Interview with and musical performance by Canray Fontenot

Accession No.: 
AN1-103

Canray Fontenot, Michael Doucet:

-Chansons de son défunt père:
-Two Step de Misère (fragment)
-Les Balfas et Hadley Fontenot played one of his father's tunes (Le Two Step à Hadley)
-Not easy to play fiddle, not as easy as an accordion or guitar;
-La Valse à Don Montoucet (La Valse de la Grande Prairie?). Don played it in Mamou

(4:27) - Le Two Step du Vieux Temps (Old-fashioned Two Step). Touchet brothers
-Son archet. Cousin à Douglas et la mère à Canray. He takes Canray's place sometimes
-Lonesome Sundown Blues. Guy from around Opelousas
-Could play guitar and played with Clifton for a while. Clifton doesn't pay his musicians
-He can go buy himself a drink, but his musicians can't drink
-Clifton only knows people when he's broke
-Pawning his microphone and using Bois-sec's when playing in Basile
-Bois-sec lending microphone to Clifton
-Richard's club. Guy from St. Louis/Houston. Clifton said he didn't know him

(12:28) - San Antonio Rose. Homer Marcotte playing in different keys
-Les bars de la prison
-Untitled Anglo-tune. Rag?

(17:06) - Love Bridge Waltz
-Iry LeJeune--son accordéon. Bazaar in Eunice. He drank a lot and gambled. Iry's accordion was all beat up
-asked Bois-sec and Canray to go help him play the dance
-Bois-sec didn't get paid. He found out he died two weeks after
-Angélas LeJeune

(21:15) - Iry couldn't see, heard a car that sounded just like his uncle
-Missed his step and fell. Someone picked him up. He was blind
-He would be able to see if he had the money for the operation
-Rencontré Sam Jones à Lac Charles et a reçu une lettre disant qu'il aurait payé pour l'opération
-Des lunettes épais. Operé pour cataracts
-Cottonelle Club? around Jennings. Playing with Bois-sec. Iry's musicians came in and set up
-They never had a steel guitar player. Il s'a faché et a wreck son char dans un arbre

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Creoles; Folk music; Violins; Fiddles; Canray Fontenot Personal Narrative
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Canray Fontenot
Recording date: 
Friday, October 7, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Welsh, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
24:40
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 2