Musical performance by Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces

Accession No.: 
AN1-020

Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces (with Lionel Leleux, Virgil [18 years old] and Terry Montoucet, Hubert Maitre, Sammy Boudreaux (Don's son-in-law))

0:00 - Elle savait pas j'étais marié

4:06 - Hubert announcing to go see Deon Tegre? and Beausoleil at Booboo's
-"Allons à Lafayette/Lafayette Two Step" the "old way" for Mr. Jimmy Domengeaux
-Sammy thanks everyone for coming out tonight, especially the people from Belgium

7:48 - La valse du Grand Chemin (pour Barry Ancelet, his brothers and sisters and his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Elmo)

15:14 - Jeunes gens de la campagne, mariez vous-autres jamais (pour Mr. Baudoin)
-Hubert noodling around with "Pine Grove Blues."
-Play "Martin Webb et les Marais Bouleurs" at Ester Herbert's place, presented tomorrow night at USL in Bayou Bijou, Student Union at 7 pm
-People selling beer need change, so people need to buy beer according to Barry

22:03 - Love Bridge Waltz
-They would like to stay all night/all year to play all of the requested songs, but they probably won't be able to get to all of them
-"Faire l'amour dans les rangs de coton" (same tune as "Hollybeach Waltz/Tous les deux pour la même")
-Thanks Mr. Pat Calais from the Lafayette City Council and Mr. L.J. LeBlanc from the Lafayette Police Jury

32:41 - Le Two-Step du vieux temps (Catch My Hat). Request for "Hey Mom"
36:48 - Midnight Waltz; Virgil Montoucet takes accordion and shows how music is passed on from father to son

41:49 - Jambalaya (Grand Texas); Virgil is 18 years old and "ready to get married April 15th" according to Barry
-The music in Louisiana is not dead

47:24 - Hathaway Two-Step

***Only month and year were included in original notes, no specific day***

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; violin; fiddle; accordion; Festivals
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces
Recording date: 
Tuesday, November 1, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA (Thomas Park)
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
48:50
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