Musical performance by Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, and Michael Doucet
Dennis McGee (first Fiddle); Sady Courville (second Fiddle); Mike Doucet (Rhythm):
Live at Mulate's 1984:
-La Reel Fruge;
-Dennis thanks the few people that are there;
-La valse qui a fini dans le coin de la maison. Sady explains how this is one of Dennis' favorite songs. Things got pretty serious when they got to the corner;
-Talking about playing "Adieu Rosa." Preston got lost with it once and Dennis never played it with him again. Dennis just celebrated his 92nd birthday. Playing 68 years with Sady. First Cajun twin fiddle record in 1928. Keeps them Young;
-Adieu Rosa (Demain, c'est pas Dimanche). One of Barry Ancelet's favorite;
-Dennis thinks the people aren't excited, they aren't dancing. Sady tells them they're eating right now;
-Dennis imitating Mike tuning his guitar;
-Mon Cher Bébé Créole. One of their records from 1928 (10:00);
-Dennis told Sady he wasn't going to sing tonight because he's sick. He gets carried away when he starts playing music;
-Madame Young. Flip side to 'Mon Cher Bébé Créole.' Dennis married Maria "Mayo" Young (Dennis' second wife), then Sady's sister after. Sady introducing Mike and himself and Dennis. Sady and Dennis playing at the festival in Lafayette. Thanking the owner and Mike. Dennis talking about her face swelling. "She died, poor thing.";
-"Madame Young" is now called "Allons Danser, Colinda." Sady talking about how the music changes throughout time;
-Old-time music their fathers used to play (reels). Called "folk music" at that time. Cajun music comes from folk music. Music from the late 1700s. Sady heard these stories from his grandmother;
-McGees and Fruges were musicians, not Courvilles. Sady gets his musical talent from the Fruges. All fiddlers (21:05);
-Fiddles were the first instruments in South Louisiana. Accordions came in the early 1900s;
-Keeping the culture alive and going. Younger people like Mike;
-Dennis says Sady talks too much all the time;
-Sady introducing "La Valse du Côteau." Songs named after communities or family members. Dennis made it first, playing the fiddle by himself in his room. A friend, Lee Miller, helped him name it;
-Dennis and Sady have been on tours to different parts of the country. Sady's hair turned white, Dennis' didn't. People think Sady's older than Dennis, when it's actually the opposite;
-La Branche du Mûrier?;
-Sady asks if Dennis is tired, he's not;
-Sady likes to play "La Reel des Deshotel(s)"
-Dennis likes to play "La Reel des Marcantel";
-La Reel des Deshotel(s);
Dennis McGee, Sady Courville and Mike Doucet
