First Acadians who arrived in Louisiana - talking about where they settled; Encouraging people to speak French
24:00 - Vin Bruce - Closing song - Dedans la Louisiane
Redigitize - sticky tape noise
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Paul Martin
Program intro
00:34 - Edith Butler - Asteur qu'on est la;
04:30 - Paul's initial impressions of his trip to Montreal, Quebec, Sainte Anne de Beau Pré
07:00 - Evangeline
09:05 - Touring Quebec;
10:55 - Allons à Lafayette;
12:50 - Discussing their visit to Nova Scotia - Rented an RV to drive around, Met French speakers in Baie Sainte Marie;
14:35 - Unknown song
17:25 - Visiting Windsor, Grand Pré, Port Royal, Saint Bernard, Pointe de l'eglise, Trouro, Beau Bassin;
18:25 - Visit to the University in Moncton and the the Centre des études Acadiens,
19:00 - Festival Acadien in Caraquet;
20:10 - J'ai passé devant ta porte
22:220 - Unknown song
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Pete Bergeron
Intro - Hosted by Pete Bergeron;
00:35 - Mamou Two Step;
04:00 - D.L Menard, Ken Smith, Blackie Forestier - J'ai passé devant ta porte;
09:45 - D.L Menard, Ken Smith, Blackie Forestier - Allons à Lafayette;
14:30 - Eddie LeJeune, D.L. Menard, Ken Smith - Wildwood Flower;
18:50 - D.L. Menard, Ken Smith, Blackie Forestier - 99 Year Waltz
22:30 - D.L. Menard - Les Veuves de la Coulée
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Paul Martin
Intro
00:30 - Edith Butler - Mon Acadie;
03:30 - Paul Martin describing his trip to Port Royal;
05:30 - Visit to Clare - Digby and Baie Sainte Marie
09:50 - 1755 - Vivre à la baie;
14:00 - Vin Bruce - Sud de la Louisiane (fragment)
14:45 - Paul continues talking about his trip to Nova Scotia;
22:44 - unknown song
26:00 - unknown song
Redigitize - cell noise, clarity can be improved
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Paul Martin
00:00 - Intro;
01:00 - Edith Butler - Asteur qu'on est la;
05:00 - Paul continues talking about his visit to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
12:15 - Chère Chèrie;
15:05 - Unknown Acadian Song;
18:08 - Paul on his visit to Centre d'études Acadiens;
25:55 - Unknown song on Harmonica
Redigitize - Sticky tape noise, can also improve on clarity;
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Paul Martin
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Song - Evangeline;
03:25 - Paul Martin talks about the family that he stayed with from Caraquet, New Brunswick;
10:30 - Ed and Bee Deshotels - Veuve de lac bleu;
13:35 - Song - Un etoile pour chaque-un de nous;
17:20 - Paul continues talking about their trip to New Brunswick;
20:30 - Interview with Daniel Theriot;
24:20 - Ed and Bee Deshotels - L'arbre est dans ses feuilles;
Chez nous autres Radio Show - Hosted by Paul Martin
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Unknown Canadian Song;
03:15 - Visiting the Village Historique Acadien in Caraquet, New Brunswick;
07:00 - Attending mass in Caraquet;
08:55 - Song - Unknown artist - Tu peut congner;
11:30 - Song - Evangeline;
13:40 - Paul Martin continues - Talks about his visit to Memramcook, NB;
17:18 - Song - Ed and Bee Deshotels - La roi des Cajuns;
20:45 - Paul Martin continues his talk; Leaving New Brunswick for Prince Edward Island;
23:40 - Song - Angèle Arsenault - Y'a une étoile pour vous;