Musical performance by Michael Doucet, Varise Connor, Lionel Leleux and Edgar Benoit
Michael Doucet (Violin), Varise Connor (Violin), Lionel Leleux (Violin), Edgar Benoit (Guitar)
0:00 - Lionel's son was at a camp in Columbia, South Carolina. Violin wood cut Oct. 1957
-1923/24/25, Lionel listening to Bascom from outside the dancehall
-Bascom Mouton dances at Red Hall in 1924/25. Had to invite girl to dance and if you danced too close, her mother would come and separate you
-Bascom was preparing to play dance/rosining up his bow and the people were watching him, so he told them, "People, I didn't come to cause you pain/misery"
-violin without varnish
3:59 - making violins; one-piece back. 70 pieces in a violin including pegs, strings, lining & purfling
-20 pieces in each two-piece back/top,18 without block, 6 blocks, head, 4 pegs, 4 strings, fingerboard, nut, tailpiece, end pin, tail gut, etc.
-'Perrodin Two-Step' (frag.)
6:59 - 'La valse de Reno'; 'La valse de Reno' (variation with vocals)
11:56 - 'Down South'; 'If You Don't See Your Mama Every Night in G'
17:22 - 'Bascom Mouton's style'; 'Sabine Blues in D'
20:33 - 'Chère toute toute'
***Only month and year were included in original notes, no specific day***
