Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
Dubs of commercial recordings
Touts les soirs;
Honky Tonk Angels;
Balfa Brothers Live Performance in France
Original tape recorded full width 3 3/4 ips.
Dewey Balfa - Fiddle and vocals;
"Nonc" Allie Young - Accordion;
Tony Balfa - T-fer;
Rodney Balfa - Guitar and vocals;
Bessyl Duhon - fiddle
00:20 - Hick's Wagon Wheel Special;
02:45 - Jolie Blonde;
06:00 - Band Introduction;
07:45 - Dewey talks about the Cajun people;
09:45 - Double violins;
10:10 - Crying Waltz;
13:25 - Madeline;
16:30 - Dewey introduces Roger Mason;
18:30 - Grand Prairie Waltz;
26:30 - Les barres de la prison;
Live Balfa Brothers show -
Tape was moldy and degraded badly prior to digitization. First minute was recorded at non-standard speed, then corrected, hence speed issue at beginning of digitization
Roger Mason thinks date and location are - April 1975, L’Absie in the Poitou (Deux-Sèvres)
00:10 - Cajun de Church Point;
03:55 - Madeline;
08:45 - Bosco Stomp
12:30 - Les 'tits yeux noirs;
17:10 - Eunice Two-step;
Roger Mason introduces Grelot Bayou.
22:30 - Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle;
27:30 - Allons à Lafayette;
30:30 - Le blues de la méchanceté: Roger Mason: vocals) Song by Woody Guthrie. French adaptation: Roger Mason
Balfa Brothers Live Performance in France
Roger Mason things date and location are - April 1975, L’Absie in the Poitou (Deux-Sèvres)
00:55 - Enterre-moi pas;
03:45 - Chère bébé Créole;
08:30 - La valse de la belle - Demonstrating Cajun double fiddle style;
13:15 - Reel de sauvage;
16:30 - Two-step de Choupique;
19:30 - Band Intro;
21:50 - Les traces de mon boguée;
25:05 - T'en à eu, t'en auras plus;
28:15 - Hathaway Two-step
Dewey Balfa - Fiddle and Vocals
Roger Mason - Spoons
Rodney Balfa - Guitar and Vocals
Tony Balfa - T-fer
"Nonc" Allie Young - Accordion
Bessyl Duhon - Fiddle
Hello, My Friend - Mon Ami
Radio Variety Show
02:35 - 'Tit gallop pour Mamou - Les Frères Balfa;
07:00 - Grand Texas - 2 Versions (Explanation about Hank Williams - Jambalaya)
11:20 - Jolie Blonde;
Notes from tape - "Spectacle enregistre le 1er Juillet, 1978 à L'auberge Richelieu à Windsor Ontario.
Les Frères Balfa, Dewey et Rodney, sont accompagne à l'accordeon par Allie Young et sont interroges par Sephane Boisjoly et Ken La(unreadable) de Radio Canada à Windsor.
Cette emission était diffusé en direct. Faisaient aussi parti du spectacle: Francine McGee (chanteuse) et Bobby Brew and his Dalhousie Street Paraders - Musique Dixieland.
Technicien à l'enregistrement: Jean-Guy Brassard
Realisation: Paulette Richer, Ron Scott"
Balfa Brothers Live Performance
Roger Mason says location is either Le Havre, Parthenay, or La Rochelle
00:00 - T'en à eu, t'en auras plus;
04:40 - La valse de bambocheurs;
09:30 - Marrier avec un mais en amour avec une autre;
15:40 - Sauvage sur un chicot;
19:55 - Bosco Stomp
Live Performance - Roger Mason
Roger Mason Live Performance - Opening for the Balfa Brothers