Musical Performance by Les Frères Balfa/Lionel Leleux, Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces

Accession No.: 
AN1-013

Les Frères Balfa (Dewey and Rodney Balfa, Dick Richard, Nonc Allie Young, & Ray Abshire), Lionel Leleux, and Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces (Sammy Boudreaux; Virgil Montoucet; Terry Montoucet; Hubert Maitre)

0:00 - 'Cypress Inn Two-Step'
4:17 - 'J'ai un cœur cassé' (La Valse de Chagrin); 'J'ai été au bal'

11:33 - 'J'ai été au bal reprise'; Talking on the bandstand
-Dewey's happy to be here, tells the crowd they're from Acadia and Evangeline parishes
-Lawrence Walker from Rayne? left good memories and beautiful songs

15:05 - 'Petits yeux noirs'

19:09 - 'J'ai vu le loup, le renard et la belette'. Learned while they were in France; Barry asking for lights and introduction to last song
-You had some, you ain't gonna get no more of this group (talking to crowd)
-Dewey and Rodney Balfa, Dick Richard, Nonc Allie Young, & Ray Abshire
-The Wandering Aces are coming up next and will probably go past midnight
-Bois Sec (Ardoin) is on his way, he's wet so he has to dry off first (joke)
-Groups from Québec, Belgium, France, and New Orleans want to film dancers

24:55 - 'T'en as eu, t'en auras plus'
29:12 - 'T'en as eu, t'en auras plus' (reprise)

Wandering Aces: Lionel Leleux (violin) and Don Montoucet (accordion), with Sammy Boudreaux (drums), Virgil & Terry Montoucet (accordion & rhythm guitar respectively), & Hubert Maitre (rhythm guitar):

31:50 - 'Chère toute-toute'

36:55 - 'Hathaway Two-Step'
-Hubert sends it out to Tony who works for the highway and his good buddy whose name he doesn't remember, Horace Guidry? and for everyone there tonight

42:12 - Midnight Waltz for all the French people here tonight
46:55 - 'Les flammes d'enfer' with Sammy on vocals

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

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; accordion; violin; fiddle
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Les Frères Balfas/Lionel Leleux, Don Montoucet and the Wandering Aces
Recording date: 
Saturday, January 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: 
Friday, June 2, 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