Interview with and Musical Performance by Freeman Fontenot

Accession No.: 
AN1-057

Freeman Fontenot:

0:00 - Jolie catin; Mazurka/Fais do-do bébé

3:43 - La danse à Mentau(?) Guillory; Freeman learned to play at age 14 from défunt Monsieur Adam
-Dolton Vidrine et Mayeuse Dugas (good white accordion player from Elton/Basile)
-Amédé Ardoin style; Amédé sang - Adam didn't sing but was a better accordion player than Amédé

7:38 - Amédé would be 78/79 if he'd still be alive, a couple years older than Freeman
-Freeman says he can't sing; La danse à Mayeuse Dugas (One Step?)
-Une danse à Adam (Quadrille); Le Hack à Monsieur Dugas - 2 chevaux sur le hack

12:50 - Chanson d'Amédé. Reprise with violin (Michael Doucet); Amédé had a whistle/kazoo too
16:41 - Bilken Blues; La danse à Glenn Landry (Bully Jack?)
21:04 - Valse d'Amédé; Le chemin de Rougeau; Trois-quatre

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Creoles; Folk music; accordion; Freeman Fontenot personal Narrative
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Freeman Fontenot
Recording date: 
Saturday, December 3, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Basile, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
24:59
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, June 14, 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