Musical Performance by De La Croix

Accession No.: 
LE1-163

Tape “B” - De La Crox
Tape I Side I: 45 m (Tape I & Tape I)
Tape I
Side II: 1st 3 Songs - 10 min
4th Song - 6 min
“De La Crox” 9-18-83
Faded on Side II: De La Crox 8-18-83

Allons à Lafayette/Lafayette Two-Step with A.J.'s intro;
Leon Chiasson (Gurvais Matte & the Branch Playboys) - Step It Fast;
Nonc Ovey talks says 'Step It Fast' was recorded by Amédé Breaux;
Too-too sitting next to a pretty girl;
Nonc Ovey gave A.J. a copy of lots of old records. He bought two instead of just one like the old Cajuns;
Marie- Leon Chiasson on accordion;
Too-too talking about a book. John Broven from East Sussex, England. Le Sud de la Louisiane: La Musique des Bayous Cadiens. He came October 9th. Cajun music (past and present), Zydeco music. 'Allons à Lafayette' the first Cajun record recorded by Joe Falcon and Cleoma Breaux in 1928. Fe Fe Ponchaux was the second. Nonc Ovey has those. Buying records at flea-markets. 3rd chapter on Harry Choates and Jolie Blond in 1946. Amédé Ardoin, Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Lightening Slim;
Zydeco music starting in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Music prior among blacks and whites almost identical. Separation after WWII. Cajuns began playing country western music and Blacks were playing bluesier song. Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés;
J'ai été au bal hier au soir (I Went to the Dance) (13:48);
Nonc Ovey collecting records/music. Graphaphone. Visiting the Abshires who had some old records, got them because he is trying to preserve the music;
Alton Granger from Scott the special guest today;

From Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada:

Untitled Canadian Reel (20:17);
Viens Voir l'Acadie;
Evangéline;
La Cave de Dehor? Root Cellar built by Théophile, he worked so hard he died and Nicholas got it. He needs a choir. KRVS Radio Acadie en Louisiane;
Lots of LeBlancs in Louisiana. Dentiste LeBlanc (35:47);
Viens Voir l'Acadie. Faire collège avec Père Henri Chiasson 30 ans passé;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
A.J. LeBlanc Audio Collection
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Creoles; Folk music; Violins; Accordions; Guitars;
Creator: 
A. J. LeBlanc
Informants: 
A.J. LeBlanc
Recording date: 
Sunday, September 18, 1983
Coverage Spatial: 
Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
43:11
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Friday, September 14, 2018
Original Format: 
Cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
ULL Special Collections