Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog

Former Accession # TI1-016

1:00 They talk about Rosie being in heavy rotation on the radio, especially from Lafayette to Lake Charles. Rosie says she wasn't a big fan of Zydeco growing up. She started liking it after hearing Boozoo play at Richard's one night when she was a teenager with her uncle. Her parents listened to Zydeco but no one in her family plays music. Rosie listened to a lot of rock and roll and talks about the musicians she likes listening to. She talks about the night she saw Boozoo at Richard's. Morris sat in that night on accordion playing songs by Amede Ardoin and that's how he got his start. Jealous Man Two-Step. That night was the first night Rosie and Morris met. They got married the next year. He had a band for four years before she ever picked up the accordion.
8:40 They tell a story about Morris telling Rosie not to mess with his accordion while he was gone. Rosie played 'Morning Train' for him after she had been practicing on her own. They went on tour (Morris Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys) in the summer of 1993 and Rosie would play with the band some of the time. By 1994, Rosie was in the band full-time and Morris moved to the bass. Rosie recorded her first album that year.
11:49 They talk about Queen Ida and Ann Goodly being the other women accordion players in Zydeco. Rosie says some of the older people feel like women shouldn't play.
16:30 Rosie says she has a reputation for being shy, but she's not like that on stage. Morris says her change on stage is like night and day.
20:40 Rosie's given name is Mary Rosezla Bellard. She was born in Church Point and brought up in Eunice. Morris was born and raised in Iota, La where he works at the high school as a janitor. They say Beau Jocque is their biggest influence. She says basically Zydeco is revved up blues. Morris started playing his second year in high school when he found one in the band room. The first song he learned to play was Terrence Simien's 'Hee Haw Breakdown'. He learned to play by ear. His dad had an accordion but was a blues harmonica player. He plays rubboard with the band. Morris manages the band. They talk about how the band makes business decisions.
27:10 They just moved to their new home and talk about how they've been taking care of Morris' parents for the past several years. Rosie's family is very supportive. She says her mom is her number one fan. They talk about Rosie's first songs that she wrote.
33:30 Rosie talks about her parents speaking French but Rosie doesn't speak it well because her parents discouraged her from speaking it but now she's trying to learn from her parents.
36:30 There are younger people in the crowds now. She feels like Zydeco is popular with the younger crowd because of people like Beau Jocque and Boozoo putting rock into the music. Zydeco has brought the community together. Morris wishes they were on the road more and they are playing a venue in Los Angeles called the Alligator Lounge and the Foothill Club in Long Beach.
39:28 They talk about how local people don't like musicians to change Zydeco and add outside influences. She likes to write about everyday stuff. She mentions her favorite songs that she wrote and songs that other Zydeco musicians have written.
45:00 Rosie used to be terrified of Mardi Gras. She talks about what it was like for her during Mardi Gras as a kid.
48:30 They are working on songs for the next album. Rosie plays at home for her daughter, Cassandra, and at her daughter's school. Rosie talks about being a fan of Koko Taylor. They talk about rivalries in the Zydeco scene.
55:20 They talk about working with Rockin Sidney and how much he has taught them. Lake Charles and Lafayette want to hear the piano accordion, but the Opelousas/Lawtell area is more French accordion. Rosie loves New Orleans and all the different music.
59:00 Their band is almost all family members. Ray Johnson is starting to play guitar with them.
1:02:00 Women's roles in music and the lack of credit they get in the country.

0:00 It's unclear who they are speaking about. But it's someone who has died. Tisserand says he saw Moss Music Store and Moss Barber Shop. They belonged to some of Moss's nephews. Moss says he was good dancer. He remembers when the Charleston came out. He talks about some of the old shows he would do with all kinds of acts.
4:50 Moss says things have changed and he feels the devil is here on earth. He gets a kick out of teaching music. When he was younger and playing music, he still worked during the day doing all kinds of different jobs.
9:23 He met his wife at a Zydeco at the Junction. She was from Louisiana.
10:05 Tisserand dictates some notes to himself saying Moss was singing "Tell Me What's the Matter Now" as he was leaving. He got up to watch every car pass by. He was wearing nice shoes and shirt and red suspenders and a hat.

Former Accession # TI1-013

0:00 Sidney tells the story of him recording Toot Toot at his home studio and asking his wife's opinion after recording all night.
5:30 They talk about Sidney's recording studio setup. He hasn't had any other players record in his studio but he has produced and worked with other players in other studios like Ann Goodly and Rosie Ledet. Sidney says he believes there are powerful ways to approach a bandstand. He said he got advice and education like this from older players.
9:23 He says he was making $500-$600/ week in high school and graduated with a brand new '58 Plymouth station wagon painted green and pink. He talks about the ways he would promote himself with his behavioral style. He said there were a lot of things he had to compete, especially because he didn't speak French. He wrote 'Joy to the South'. It was hard for him to get into Zydeco. He decided he wanted to be in Zydeco like Mohammed Ali was in boxing. He said people started to pay attention to him after he challenged the bigger acts like Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat, often at The Summit in Houston, TX.
19:00 Sidney had a white band play behind him. He talks about planning a performance for a month to get people to notice him on the Zydeco scene. Tyronne Davis, Buckwheat, Z.Z. Hill, and Clifton Chenier were all performing the night Sidney pulled his planned act out in Houston. Sidney would dress up like Clifton and also had ventriloquist act he did with a dummy of Buckwheat. He talks about his publicity stunts he learned from the older musician in New Orleans.
32:30 Sidney liked comedy and would dress up like his dad and make his twelve brothers and sisters laugh.
34:17 He would go to The Dream Room on Toulouse St. in New Orleans in the 1950s and show the musicians his pick to let them know he played guitar. The New Orleans musicians would tease him about being from the country.
37:15 Sidney's company is called Toot Toot Communications. He says his station that they are in has a lot of history, including the first black disc jockey, Bubba Lutcher. Nelly Lutcher. The show at The Summit was the Zydeco Blues Fest in 1982 or 1983. Sidney had a character he played called Josh the Pimp and he would sing the song 'Welfare Cadillac'. He had goose that he would dress up for an act in his shows. He did a 'Purple Rain' act. All those acts were before Toot Toot. He talks more about his impersonations of Clifton and Buckwheat and how hard it was to get noticed with great players like them on the scene.
49:18 Luke Collins at the radio station in Eunice said John Delafose would show up at the station within 10 minutes when he heard Sidney there. Sidney said he and John Delafose had a little competition but things were easier for Delafose and Boozoo. They talk about the money the clubs paid and the cover charges at the door and musicians competing for crowds if they played on the same night.
59:29 Sidney talks about how the shows and musicians have changed since his day. He wishes Rosie Ledet would learn some things from him about how to better her stage presence.
1:06:50 He thinks the musicians like Keith Frank and Beau Jocque should try to get along better and put aside competitions. He says he regrets doing those things in his early shows.
1:10:40 Sidney talks about producing Boozoo's 'Dog Hill'.
1:17:15 They talk about Mardi Gras and Luke Collins being the first Zydeco radio d.j. Sidney's stations are KAOK in Lake Charles and KEAZ in DeRidder.
1:27:05 Sidney, Queen Ida, and Clifton all won Grammy Awards.

Former Accession # TI1-009

0:00 interview on road with Lil Buck.
Lil Buck, John Hart, Joe Brouchet, Robert St. Judy -- original Red Hot Louisiana Band started in 1969
1:00 Lil Buck met Clifton Chenier one night at the Blue Angel Club after Buck's rock n' roll band had broken up. Buck's uncle owned the club. Clifton asked Buck to play that night because his guitar player was stuck in Houston. After the gig, Clifton asked his bass player to pick Buck up for the rest of the gigs that weekend in Houston without even asking Buck. Buck recorded 9-10 albums with him after that over about 11 -12 years.
2:50 Buckwheat, The Hitchhikers
3:28 Lil Buck says when he left to play Zydeco, that turned everything around. he says he's the one who brought the younger people to Zydeco.
4:30 Claude Boudreaux -- Lil Buck'ss uncle that owned Blue Angel
6:05 They recall a story Clifton had told them when a black accordion player was hired to play but they thought he was white when they hired him. They made him play outside and put white gloves on him.
6:55 Clifton came up with the name Red Hot Louisiana Band. Clifton played songs in different keys often. He was creative on the bandstand trying out different things and taking chances.
11:00 They talk about how Clifton would hang out with the guys in the band during the day, but at night during the shows, he'd sit at another table planning. When together, he liked to tell and joke with the band about how hard it was in the past being on the road playing for little money or for BBQ. Buck said after the shows Clifton would take his shoes off and pour the sweat out. They'd get on the stage at 9pm and it was nonstop til 1.
15:17 Leaving CA going to Austin a week before coming back to Lafayette. Lil Buck did all the driving. An ice chest full of beer and water and snacks also had Clifton's insulin. They cleaned out the chest and accidentally threw out the insulin. Clifton's feet started to swell and he told Buck to speed to Austin. He got there and went to the doctor and got the shot and went to bed and still played the gig that night. Lil Buck says Clifton was an 'Iron Man'. They talk about other stories when Clifton was sick but kept playing. Clifton said 'whenever people are waiting for me that's where I'm gonna be'.
20:38 Etta James Buddy Guy. Buck talks about how Clifton's last name was pronounced different everywhere and how Clifton pronounced it.
22:40 Tisserand asks if Clifton or Clevland would say they invented the rub board. Buck says Clifton. Playing with Lightin' Hopkins. Buck said the way the washboard started was when Clifton worked in Port Arthur at a refinery and asked a metal worker if he could make a washboard the way he drew it. The man said he could make it any way he wanted. Ernest Johnson had been with Clif a long time and ended up playing with Buckwheat.
24:50 They'd that tour to California/Pacific NW all the way to Canada twice a year and be over there for two months. They had a few agents Big Pete (accordion player) Oakland, CA, someone named Buddy.
26:14 Helen Faulk-- Buck said she was his number one agent and Tisserand says Helen said she was his other woman so she knows him well. Buck says she used to do the driving for the band in a '59 Cadillac.
27:50 Clifton got his crown in California and also was given the key to Paris, France. There's a street named after Clifton in Paris.
29:30 Passe-partout television. Danny Caron. C.J. Sparking Paradise. C.J. replaced John Hart and Hart went on to play in Doopsie's band. Swamp party every Monday.
33:27 change to an interview with Lil Buckin Opelousas. Lil Buck says John is a master mechanic. They've been friends since before they played together in Clifton's band. John played with Little Bob on Monday nights before Lil Buck played with Clifton at the Peppermint Lounge. Lil Buck says John drinks scotch and milk.
36:15 Clifton didn't mind the band drinking as long as they could do there job. Lil Buck says Clifton used to drink heavily. Funny story about a gig in St. Martinville. Lil Buck says Clifton and Cleveland got along in the band. Cleveland was the older brother. Buck tells a story about playing the prison in San Francisco. C.J. was quiet in the band. Buck says he was with the band from 1969 to about 1982. Buck talks about Clifton becoming ill and his cousin played in his place for a gig in Galveston. His cousin was killed in a car accident on the way back to Lafayette.
41:20 Buck says the last time he saw Clifton was the night before he died. He went to the hospital with him and friends and family. The next day Buck left to play a gig in Houston and got the call that Clifton had died when he got to the motel. They announced it from the bandstand and everyone was upset. They were playing a Catholic Church in Houston.
44:10 They talk about records made with Chenier. One album was with Elvin Bishop and Steve Miller. Buck tells a funny story about kicking Elvin's pipe under the table so that he could solo.
45:47 John Hart comes in.
49:00 John Hart says Zydeco is far-fetched and says he's an authority on it. Hart is 64 years old and says you have to do research to be authentic. Clifton Chenier created it. Claude Faulk.
58:40 Hart says People are playing music and calling it Zydeco when it isn't. He says it's a fast name for a fast dollar. Talks about someone named Larry who is going to expose the truth about Zydeco and put it on the internet.

0:00 The beginning of the recording sound like it's something that was on a tape that Tisserand recorded over and is not part of the interview.
0:57 Interview begins here. Nathan grew up in St. Martinville. His dad was a construction worker who dies of a heart attack when Nathan was seven. His mother had to work 2-3 jobs to take care of him and his 7 brothers and sisters. His grandmother helped out and cut sugarcane and his oldest brother helped raise the kids. His mother sent them all to Catholic school. In 9th grade, Nathan hitchhiked from St. Martinville to Lafayette to stay with his brother, Sid, and has stayed in Lafayette ever since. After school everyday, he worked in his brother's store. He graduated from Northside and married his wife Nancy.
5:50 When he was in 7th or 8th grade he would go and listen to Clifton Chenier play at the Casino Club in St. Martinville. He'd listen from outside the club and sometimes get in trouble with the neighbor of the club.Clifton was the first zydeco music Nathan ever heard. Buckwheat came out when he was in high school and he would visit with Buckwheat after school and started sitting in with him at his dances.
8:15 Nathan didn't play music growing up. His brother played organ. His family was very religious. His grandmother helped out a lot as did the man who owned the construction company where his father had worked. He graduated Northside in 1983 and then got sick. Soon after, he was hospitalized for 8 months with a thyroid condition which left him with a large medical bill he has only just finished paying.
13:30 Nathan spoke French growing up. He says he sings French better than he speaks it. He talks about his family heritage. His uncle, Harry, plays guitar with C.J. He talks about having his own style and being the first zydeco musician to have a parade band play his music. It makes him proud.
19:17 Follow Me Chicken I'm Full of Corn. He uses slang in his songs.
25:50 Nathan grew up in a one-room sharp-shooter (shotgun) house. He talks about adding on the house with his brothers. Growing up in school, Nathan wanted to be a football player.
30:30 Nathan's family comes home. Nathan, Jr. plays accordion and rubboard. Junior goes and gets his accordion. Nathan's daughter was born on his birthday.
34:45 Nathan talks about growing up with his brothers and the kids in the neighborhood.
37:30 He started playing zydeco after he got better from his illness and was getting ready to get married. Before he had an accordion, he had a dream that he was playing accordion in front of a bunch of people. Clayton Salpy would come by the store and play the accordion. Nathan would listen to him and one day asked him if he could play his accordion. Instead, Clayton bought him an accordion. He still has that accordion. He says has about 7 accordions. He says he never really learned until he bought his own accordion and Romero's Music Store in Lafayette.
43:40

Recorded Winter of 1976;

Discours de Jacques Chirac devant l’Union des journalistes de langue française : Une offre de rapprochement et de paix

L’Académie française;

L’Académie française est née des réunions hebdomadaires d’un groupe d’intellectuels. Richelieu leur proposa de devenir un corps officiel et en 1635, Louis XIII signa la création de l’Académie française, qui comptait 40 membres. Leur rôle était d’examiner les ouvrages et de fixer les règles du langage.

La diffusion culturelle dans les pays francophones;

La langue française est considérée comme une langue d’intelligence et une langue tonique. La francophonie n’a pas de monopole, elle se nourrit notamment des apports des civilisations africaines (philosophie et art de vivre). Chaque peuple dispose d’une originalité particulière. Ainsi dans les Flandres cette particularité est façonnée par l’influence des libertés communales, des kermesses, de la musique et de la peinture. Quant à la Suisse romande, elle a été marquée par la Réforme et nous offre l’image de ce que serait devenue la France si le calvinisme avait fini par triompher : un pays marqué par le moralisme, le sérieux et l’introspection. Les auteurs francophones originaires de ces terres qui bordent l’hexagone (Suisse, Belgique, etc) ont contribué de manière importante à la richesse de la littérature francophone, et les événements historiques de leurs pays ont influencé leur façon de penser.
En Amérique du Nord, le rayonnement de la francophonie s’étend du Québec aux Antilles en passant par la Louisiane, Haïti, la Guadeloupe, la Martinique et la Guyane.
Au Canada la société française vivait autrefois en vase clos. Mais le Canada est aujourd’hui sur la voie de la reconquête, non économique mais culturelle. Ainsi les Acadiens ont reconquis en Louisiane la fierté légitime d’appartenir à la culture française.
Aux Antilles et en Amérique latine, l’élite est francophone et le peuple utilise un parler créole. Ces élites sont imprégnées de la philosophie du siècle des Lumières.
En Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient, la culture française et la culture arabe se sont rencontrées en Méditerranée à travers le contact avec les croisés. Plus tard les conquêtes françaises ont amené une connaissance plus profonde de la culture française et de la culture musulmane. Mais trop souvent cette culture musulmane nous reste difficilement connue. Et ce sont davantage les divergences entre les cultures qui impressionnent les peuples, plutôt que les convergences.
Les civilisations d’Extrême-Orient sont très éloignées de nous, mais la culture française a reçu une empreinte spirituelle profonde au contact de la civilisation du Vietnam et des Khmers (Indochine française). Le français est devenue une langue véhiculaire et certains mots français sont passés dans la langue populaire du Vietnam.
La langue française n’est pas la langue du commerce et de l’industrie, mais demeure le véhicule de la pensée. Ainsi Paris est vue comme la capitale internationale de l’esprit.

L’Alliance française
L’Alliance française est une association culturelle privée, indépendante et apolitique dont le but est de protéger et promouvoir la langue française.

ƒditorial : 2e numŽro de la tribune des FrancophonesË lÕoccasion du bicentenaire des Etats-Unis, rendons gr‰ce au courage des AmŽricains et de leurs alliŽs qui ont vaincu, il y a 200 ans, douze millions de colonisateurs. Rendons hommage aux pionniers qui ont quittŽ leurs terres natales pour aller construire un nouveau monde et qui ont rŽussi ˆ rassembler de nombreux peuples en une communautŽ. Les Etats-Unis sont un exemple de solidaritŽ et de fraternitŽ. LÕAmŽrique a rŽussi ˆ b‰tir une fŽdŽration de peuples europŽens dans le Nouveau monde. Puisse lÕEurope suivre cet exemple et fonder une fŽdŽration europŽenne, les Etats-Unis dÕEurope. La France et lÕindŽpendance amŽricaine, livre du bicentenaire de lÕindŽpendance, ouvrage Žcrit par le Duc de Castries de lÕAcadŽmie franaise. Synonymes de puissance matŽrielle, de bond vers lÕavenir et de civilisation spontanŽe, les Etats-Unis sont devenus un vaste et puissant Žtat en moins de deux sicles. Et lÕamitiŽ entre la France et les Etats-Unis sÕest maintenue intacte depuis deux sicles.La dŽcolonisation jadis et aujourdÕhui : ˆ quel moment un territoire se considre t-il capable de fonder une nation ?La seconde moitie du XXe sicle a vu presque toutes les colonies se constituer en Žtats souverains. Mais il faut tre conscient de la diffŽrence absolue entre les dŽcolonisations contemporaines et la dŽcolonisation qui a fait des deux AmŽriques des Žtats indŽpendants. Au XXe sicle, les populations indignes ont chassŽ les coloniaux pour rŽcupŽrer les territoires qui leur avaient ŽtŽ confisquŽs lors des conqutes des colonisateurs. En AmŽrique, les populations indignes dŽcimŽes ou refoulŽes dans des rŽserves nÕont pas profitŽ de la dŽcolonisation. Ce sont les colons eux-mmes qui se sont sŽparŽs de leur mre patrie, et ont constituŽ des nouveaux Žtats sous leur contr™le. Cette situation posa le problme de la reconnaissance diplomatique dÕun Žtat qui sÕŽtait constituŽ spontanŽment par un acte de rŽvolte envers le pouvoir dont il dŽpendait lŽgitimement. Mais le traitŽ dÕalliance signŽ entre la France et les Etats-Unis en 1778, constituŽ dÕun accord commercial et dÕune assistance militaire entre la France et les Etats-Unis, a fait jurisprudence.Dans les dŽbuts, le peuple amŽricain nÕavait pas rŽelle conscience de lÕaide matŽrielle apportŽe la France, aide financire et assistance dans lÕarmement. Le Congrs sollicita lÕaide franaise, car la France Žtait lÕun des pays les plus important dÕEurope et Žtait hostile ˆ lÕAngleterre.En 1787 la Constitution des Etats-Unis dÕAmŽrique fut signŽe. Mais un dŽsaccord perdura concernant le choix de la capitale : Boston, Philadelphie ? Au lieu de choisir une de ces villes, George Washington dŽcida que la capitale des Etats-Unis serait sa crŽation personnelle. Il choisit un marŽcage au bord du Potomac, un compromis entre le Nord et le Sud. Il dŽsigna Charles LÕEnfant comme architecte de la future capitale. LÕEnfant, qui arriva en AmŽrique ˆ peu prs en mme temps que Lafayette, Žtait influencŽ par lÕarchitecture franaise. Il dessina les plans de la ville et fixa les cožts des travaux du Capitole ˆ 95 000 dollars, mais le Congrs jugea son projet insensŽ et lui refusa les crŽdits pour construire le Capitole. Aprs 10 ans de lutte, il fut Žconduit et mourut dans la misre. Les plans de LÕEnfant furent plus tard utilisŽs pour construire la capitale des Etats-Unis. Diverses festivitŽs sont prŽvues aux Etats-Unis et en France pour cŽlŽbrer le bicentenaire et lÕamitiŽ entre ces deux pays. Le PrŽsident franais ValŽry Giscard dÕEstaing est invitŽ aux Etats-unis. Il se rendra tout dÕabord a Washington, puis sÕarrtera ˆ Houston et enfin a Lafayette.LÕAcadŽmie franaise Le r™le de lÕAcadŽmie franaise depuis 1635 consiste ˆ examiner les ouvrages et fixer les rgles du langage. Le but est de conserver et perfectionner la langue franaise pour quÕelle puisse succŽder au grec et au latin. Ainsi les acadŽmiciens condamnent certains abus, approuvent certains termes nouveaux, et prŽcisent le sens des mots qui prtent a ambigu•tŽ.Conrart fut le premier secrŽtaire de lÕAcadŽmie franaise. En 1647 Corneille est Žlu acadŽmicien. LÕun des principes de lÕAcadŽmie franaise est lÕŽgalitŽ. Ainsi aucune distinction nÕest faite, et il nÕy a pas de dŽsavantage entre les acadŽmiciens. La premire Ždition du dictionnaire avec lÕordre alphabŽtique est prŽsentŽe au roi en 1692. Et la deuxime Ždition para”t en 1718. Le dictionnaire fixe lÕorthographe et le sens des mots par des dŽfinitions accompagnŽes dÕexemples. Ë chaque Ždition, le nombre de mots augmenta et le changement dÕorthographe alla dans le sens de la simplification, par exemple beaucoup de mots furent dŽbarrassŽs de lettres inutiles. Durant la Terreur, lÕAcadŽmie franaise ainsi que dÕautres AcadŽmies furent supprimŽes par un dŽcret de 1793. Certains membres de lÕAcadŽmie furent guillotinŽs comme Baillay, Malesherbes ou Nicola•. Condorcet sÕempoisonna et dÕautres acadŽmiciens immigrrent ou se cachrent pendant la Terreur. Le directeur rŽussit tout de mme ˆ sauver et ˆ cacher les archives, y compris les feuilles du dictionnaire dont la rŽvision Žtait terminŽe. En 1795, lÕAcadŽmie franaise fut ˆ nouveau autorisŽe et en 1798 la 5e Ždition du dictionnaire fut publiŽe. En 1816, Louis XVIII dŽcida que lÕInstitut de France serait composŽ de 4 acadŽmies : lÕAcadŽmie franaise, lÕAcadŽmie des inscriptions et belles lettres, lÕAcadŽmie des sciences et lÕAcadŽmie des beaux arts. LÕorganisation actuelle est celle de 1816 avec en plus lÕAcadŽmie des sciences morales et politiques qui fut crŽŽe en 1832. La 6e Ždition du dictionnaire fut publiŽe en 1835 et la 7e Ždition en 1878. De nos jours, lÕAcadŽmie franaise sige chaque semaine le jeudi aprs-midi. Et chaque annŽe au mois de dŽcembre se tient une sŽance publique. CÕest ˆ ce moment quÕa lieu la rŽception solennelle des nouveaux Žlus.

LÕAcadŽmie franaise (suite)Dans les nouvelles Žditions du dictionnaire sont entrŽs des nŽologismes et certains mots dÕorigine anglaise comme Ç surprise party È. Au moment de sa crŽation, les femmes nÕŽtaient pas admises a lÕAcadŽmie franaise. Beaucoup dÕhommes dÕEglise Žtaient Žlus et lÕAcadŽmie ne pouvait passer outre un veto du pouvoir. Depuis 1635 jusqu'ˆ nos jours, le nombre dÕacadŽmiciens, ou Ç immortels È, sÕŽlve ˆ 650. Le Collge de France fut fondŽ un sicle avant lÕAcadŽmie franaise. Les 5 acadŽmies de lÕInstitut de France sont :- LÕAcadŽmie franaise, fondŽe par Richelieu en 1635. Son r™le est dÕexaminer les ouvrages et de fixer les rgles de la langue franaise.- LÕAcadŽmie des Beaux Arts. En 1648 le roi approuva la crŽation de lÕAcadŽmie de Peinture et de Sculpture. Les femmes nÕŽtaient pas exclues de cette AcadŽmie. - LÕAcadŽmie des inscriptions et belles lettres fondŽe en 1663 par Colbert, elle Žtait surnommŽe la petite acadŽmie. Elle Žtait en charge des descriptions historiques des ŽvŽnements que commŽmoraient les mŽdailles, des descriptions des antiquitŽs et monuments franais et de la connaissance de lÕantiquitŽ grecque et latine. - LÕAcadŽmie des sciences, dont lÕinstallation officielle eu lieu en 1666. Son r™le est de cultiver et perfectionner les sciences. Ses membres disposent de crŽdits pour Žquiper leurs laboratoires et pour construire des machines. Chaque semaine, lÕAcadŽmie publie les comptes-rendus de ses sŽances.- LÕAcadŽmie des sciences morales et politiques fondŽe en 1795. Chaque semaine, ses membres discutent une question ˆ lÕordre du jour concernant les sciences humaines. Le Conseil International de la Langue franaise a ŽtŽ fondŽ en 1967 et son but est de sauvegarder lÕunitŽ de la langue franaise dans le monde.Le Conseil de la vie franaise en AmŽrique a ŽtŽ crŽŽ au QuŽbec en 1937. Ses membres reprŽsentent les groupements franais du Canada, des Etats-Unis et des Antilles et ils cherchent ˆ soutenir les intŽrts des populations franaises en AmŽrique du Nord. La francophonie La langue franaise vaut dՐtre dŽfendue pour ses caractŽristiques (clartŽ prŽcision et logique) et pour son universalitŽ. En effet plus de 150 millions de personnes sur 5 continents parlent franais. Depuis le XVIIe sicle, le franais est une langue de culture et la langue utilisŽe par les Žlites de nombreux pays non francophones. Mais avec les changements de rŽgimes et de sociŽtŽ, nous assistons ˆ la disparition des Žlites francophones. Le franais recule devant la trs forte expansion de lÕanglais, considŽrŽ comme la langue de la communication internationale. Le franais est envahi de termes anglo-amŽricains. Des institutions francophones ont donc ŽtŽ crŽŽes pour protŽger et sauvegarder la langue franaise. Il est nŽcessaire dÕaccro”tre la solidaritŽ entre les pays francophones mais aussi de favoriser lÕŽgalitŽ et la complŽmentaritŽ dans les rapports avec les autres langues et les autres cultures. La francophonie existe tout comme lÕanglophonie et, selon un principe de rŽciprocitŽ, il faut que les Franais apprennent des langues Žtrangres.Il y a une volontŽ dÕaccro”tre la prŽsence et lÕinfluence culturelle franaises aux Etats-Unis. La francophonie se dŽveloppe comme un moyen pour Žviter dՐtre absorbŽ par lÕun des deux empires qui se partagent le monde ˆ lÕheure actuelle. En effet, la France et les pays francophones aspirent ˆ une organisation du monde diffŽrente de celle qui sÕest Žtablie depuis 1945 et esprent pouvoir apporter une contribution franaise ˆ un nouvel ordre mondial. Ceci est favorisŽ par lÕappui de toutes les personnes ayant appris le franais ˆ lÕŽcole ou au sein de leur famille dans dÕautres pays, ce sont les francophones (QuŽbŽcois, Romans, AfricainsÉ), nos cousins par le langage.La francophonie, dimension de la politique franaise, ne vit que par le dialogue entre les diffŽrentes cultures francophones qui forment une communautŽ basŽe sur lÕŽgalitŽ, communautŽ qui fait vivre les valeurs morales et humaines hŽritŽes de 1789. Le principe dÕEurafrique dŽsigne la coopŽration privilŽgiŽe entre les pays africains et lÕEurope. LÕEurope entretient Žgalement des liens particuliers avec les pays dÕIndochine et avec les communautŽs francophones dÕAmŽrique.Comment le Canada favorise t-il la francophonie ?Le QuŽbec a mis en Ïuvre un programme dÕassistance technique en Afrique francophone. Le Canada a aussi organisŽ le rassemblement de la jeunesse francophone, connu sous le nom de Francofte. Le pays prŽvoit aussi de mettre en place un projet de dŽveloppement en Ha•ti dans le domaine de la santŽ et du logement. Investir sur la langue franaise Le Conseil international a permis la publication dÕune collection de vocabulaire technique pour rŽpondre aux besoins des chercheurs et ingŽnieurs. Cette collection traite des sujets suivants : pŽtrole, transport, radio et tŽlŽvision, finance, travaux publics et urbanisme, Žnergies nuclŽaires, techniques spatiales, informatique. Le Conseil a Žgalement participŽ a la publication de manuels techniques sur la mŽcanique et lÕagronomie tropicale, ˆ destination des pays du Tiers-Monde. Le combat francophone au CanadaLe Canada est officiellement bilingue et compte dÕimportants foyers de francophones dans lÕOuest du pays. La culture anglo-amŽricaine est dominante et les groupes francophones de lÕOuest sont minoritaires. Ë la fin du XIXe , lÕOuest du Canada sÕouvre ˆ la colonisation et des populations mŽtisses de langue franaise sÕy installent. En 1890 la population anglaise devient majoritaire et le Manitoba est dŽclarŽ anglais. Ainsi les francophones perdent leurs droits linguistiques et religieux. La langue maternelle devient langue seconde et elle sÕappauvrit au contact de lÕanglais. Mais des organismes de dŽfense de la langue franaise sÕorganisent (paroisses, Žcoles) et les Žglises ou le franais est la langue du culte servent de centres culturels franais (scout, choraleÉ). Les foyers francophones Žvoluent Žgalement. Si les familles Žtaient autrefois catholiques et parlaient le franais, cette langue est devenue langue seconde, et les jeunes parents peinent ˆ transmettre ˆ leurs enfants une langue quÕils connaissent mal.Des collges et des couvents offrant un enseignement universitaire en franais sont Žtablis par les congrŽgations religieuses venues du QuŽbec ou de France. Et gr‰ce ˆ la politique du bilinguisme et du biculturalisme, ces collges franais peuvent tre intŽgrŽs au systme universitaire des autres provinces. AujourdÕhui beaucoup dÕŽcoles proposent un enseignement bilingue. Les Associations provinciales tiennent Žgalement un r™le important dans la promotion de la langue et de la culture franaises. Elles ont permis la crŽation de coopŽratives, lÕorganisation de voyages-Žchanges et de rallyes. Des troupes de thŽ‰tre et des chorales ont aussi ŽtŽ crŽŽes. En outre la tŽlŽvision franaise diffuse des programmes pour enfants en franais.Le gouvernement a aussi lancŽ la crŽation de grandes unitŽs scolaires avec des classes pour francophones et des classes pour anglophones. Le changement de la loi scolaire a rendu possible lÕenseignement en franais de matires scolaires autre que le franais. Comment est nŽe la notion de francophonieLa francophonie est une notion nouvelle qui est apparue pendant la pŽriode de la dŽcolonisation aprs la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Avec lÕencha”nement des dŽclarations dÕindŽpendances, il y a une prise de conscience de lÕexistence ˆ travers le monde de nombreuses nations qui entendent se dŽvelopper et se cultiver par la langue franaise. Le terme Ç francophone È est finalement lancŽ dans lÕusage courant par le Magazine Esprit en 1962. Plus tard la distinction des notions de francophonie et de francitŽ est Žtablie. La francitŽ dŽsigne lÕensemble des valeurs de civilisation du monde francophone alors que la francophonie dŽsigne lÕensemble des pays o lÕon parle franais. DiversitŽ des anglicismes : Anglicisme orthographique, typographique, morphologique, sŽmantique, syntaxique. Une idŽe ancienne encore valable de nos joursRabelais suppose que nous avons assez dÕintelligence pour conserver notre sang-froid. Mais aujourdÕhui nous avons tendance ˆ nous libŽrer outre mesure. La libertŽ totale de lÕesprit mne ˆ la violence. La littŽrature du XVIe sicle, et notamment les idŽes de Rabelais, peuvent nous aider ˆ trouver lÕharmonie entre la libertŽ de lÕesprit et la ma”trise de soi.

Song 1 – La robe à Rosalie (0:13)
Song 2 – La prairie ronde (3:25)
Song 3 – La taille d’eronces (6:23)
Song 4 – Les pinieres (8:12)
Song 5 – Treville t’es pas pecheur (11:15)
Song 6 – La danse de limonade (13:00)

Song 1 – Tous les deux pour la même (0:00)
Song 2 – Grand Texas (1:37)
Song 3 – Colinda (3:48)
Song 4 – Petite ou la grosse (7:20)
Song 5 – J’ai passé devant ta porte (9:50)
Song 6 – Cherokee Waltz (13:40)
Song 7 – Unknown tune (Quand j’etais pauvre) (18:50) *
Song 8 – Blue Runner (21:40)
Song 9 – Blues a bebe (23:33)
Song 10 – Unknown tune (« I forgot [the name of the song] ») (black snake blues?) (25:48) *
Song 11 – Unknown tune (27:30)
Song 12 – Hippy Taio (28:44)
Song 13 – Unknown tune (34:15)
Song 14 – Unknown tune (36:45)
Song 15 – Eunice Two Step (38:27)
Song 16 – Grand Mamou (40:30)
Song 17 – Donnez-moi mon chapeau (43:10)
Song 18 – Mon vieux wagon (45:25)
Song 19 – Les flames d’enfer (47:58)
Song 20 – Jongle à moi (50:30)
Song 21 – Unknown tune (58:33)

Song 1 – The Kaplan Mazurka (0:08)
Song 2 – Wayne Perry - Creole Blues (0:56)
Song 3 – Wayne Perry - Cajun Waltz (2:22)
Song 4 – Wayne Perry - Waltz (3:50)
Song 5 – Wayne Perry - Easy Rider Blues (Cajun Two Step) (5:28)
Song 6 – The Segura Brothers - Viens donc t’assir sur la croix de ma tombe (6:45)
Song 7 –Joe Segura – Joe Feraille (9:22)
Song 8 – Joe Segura – Un te pas gain de l’air (11:50)
Song 9 – Oakdale Carriere – Catin, prie donc pour ton negre (15:22)
Song 10 – Paul Junius Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte - Bye Bye, bonsoir, mes parents (17:05)
Song 11 – Paul Junius Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte - Tous les samedis (18:30)
*Switches to cajun and Creole Music, Vol 1*
Song 12 – Six ans sur mer (21:25)
Song 13 – Les clefs de la prison (24:16)
Song 14 – J’ai vu lucille (26:03)
Song 15 – La belle et le capitaine (26:30)
Song 16 – Une fille de quatorze ans (31:06)
Song 17 – Mademoiselle Émélie (35:30)
Song 18 – Tout un beau soir en me promenant (38:25)
*Switches to Cajun and Creole Music, Vol 2*
Song 19 – Belle (41:05)
Song 20 – Je m’endors (43:15)
Song 21 – Je me suis Marie (44:38)
Song 22 – Trinquons (45:38)
Song 23 – La chanson de Savoy (46:24)
Song 24 – La chanson de Theogene Dubois (48:00)
Song 25 – J’ai marie un ouvrier (49:00)
Song 26 – Madama Gallien (52:18)
Song 27 – Je m’ai fait une maitresse (54:43)
Song 28 – Les amours sonts courts (57:45)
Song 29 – Mes amis, je suis gris (59:00)
Song 30 – Le pays des estrangers (1:00:40)
Song 31 - Dego/Zydeco (1:01:55)
Song 32 – J’ai fait tout le tour du pays (1:04:05)
Song 33 – S’en aller chez moreau (1:05:56)
Song 34 – Je veux me marier (1:07:45)
Song 35 – Blues de la prison (1:09:28)
Song 36 – La-bas chez moreau (1:14:07)
Song 37 – Feel Like Dying in His Army (1:18:16)
Song 38 – Rockaway (1:21:20)

Song 1 – Unknown fiddle tune (lake arthur stomp?) (0:04) *
Song 2 – Bonsoir Moreau (2:20)
Song 3 – Unknown fiddle tune (5:58) *
Song 4 – Pointe aux pins (7:40)
Song 5 – Reel à bouche (10:18)
Song 6 – Unknown fiddle tune (11:26) *
Song 7 – Lougaroo mange pas mes enfants (14:30)
Song 8 – Unknown fiddle tune (16:22) *
Song 9 – Saute Crapeau (19:15)
Song 10 – La coulée rodaire (22:10)
Song 11 – Turkey In The Straw (25:15)
Song 12 – Unknown fiddle tune (27:52) *
Song 13 – Perrodin Two Step (29:39)
Song 14 – Unknown song (32:18) *
Song 15 – Guilbeaux’s Pelican (34:40)

Song 1 – J’etais au bal (0:05)
Song 2 – J’etais au bal (1:01)
Song 3 – Jeunes gens de la campagne (1:29)
Song 4 – Bonsoir moreau (3:59)
Song 5 – Chere Tout Tout (5:01)
Song 6 – La danse de la misere (7:29)
Song 7 – La robe barrée (8:07)
Song 8 – Proche Parré (10:17)
Song 9 – Bosco Stomp (13:02)
Song 10 – Tolam Waltz (14:55)
Song 11 – Port Arthur Blues (17:01)
Song 12 – Unknown tune (18:29)
Song 13 – ‘Tit monde (19:46)
Song 14 – Talking/Proche Parré (22:50)
Song 15 – Les barres de la prison (26:30)
Song 16 – Canray’s One Step (27:00)
Song 17 – La danse de la misere (28:01)
Song 18 – Laccasine Breakdown (29:04)
Song 19 – J’etais au bal (31:24)
Song 20 – Bonsoir moreau (34:30)
Song 21 – ‘Tit monde (38:20)
Song 22 – Quo faire (40:41)
Song 23 – La valse des amities (la valse d’amour?) (44:44)
Song 24 – Les blues de voyage (vieille blues?) (47:41)
Song 25 – Grand Mamou (50:40)
Song 26 – Port Arthur Blues (si tu voudrais ma main?) (53:35)
Song 27 – La belle de la pointe claire/Belle of Point Claire (56:50)
Song 28 – Tu m’a partient (58:40)
Song 29 – La danse de mulate (1:01:33)
Song 30 – Mamou Two Step (1:03:36)
Song 31 – ‘Tit Maurice (1:04:20) *
Song 32 – Ils ont volé mon traineau (1:05:07)
Song 33 – La valse qui m’fait du mal (1:05:56)
Song 34 – Bayou Pon Pon (1:08:43)
Song 35 – Mamou Two Step/Orphan’s Waltz (1:09:35) *
Song 36 – Chere Cherie (1:12:05)
Song 37 – Part of les flames d’enfer (1:14:50) *
Song 38 – La valse du musicien (1:15:20)
Song 39 – Bosco Stomp (1:17:18)
Song 40 – Pine Grove Blues (1:20:25)
Song 41 – Saute Crapeau (1:24:09)
Song 42 – La jig de mardi gras/Mardi Gras Jig (1:25:47)
Song 43 – La valse de pardon/Pardon Waltz (1:27:22)

Song 1 – Jeunes filles de la campagne (0:01)
Song 2 – Grand Mamou (4:20)
Song 3 – Blue Runner (8:00)
Song 4 – Capow One step/Reel de Fache (11:50)
Song 5 – Deux voyages (15:20)
Song 6 – The Kingpin Special (20:00)

Song 1 – Love Bridge Waltz (0:08)
Song 2 – La queue tortue (4:14) *
Song 3 – Cette-la moi j’aime (7:35)
Song 4 – Abbeville Two Step (10:38)
Song 5 – Zydeco Man (14:00)
Song 6 – Pine Grove Blues (17:37)
Song 7 – Chere Tout Tout (23:34)
Song 8 – Paper In My Shoe (27:45)
Song 9 – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (32:37)
Song 10 – ‘Tits yeux noirs (35:45)
Song 11 – Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (40:20)
Song 12 – Dance de limonade (44:17)
Song 13 – Jolie Blonde (48:22)
Song 14 – J’ai fait mon idée (52:48)
Song 15 – Chere Mom (56:31)
Song 16 – Marais Buller (59:35)
Song 17 – ‘Tite robe courte/On va danser jitter bug (1:03:22)
Song 18 – The Back Door (1:07:45)

Song 1 – Unknown two step (0:01)
Song 2 – Unknown song (3:00)
Song 3 – Unknown song (7:02)
Song 4 – Unknown song (7:48)
Song 5 – Unknown waltz (11:53)
Song 6 – Unknown song (14:48)
Song 7 – Unknown song (17:38)
Song 8 – Unknown song (20:23)
Song 9 – Unknown waltz (22:22)
Song 10 – Unknown song (24:34)
Song 11 – Baby Please Don’t Go (27:23)
Song 12 – Unknown song, « j’etais au bal » (28:43)
Song 13 – La danse de limonade (30:52)
Song 14 – Unknown song (32:31)
Song 15 – Unknown song (35:36)
Song 16 – Unknown song (39:34)
Song 17 – Blues à bebe (43:29)
Song 18 – Blue Runner (46:38)
Song 19 – Unknown song (48:07)
Song 20 – Unknown song (51:23)
Song 21 – Unknown song (52:47)
Song 22 – Unknown song (53:20)
Song 23 – Unknown song (57:27)
Song 24 – Unknown song (1:00:08)

Song 1 – J’ai fait mon idée (0:01)
Song 2 – Quelle étoile (2:38)
Song 3 – New Country Waltz (5:10)
Song 4 – Perrodin Two Step (7:30)
Song 5 – Waltz of the Past (9:20)
Song 6 – French Rockin’ Boogie (11:50)
Song 7 – Chez Tanie (14:27)
Song 8 – Fais do do (16:50)
Song 9 – Old Home Waltz (19:15)
Song 10 – Madame Bozo (21:55)
Song 11 – La valse de la belle (24:10)
Song 12 – Mama et Papa (26:52)
Song 13 – J’ai passé devant ta porte (29:15)
Song 14 – Pauvre Hobo (31:40)
Song 15 – La valse d’August Breaux (34:05)
Song 16 – Eunice Two Step (36:22)
Song 17 – La valse de Cherokee (38:40)
Song 18 – Bosco Blues (41:00)
Song 19 – Madame Sosthène (43:45)
Song 20 – La crepe à Nazare (46:15)
Song 21 – Chere bassette (49:42)
Song 22 – Vermillion Two Step (52:22)
Song 23 – La valse de grand bois (54:40)
Song 24 – Chere Tout Tout (56:45)
*Switches to Fred’s Lounge Mamou Cajun Hour*
Song 25 – Lafayette two-step (59:10)
Song 26 – J’peux pas t’oublier/I Can’t Forget You (1:02:15)
Song 27 – Bosco Stomp (1:07:00)
Song 28 – La valse de famille (1:01:10)
Song 29 – Pine Grove Blues (1:12:05)
Song 30 – Grand Mamou (1:15:40)
Song 31 – The Perrodin Two Step (1:20:30)
Song 32 – Chere Tout Tout (1:22:40)
Song 33 – Lovebridge Waltz (1:25:20)
Song 34 – Hathaway Two Step (1:28:48)
Song 35 – Le chemin que t’as pris (1:31:55)

Talking and Storytelling (0:05)
The Sea Boat Story - (20:30)

*Switches to Wade Fruge, Mitch Reed, and two other unknown musicians*
Song 1 – Unknown fiddle tune, « crapeau two-step, chameaux two-step, shamrock » (22:54)
Song 2 – T’en a eu t’en auras plus (25:00)
Song 3 – Hicks Wagon Wheel Special (30:00)
Song 4 – Caillette est creve (31:40)
Song 5 – Unknown tune (goes into another unknown tune) (original?) (33:30) *
*Switches to Radio*
Song 6 – Unknown musician, Mon cœur cassé (38:55)

Song 1 – Amédé Two Step (0:00)
Song 2 – The Lacasssine Special (3:30)
Song 3 – Valse de Kaplan (8:10)
Song 4 – Allons a la queue tortue (13:08)
Song 5 – Laissez les bon temps rouler (18:00)
Song 6 – The Drunkard’s Blues (22:10)
Song 7 – Jolie Catin (26:20)
Song 8 – Mon nonc Chalow (30:40)
Song 9 – You Had Some, But Now You Don’t (34:35)
Song 10 – Chere tits yeux noirs (39:30)
Song 11 – Blue Runner (44:20)
Song 12 – Ossun Two Step (46:38) *
Song 13 – Sur le courtableu (50:35)
Song 14 – J’aimerais connâitre (56:05)
Song 15 – Eunice Two-Step (1:00:35)
Song 16 – Hathaway Two-Step (1:06:00)
Song 17 – La pistache à tante NaNa (1:11:00)
Song 18 – La danse de limonade (1:14:42)
Song 19 – Reno Waltz (1:18:55)
Song 20 – Danse Carré (1:23:30)
Song 21 – The 99 Year Waltz (1:26:30)
Song 22 – Evangline Two Step (1:30:34)