Musical performance by Canray Fontenot

Accession No.: 
AN1-106

Canray Fontenot:

-Fragment of Two-Step à Amédé. Plaque 78 tour pour les Hébert de Jeanerette;
-Someone died in a wreck. Surprised Canray. The eve of July 4th. Horses killed 5 people?;
-Harmonica (tuned to B?) with fiddle:
-Untitled Blues;

-Lake Charles Two Step/Chameau One Step and goes into 'Jongle à Moi' at the end (4:06);
-When Canray first started playing, 3 different ways to play on harmonica. Basses on the third time;
-La Robe Barrée/Madame Etienne?;

-Zydeco à Doopsie (8:05);
-Untitled Blues;
-Would sound better with a Harmonica tuned to C;
-Je Peux Pas T'oublier;

-Untitled Two Step à son Père (same as on AN1.105) (12:17);
-Malinda?;
-Running into Queen Ida's uncle;
-Working songs. Parents both sang. Both of Canray's grandfathers would sing drinking songs when they'd come for Christmas or New Years;

-La table ronde (15:56);
-Grandfathers drinking and singing;
-Canray played in Lake Charles last year and a lady came up to him and told him she didn't know he knew those songs;
-Trinquez, trinquez les verres à la main. Explaining when others would join leader. Canray grew up with late nights hearing those songs. Giving money to Canray to eat for him to get a chicken and make a gumbo;

-Only Canray and his sister (she was spoiled) (20:42);
-Wood stove;
-Been working ever since he was strong enough to work;
-Beau-père à Bois-sec (Canray est parent avec la femme à Bois-sec);
-Welfare nowadays when a father dies. They didn't have that back then. $8/month was the first pay Canray can remember. Fontenots trying to pay debt after father died;

-Canray's used to 300-something pounds of cotton (24:34);
-One of Canray's uncles worked in rice fields. Canray's wife would go help him;
-Bois-sec's 1st cousin from Kinder, small lady. Picked more than 400 lbs of cotton;
-Nonc Howell?;
-People used to work. You had to make it or you weren't going to make it at all;
-Bonjour, Bonne année. Sung for New Years;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Creoles; Folk music; Violins; Fiddles; Canray Fontenot Personal Narrative
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Canray Fontenot
Recording date: 
Friday, October 7, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Welsh, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
28:19
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 2