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Live Performance by The Austin Lounge Lizards and Dewey Balfa at Escohead Cajun and Bluegrass Festival 1991

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 12:10pm -- Chris Segura

Austin Lounge Lizards set from 00:00 - 42:07;

Dewey Balfa and Friends;
Dewey Balfa - Fiddle and Vocals;
Shirley Bergeron - Guitar and Vocals;
Paul Daigle - Accordion and Vocals;
Stuart Kenney - Bass
Christine Balfa - t-fer
Tracey Schwarz - Guitar

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Live Performances by Dry Branch Fire Squad and The Basin Brothers at Escohead Cajun and Bluegrass Festival 1991

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 11:03am -- Chris Segura

Dry Branch Fire Squad set from 00:00 - 44:33;

The Basin Brothers;

44:58 - Intro;
48:30 - My True Love;
52:35 - Cecilia Waltz;
56:05 - Bayou Pon Pon;
59:30 - J'ai fait mon idée (With Shirley Bergeron on vocals);
01:03:38 - Nonc Joe;
01:07:10 - Bosco Stomp;
01:11:30 - 'Tit gallop pour Mamou;
01:14:29 - Les filles à Nonc Hillaire;
01:18:30 - Oh 'tite fille;
01:21:25 - Jolie Blonde;
01:23:54 - Petite ou la grosse;
01:26:52 - Gardez-donc;

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Interview with Ed Deshotels - Part 1

Tue, 05/19/2026 - 4:20pm -- Chris Segura

01:30 - Born in the country about 6 miles north of Mamou, had 6 other siblings. Didn't have school in the area, so they walked 4.5-5 miles to Vidrine;
02:20 - Got school busses around 1931 or 32;
02:48 - Born on July 6, 1920. Raised in L'anse Grise near Bayou Nez Piqué and wrote a song about it;
03:35 - Patents were named Marcelus Deshotels and Athile Ortego, his dad played accordion and harmonica, fiddle, and was a story teller.
04:45 - Talks about a program that Ann Savoy put on at LSUE that his dad sang about mermaids (Au bord de l'eau)

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Live Performance by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer and Eddie LeJeune at Escoheag Cajun and Bluegrass Festival 1991

Tue, 05/19/2026 - 3:43pm -- Chris Segura

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer;

00:45 - Instrumental tune;
04:08 - Last Night I Dreamed of Loving You;
11:06 - Blue Love;
13:45 - My Prairie Home;
18:02 - Cannonball Yodel;
22:50 - Early;
27:00 - I've endured;
29:50 - Your Friendship Carries Me;
33:37 - Rock-a-bye Boogie;
36:30 - A Voice on the Wind;
40:10 - Patchwork of 1000 Names;
44:10 - Wild Rose of the Mountain;

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Live Performance by The Austin Lounge Lizards and the Hackberry Ramblers at Escoheag Cajun and Bluegrass Festival 1991

Tue, 05/19/2026 - 1:15pm -- Chris Segura

00:12 - I Didn't Go To College, But I Could Have;
02:20 - Hot Tubs of Tears;
05:45 - Highway Cafe of the Damned;
09:09 - Jalapeno Maria;
12:40 - Pizza on the Ground;
15:40 - The Golden Triangle;
21:09 - When Drunks Go Bad;
25:08 - Earl's 19th Nervous Breakdown;
27:36 - Jesus Loves Me, But He Can't Stand You;
31:05 - Flying Purple People Eater;
34:10 - Pflugerville;
38:14 - Boudreaux Was A Nutcase;
41:30 - Turkey ??
44:20 - She's Shorty's Gal;

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