Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Request a fileBalfa Brothers Live Performance at Chelsea House Cafe in Brattleboro, VT
Rodney Balfa - Guitar and Vocals;
Dewey Balfa - Fiddle and Vocals;
Allie Young - Accordion;
Charlie Terr - T-fer;
00:10 - Les traces de mon boghei;
04:12 - Lacassine Special;
08:40 - Dewey talks about traditional Mardi Gras runs
14:12 - Marier avec une, mais en amour avec une autre;
18:53 - Hip et Taieau;
23:04 - Parting Waltz;
26:06 - Kaplan Waltz;
31:00 - Liberty (Bluegrass Song)
35:35 - J'ai passé devant ta porte;
39:00 - Chère tout tout;
43:30 - Eunice two step;
48:17 - Bosco Stomp;
Faren Serette and Jimmy Breaux Live at Mulate's
Date Unknown
00:07 - Hick's Wagon Wheel Special;
01:51 - Ti Monde;
04:37 - J'ai étais au bal;
08:10 - La valse de Bayou Teche;
10:30 - Creole Stomp;
13:00 - Jolie Blonde;
16:10 - Les flammes d'enfer;
19:09 - La branche du mûrier
21:55 - Crowley two step;
24:04 - La porte d'en arrière;
27:00 - Reno Waltz;
29:51 - Mamou two step;
Cassette with Commercially Released Recordings by 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