Musical performance by Dennis McGee, Michael Doucet, and Jeanie McLeary

Accession No.: 
AN1-018

Dennis McGee, Michael Doucet, Jeanie McLeary:

0:00 - Kathleen; La valse de l'Anse Maigre (La valse du soûlard)
-Played that with Frère Devillier (took his life). Dennis wrote a few songs
-La valse du Côteau Magnolia (a tune Dennis composed)

4:20 - La valse des Frugé (wrote this one too; Louisiana Waltz/Mon papa)
-Dennis made this song, but the Frugés played it; Dennis didn't think he could sing when he first started playing fiddle
-Sang more when younger and had whiskey (opens up everything)

6:27 - Two-Step de Frère Devillier (Enterre-moi pas). Playing with Courville. Frère was a good accordion player
-La valse criminelle with some extra stuff in it (version A, in C?); La valse criminelle (version B, in G?)

10:53 - Oh Irene, You Gotta See Big Joe. Funny type of tune, accordion can't play it and he doesn't have a seconder
-La valse de la pénitentiaire de Bâton Rouge (Louisiana Waltz/Mon papa?)

14:47 - Eunice Two-Step (pour Amédé Ardoin). Dennis hasn't played a whole lot of Amédé's songs since he died
-Tante Aline (pour Amédé Ardoin). Iry LeJeune's "Viens me chercher," Iry played all of Amédé's songs
-Love Bridge Waltz. Amédé called it something else, but same song

18:51 - Two-Step à Abe (Eunice Two Step)
-Two-Step de chameau (Bois Sec plays the same song, but calls it "Quoi faire" and doesn't turn it)

21:40 - La valse du Côteau
-Dewey Balfa learned this tune and sang it on a record, but he doesn't do it justice according to Dennis
-La valse à Wade; Les veuves de la coulée/Adieu Rosa?

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajun; Folk music; violin; fiddle; Dennis McGee personal narrative
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Dennis McGee, Michael Doucet, and Jeanie McLeary
Recording date: 
Sunday, April 3, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Eunice, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
24:21
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, June 5, 2017
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 2