Musical Performance by the Balfa Brothers with Allie Young and Dick Richard

Accession No.: 
AN1-014

Les Frères Balfa, Allie Young, Dick Richard

0:00 - Barry welcomes crowd to festival; Hicks Wagon Wheel Special
2:24 - Waltz of No Return
6:15 - Pleure pas mes chers petits yeux bleus
8:34 - Hack à Moreau?

11:39 - Intro to 'Jolie blonde' by A.J.? LeBlanc
-Camera crew from New Orleans Channel 6 wants to film the "Cajun National Anthem" and dancing
-Dewey introduces the band: Ervine "Dick" Richard (fiddle (also plays steel guitar)), Nonc Allie Young from Basile (accordion and store owner), Rodney Balfa (guitar and vocals; brick layer)

14:02 - 'Jolie blonde'
18:27 - 'Les flammes d'enfer'
22:36 - 'La valse criminelle'
28:34 - 'Diggy Diggy Lo in G'

32:20 - Intro to 'Tous les soirs.'
-Traveling to university in the north and finding out it's not originally a Cajun song, but an English tune called "My Conscience is Clear";
-'Tous les soirs'

39:20 - 'Parlez-nous à boire'

43:34 - 'Colinda'
-Many people believe "Colinda" is a name of a girl, but it's actually a type of dance that the old women didn't want their daughters to dance to

46:58 - 'Les barres de la prison'. (Barry Ancelet on vocals?)

***Only year was included in original notes, no specific month or day***

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajun; Folk music; accordion; violin; fiddle; Festivals
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Balfa Brothers with Allie Young and Ervin "Dick" Richard
Recording date: 
Wednesday, January 5, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA (Thomas Park)
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
48:47
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, June 5, 2017
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
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