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.
Harry Trahan at Home.
Song 1 – Evangeline Special (0:03)
Song 2 – Perrodin Two Step (3:40)
Song 3 – Old Home Waltz (7:37)
Song 4 – Tolam Waltz (10:37)
Song 5 – Bayou Pon Pon (14:30)
Song 6 – Bayou Teche Waltz (17:57)*
Song 7 – J’étais au bal (21:49)
Song 8 – Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (25:40)
Song 9 – La valse de ‘tit maurice (30:26)
Song 10 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (31:23)
Song 11 – Reno Waltz (39:35)
Song 12 – Bayou Pon Pon (43:26)
Song 13 – Choupique Two Step/Jolie Catin (46:50)
Song 14 – Tolam Waltz (49:35)
Song 15 – Cucaracha (53:43)
Song 16 – I Can’t Forget You/J’peux pas t’oublier (57:13)
Song 17 – La valse de mèche (1:00:55)
Harry Trahan and Lisa Trahan.
Song 1 – Chere bassette (0:06)
Song 2 – Fee Fee Poncho (Coco d’oiel oux font du puit) (2:15)
Harry Trahan, Lisa Trahan, Mitch Reed, and Cory McCauley.
Song 1 – Choupique Two Step/Eunice Two Step (0:06)
Song 2 – Branche du mûrier (2:54)
Song 3 – Lovesick Waltz (6:38)
Song 4 – Unknown two-step (10:00) *
Song 5 – Bayou Teche Waltz (12:20)
Song 6 – Abbeville Two Step (16:00)
Song 7 – Chere Mom (18:55)
Song 8 – Chere Mom (22:02)
Song 9 – Little Bitty Girl (24:34)*
Song 10 – Comme un ‘tit oiseau (29:27)
Song 11 – When the Saints Go Marching In (31:40)
Song 12 – ‘Tit monde (34:03)
Song 13 – Ossun Two Step (38:10)
Song 14 – I Can’t Forget You/J’peux pas t’oublier (41:15)
Song 15 – J’étais au bal (44:28)
Song 16 – Lena Mae (48:10)
Song 17 – Tous les deux pour la même (50:42)
Song 18 – Unknown waltz (54:30)*
Song 19 – La valse de mèche (57:30)
Song 20 – Perrodin Two Step (1:00:37)
Harry Trahan with Friends from Chactau/Radio–French Music.
Song 1 – Madame Sosthène (0:06)
Song 2 – La valse de mèche (1:42)
Song 3 – Perrodin Two Step (3:37)
Song 4 – Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot (6:30)
Song 5 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (9:40)
Song 6 – Jolie Blonde (15:00)
Song 7 – Scott Playboy Special (18:52)
Song 8 – Calcasieu Waltz (21:35)
Song 9 – Grand Mamou (25:05)
Song 10 – Lena Mae (28:53)
Song 11 – La valse du malchanceux (31:25)
*Switches to Radio*
Song 12 – Nolan Cormier, Hee Haw Breakdown (35:24)
Song 13 – Blackie Forestier & The Cajun Aces, The 99 Year Waltz (40:20)
Song 14 – Doug Kershaw, Diggy Diggy Low (43:33)
Song 15 –Unknown artist, Le chemin t’as pris (46:20)*
Song 16 – T.K. Hulin, If Just One Dream Came True (49:12)
Song 17 – Unknown artist, unknown two-step (52:08) *
Song 18 – Happy Fats, Bayou LaFourche (53:53)
Song 19 – Tommy McLain, Grow Too Old (57:12)
Song 20 – Unknown artist, unknown waltz (59:44) *
Harry Trahan at Home.
Song 1 – J’étais au bal (0:05)
Song 2 – Unknown waltz (1:20)*
Song 3 – Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas entrer (3:34)*
Song 4 – Tolam Waltz (6:52)
Song 5 – Grand Texas (9:22)
Song 6 – Fille de la ville (12:07)
Song 7 – T’es petite mais t’es mignonne (14:59)
Song 8 – Vermillion Two Step (17:37)
Song 9 – Lena Mae (20:18)*
Song 10 – Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (22:30)*
Song 11 – ‘Tit Maurice (24:32)
Song 12 – Pointe aux pins (27:10)
Song 13 – J’ai passé dessous le pommier (29:00) *
Song 14 – the Back Door (32:50)
Song 15 – La valse qui m’fait du mal (34:57)
Song 16 – La queue tortue (37:50)
Song 17 – KLFY Waltz (41:10)
Song 18 – Chere Mom (43:52)
Song 19 – Jingle Bells (46:05)
Song 20 – Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin (48:30)
Song 21 – Cucaracha (52:01)
Song 22 – Bosco Stomp (55:02)
Song 23 – Lacassine Special (57:59)
Song 24 – Unknown waltz (1:00:50) *
Song 25 – Jolie Blonde (1:03:30)
Song 26 – Attrape-moi mon chapeau (1:07:47)
Song 27 – Alberta (1:10:33)
Song 28 – Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) (1:14:51)
Song 29 – Pine Grove Blues (1:18:35)
Song 30 – Zydeco sont pas sale (1:24:48)
Song 31 – Chere Tout Tout (1:29:07)
Harry Trahan, Lisa Trahan, and Mitch Reed.
Song 1 – La valse de Balfa (0:03)
Song 2 – Evangeline Special (2:08)
Song 3 – Grand Bosco (5:16)
Song 4 – T’en a eu t’en auras plus (7:07)
Song 5 – Calcasieu waltz (10:30)
Song 6 – Perrodin Two-Step (13:55)
Song 7 – J’veux me marier/Malinda (16:08)
Song 8 – Grand Mamou (17:56)
Song 9 – Unknown waltz (19:01) *
Song 10 - Marais Buller (21:56)
Song 11 – Fee Fee Poncho (24:45)
Harry Trahan, Lisa Trahan, and Mitch Reed at Home.
Song 1 – La branche du mûrier (0:01)
Song 2 – Perrodin Two Step (4:05)
Song 3 –Wafus Two Step (7:02)
Song 4 – Grand Prairie (11:15)
Song 5 – French Blues (15:05)
Harry Trahan, Lisa Trahan, and Mitch Reed / Radio
Song 1 – Unknown two-step (0:01) *
Song 2 – J’étais au bal (3:40)
Song 3 – Perrodin Two Step (7:40)
Song 4 – Unknown waltz (11:33) *
Song 5 – Eunice Two Step (16:40)
Song 6 – Talking (20:00)
*Switches to Radio*
Song 7 – Unknown artist, unknown waltz (31:20)
Song 8 – Vin Bruce, Teala’s Waltz (34:52)*
Song 9 – Robert Elkin and Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold, Maurice fait pas ça (38:52)
Song 10 – Unknown artist, unknown waltz (41:57) (un valse un autre fois)
Song 11 – Belton Richard, Bosco Stomp (45:08)
Song 12 – Camey Doucet, Pretty Blue Eyes (48:00)
Song 13 – Aldous Roger, Bosco Stomp (50:47)
Song 14 – Lawrence Ardoin, Tous les temps en temps/Radio talk (51:25)
Song 15 –Milton Landry and The Lake City Playboys, Talk About My Baby (53:33)
Song 16 – Gene Maurice and Marfel Dugas, Teardrops on My Pillow (55:40)
Harry Trahan and Clint, at Raymond Decoux's House.
Song 1 – Attrape-moi mon chapeau (0:00)
Song 2 – Over The Waves (4:32)
Song 3 – Johnny peut pas danser/Johnny Can’t Dance (7:54)
Song 4 – La valse criminelle/Criminal Waltz (12:20)
Song 5 – Tous les soirs (16:04)
Song 6 – Unknown waltz (fais pas ça) (22:20) *
Song 7 – Laches Pas La Patate (25:40)
Song 8 – Unknown song (29:13) *
Song 9 – Cette-la moi j’aime (32:30)
Song 10 – Choupique Two Step (36:45)
Harry Trahan, with Unknown Band.
Song 1 – Choupique Two Step (0:01)
Song 2 – Grand Bosco (1:44)
Song 3 – Jolie Blonde (6:22)
Song 4 – The Back Door (8:55)
Song 5 – La valse d’heritage/Heritage Waltz (12:50) *
Song 6 – Lacassine Special (18:06)
Song 7 – Kaplan Waltz (22:00)
Song 8 – Lemonade Song (26:30)
Song 9 – KLFY Waltz (31:00)
Song 10 – Lena Mae (34:19)
Song 11 – Madame Sosthène (37:50)
Song 12 – Mathilda (41:50)
Song 13 – Zydeco Blues (45:53)
Song 14 – Chere Tout Tout (48:50)
Song 15 – Don’t Mess With my Toot Toot (52:50)
Song 16 – Fannie Mae (57:20)
Song 17 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (1:03:10)
Song 18 – Grand Mamou (1:07:10)
Song 19 – Evangeline Special (1:10:59)
Song 20 – Jolie Blonde (1:14:46)
Song 21 – J’étais au bal (1:18:30)
Song 22 – A Fool’s Waltz (1:22:00)
Song 23 – Unknown waltz (1:29:12) *
Song 24 – Grand Bosco (1:33:07)
Harry Trahan at Home.
Song 1 – Little Fat Man (0:03)
Song 2 – J’ai passé devant ta porte (3:15)
Song 3 – Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin (6:59)
Song 4 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (9:55)
Song 5 – La valse de Bayou Teche/Bayou Teche Waltz (12:55)
Harry Trahan, Raymond Decoux, Rex Champagne.
Song 1 – Freight Train (0:03)
Song 2 – In My Tennessee Mountain Home (0:46)
Song 3 – Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw (4:38)
Song 4 – I Still Miss Someone (7:24)
Song 5 – Talking and arguing/Sure to Fall (9:48)
Song 6 – The Last Letter (14:50)
Song 7 – I Love You Because (19:50)
Song 8 – Talking/Red River Valley/Les maringouins on tout mangé ma belle (23:20)
Song 9 – Abbeville Two Step (27:55) *
Song 10 – Grand Mamou (30:42)
Song 11 – Cucaracha, “dedicated to my old lady” (34:20)
Song 12 – La valse de famille/Family Waltz (37:48)
Song 13 – Zydeco sont pas sale (40:20)
Song 14 – Zydeco sont pas sale (45:05)
Song 15 – La valse de ‘tit Maurice (46:50) *
Song 16 – Perrodin Two Step (48:00)
Song 17 – La valse du malchanceux (51:03)
Song 18 – La fille de la veuve (55:10)
Song 19 – Bachelor’s Life (58:09)
Song 20 – Unknown waltz (1:00:53) *
Song 21 – The Back Door (1:04:50)
Song 22 – Madame Sosthène (1:08:57)
Song 23 – Hee Haw Breakdown (1:11:25)
Song 24 – Big Boy Waltz (1:14:50)
Song 25 – Tolam Waltz (1:19:05)
Song 26 – La valse de mèche (1:23:19)
Song 27 – Anytime (1:26:16)
Song 28 – Unknown song (1:31:20) *
Harry Trahan, Paul Trahan, and Other Unknown Musicians.
Song 1 – Jolie Blonde (0:03)
Song 2 – Bayou Pon Pon (2:40)
Song 3 – Valse de famille (5:45)
Song 4 – Valse de Marie (9:13)
Song 5 – Drunkard’s Waltz (11:43)
Song 6 – J’étais au bal (15:08)
Song 7 – Calcasieu waltz (16:04)
Song 8 – Ils ont volé mon traineau /Hippy taio (19:05)
Song 9 – Fee Fee Poncho (21:30) *
*Switches to Radio 101.5 FM WYNK*
Song 10 – Unknown song, unknown artist (Cleveland Crochet? Jay Stutes?) (23:47)
Harry Trahan with Other Unknown Musicians.
Song 1 – Unknown waltz (0:03)
Song 2 – Belizaire Waltz (2:00)
Song 3 – Jolie Blonde (4:15)
Song 4 – J’étais au bal (8:00)
Song 5 – Chere Tout Tout (12:20)
Song 6 – Fee Fee Poncho (15:46)
Song 7 – Unknown waltz (18:57)
Song 8 – La valse de mèche (23:45)
Song 9 – The Back Door (27:53)
Song 10 – La valse du malchanceux (31:05)
Song 11 – Lena Mae (35:26)
Song 12 – Donnez-moi mon chapeau (38:51)
Song 13 – Jolie Blonde (42:24)
Song 14 – Hippy taio (46:00)
Song 15 – Chere tout tout (49:20)
Song 16 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, Another Beer (53:11)
Song 17 – Unknown waltz (56:16) *
Song 18 – Unknown waltz (same song as before) (58:44)
Song 19 – Keep Your Hands Off Of It (1:01:29)
Song 20 – Don’t Mess With My Tutu (1:04:50)
Song 21 – Paper in My Shoe (1:08:28)
Song 22 – Midnight Playboy Special (1:12:28)
Song 23 – ‘Tite Robe Courte (1:13:55)
Song 24 – Chere tout tout (1:16:38)
Song 25 – ‘Tits yeux bleus (1:19:47)
Song 26 – The Back Door (1:22:41)
Song 27 – En bas du chène vert (1:25:29)
Song 28 – Pauvre Hobo/ J’étais au bal (1:28:30)
Harry Trahan in Butte La Rose.
Song 1 – Brasse donc, le couche couche (0:04)
Song 2 – Jolie Blonde (2:18)
Song 3 – Grand Mamou (5:48)
Song 4 – My Zydeco Shoes/Zydeco Man (9:22)
Song 5 – Love Bridge Waltz (14:25)
Song 6 – Ends in talking and background noises (17:15)
Harry Trahan and Other Unknown Musician's at Raymond Decoux's House.
Song 1 – Bosco Stomp (0:01)
Song 2 – La valse criminelle (3:03)
Song 3 – Donnez-moi mon chapeau (6:40)
Song 4 – Jolie Blonde (9:23)
Song 5 – Zydeco sont pas sale (13:00)
Song 6 – Don’t Mess With My Tutu (16:00)
Song 7 – Mathilda (19:45)
Song 8 – Jalapeno Lena (22:02)
Song 9 – I’m Walking the Floor Over You (24:18)
Song 10 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (26:37)
Song 11 – Your Cheatin’ Heart (29:50)
Song 12 – I Still Miss Someone (33:28)
Song 13 – 99 Year Old Waltz (35:48)
Song 14 – Bayou Pon Pon (37:42)
Song 15 – Valse de Bayou Teche (39:50)
Song 16 – Chere Alice (42:07)
Song 17 – Chet Atkins style guitar playing (instrumental) (45:24) *
Song 18 – Chet Atkins style guitar playing (instrumental) (46:24) *
Song 19 – Cold Cold Heart (47:05)
Song 20 – Each Night at Nine (48:30)
Song 21 – I Love You So Much It Hurts Me (54:12)
Song 22 – Oh Madeline (57:35)
Song 23 – Unknown waltz (1:01:18) *
Song 24 – Lena Mae (1:04:16)
Song 25 – Keep Your Hands Off of It (1:08:51)
Song 26 – Lots of talking (1:13:30)