Interview with and musical performance by Varise Connor and Eric Benoit

Accession No.: 
AN1-015

Varise Connor (Violin), Eric Benoit (Guitar)

0:00 - La Valse à Elise Mallet. Learned tune from his father; 'Goodnight Waltz'

4:18 - 'Polka à Varise'; Lionel Leleux talking in the background
-La Mazurka d'Eugene Michon
-Danced between polka and waltz, but not sure because that was before his time/he was too young to remember

8:32 - Hobson; 'Drunkard's Waltz'. "Shorty" LeBlanc's theme song
12:53 - 'Down South'; 'Westphalia Waltz'

17:03 - 'Kentucky'; 'La Caroline'; 'Lake Arthur Shuffle'
-Varise wants Lionel to come play some, but Barry wants Varise to fill up one tape before Lionel comes to play

21:51 - 'Jimmy Bryant's Waltz'; 'Aguillard Two-Step'

24:59 - 'Le rêve du Diable'; discussion of the Aguillards. They were brothers?/old-time fiddlers
-They're dead now; 'Valse à Abe'. Aguillards were from Eunice

27:43 - 'Andy's Waltz'. Varise and Lionel just learned the tunes, they didn't make a note of what the names were
-'Lake Arthur Stomp'; l'histoire du violon de Varise. Got it from his first cousin, Adlar Connor
-He sold it to Varise and Varise's father about 50 years ago. Lionel fixed it up for Varise. He wouldn't trade it for any other fiddle
-Varise's family of musicians - His father, uncle, and cousins played music and got Varise interested
-It took a few years before a musician got to playing real good
-Varise began playing at 12 years old. Took him about 5 years? before he did well?

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajun; Folk music; violin; fiddle; Varise Connor personal narrative; Aguillard family; Connor Family
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Varise Connor and Eric Benoit
Recording date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1975
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Arthur, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
32:29
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, June 5, 2017
Digitized Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 2000
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--7"
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 2