Musical performance by Merlin Fontenot, David Lee Guidroz, and Austin Pitre

Accession No.: 
AN1-044

Redigitize - error around 24 minutes

Merlin Fontenot, David Lee Guidroz, Austin Pitre:

0:00 - Looking for singer who fell asleep; request for 'Crying Waltz'?
-La valse de quatre-vingt dix-neuf ans (Convict Waltz/Mermentau Waltz) (for Mr. & Mrs. Dupré)

8:12 - Lacassine Special (for Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Courville, Johnson's Grocery "Boudin Man" and his wife fixes best martini, Party from Lafayette, Mr & Mrs. Kenneth Andrus, and Mrs. Merlin Fontenot)

12:14 - La valse de Reno; call Austin Pitre up to the bandstand
17:20 - Lafayette Two-Step; Austin Pitre thanking people for calling him up and saying he'll only play 2 or 3 songs

22:29 - La valse de St. Landry (La valse de Duson/La valse qui me fait du mal/La valse des Opelousas/La valse de Stelly/Big Boy Waltz)
-fiddler messing around with the Balfa Waltz. request for Mathilda

27:34 - Mathilda

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

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; violin; fiddle; accordion; steel guitar
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Merlin Fontenot, David Lee Guidroz and Austin Pitre
Recording date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1975
Coverage Spatial: 
Lakeview Park, Eunice, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:16
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, June 8, 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