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Boiling bayou cajun band… “The members play traditional Cajun music with passion and precision, though they’re not from Louisiana. These Creole cowboys are actually from Stockholm, Sweden…”
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Cajun Style I’ll Fly Away (Bruce Weeks Family Band)
We put up our big tent for a church in North Georgia and we did a mini concert that Sunday morning. We wanted to do something a little interesting for these folks, so we did this using a little Cajun music influence to an old church hymn. I think it worked out ok!!!!!
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Hot Rods and Custom Cars-Junk Yard Treasure Huntin’ In Cajun Country-Part 2
Pete and Ed are having a BAD DAY in Shreveport, Will they ever find any Junk Cars??? http://www.swrnc.com or 972-420-1283
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Vin and LBR I
East met west when Vin Bruce, legendary bayou singer, performed with the Lost Bayou Ramblers of Lafayette at the Butte (H & R Sports), corner of East 37th Street and LA 308 in Cut Off, La.
The between-song banter is included for two reasons. First, Vin felt the need to explain a bass fiddle because the upright bass is no longer played on the bayou. Second, Vin demonstrates our Cajun sense of humor and a style of entertaining that was the norm when he broke into the business. Incidentally, the Nolan he picks on is my first cousin.
Vin Bruce began playing music in the 1940′s and was discovered by Columbia Records while performing in New Orleans. Beginning in 1951, he recorded a number of sides with session men who backed Lefty Frizzell and other big-time Columbia stars. One of the songs he sings in this video was made famous by Hank Williams, and Vin sang at Hank’s two New Orleans “show weddings” to Billie Jean in late 1952.
The Lost Bayou Ramblers are an energetic group of Cajuns from the Lafayette area who play the western style of traditional Cajun music for crowds across these United States and in a few foreign countries. Along the way, they picked up a nomination for the first-ever Grammy for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album in 2008.
On 18 Apr. 2009, these great Cajun musicians from both sides of the Atchafalaya River joined forces to bring two brands of Cajun music together to the delight of a very approving audience.
In this video, they perform “Take These Chains” and “Dans le Clair de la Lune.”
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Cajun music at the library
Along with Doc Guidry, Harry “Nat” Anselmi helped forge Vin Bruce’s signature sound. In this video, he plays dobro with a group of today’s generation of bayou Cajun musicians. Left to right are Harry, Roland Cheramie, Hoyt Ledet, Tyson Charpentier, and Sandy Gaudet. The songs you hear are “Sleep Walking” (requested by Nat’s daughter Jana and his grandsons), “Porte en Arriere,” “Jolie Blon,” “Vieux Hobo,” and “J’ai Passer d’Avant ta Porte.”
Note the applause of appreciation after Harry’s cascading notes on “d’Avant.” Many of Vin’s records boasted such a cascade.
Harry was named on a few of Marion Marcotte’s joke records as was the vocalist in the red shirt. Marcotte often referred to that singer as “le malfacteur Leroy Martin.” Martin played bass for Vin’s Acadians and penned a number of tunes for the King of the Bayou Thing. By his own admission, Martin was Lafourche assessor long enough to be collecting a pension today. His son Mike succeeded him as assessor and still holds that office today.
The Anselmi and Martin family contributions to the bayou’s artistic scene continued into the next generation. Martin’s other son Perry is an award-winning theatrical director and is currently artistic director of the Bayou Playhouse in Lockport. Perry directed Harry’s daughter Jana in “Okra” and “Tant que Durera la Terre” during the Bayou Playhouse’s inaugural season (2008-9).
The crowd was assembled at the end of the stage at the start of “Hobo” to snatch up free copies of one of Leroy’s albums on cassette. He said he can’t sell ‘em, so he might as well give ‘em away.
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Music Jam 10-18-09 “Jambalaya” Cover [Hank Williams, Sr.]
Yet another part of our jam [I have lots more to come]. Now I have the mic & am proceeding to sing the classic Hank Williams Song “Jambalaya”. A real favorite amongst jam sessions due to it’s simple 2 chord progression [C & G in this case].
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” is a song credited to American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in 1952. Named for a Creole and Cajun dish, jambalaya, it spawned numerous cover versions and has since achieved popularity in a number of music genres.
With a melody based on the Cajun song “Grand Texas”, some sources, including Allmusic, claim that the song was co-written by Williams and Moon Mullican, with Mullican uncredited but receiving ongoing royalties. Other sources claim that this was one of several songs which Williams purchased from other writers; a practice that was relatively common at the time.
Released in 1952, crediting Williams as the sole author, it was performed by Williams as a country song. It reached number one on the U.S. country charts for fourteen non consecutive weeks. “Jambalaya” remains one of Hank Williams most popular songs today.
Since the original melody of the song was from a Cajun French song called “Grand Texas”, the song is a staple of cajun culture. Although Williams changed the lyrics, he kept a Louisiana theme. In addition, Cajuns readily identified with the soulful sound of Williams. After Williams released his version, Cajuns recorded the song again using Cajun instruments. However, this time they used Williams’ lyrics translated into the Cajun French language. Over the past few decades, the Cajun French version has been performed by many Cajun bands including Aldus Roger and Jo-El Sonnier.
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