Dewey et Rodney Balfa avec Freeman Fontenot, Michael Doucet et Barry Jean Ancelet:

Balfa class at USL F 340:

-Pain de maïs. Freeman ne chante pas celui-là;
-Putting feeling into music;
-La Robe Barrée (Madame Etienne);
-La Valse de 1916 (La Valse de Kaplan/Chère Petite);
-Revon Reed's Saturday morning radio show in Mamou;
-Dewey's Saturday afternoon radio show in Basile/Eunice. Dewey had to abandon his program because they wanted to play contemporary music;
-Brûler un pont et bâtir un autre. Dewey accorde son violon parce qu'ils sont au 4ème étage, l'air est froid;
-J'ai vu le loup, le renard, et la belette (chanson traditionelle française). Rhythm on that song is different than Cajun music. Learned it 2 years ago. Each region of France has its own version of that song and Dewey adding a Cajun twist to it;
-Rhythm guitar in Cajun music came in around the 1920s;
-World War II--new style of Cajun music developed. Dewey was in the merchant marines and playing music and drink until they'd run out and all they could do was play more music. Steel guitar, drums, and electric bass;
-Kids learning to play Cajun music from CDs, records, etc. Festival in Toronto and the after-party where Dewey was told he should record a CD to teach kids how to play Cajun music. 2 semaines pour écrire le livre et recorder toute la musique;
-Country and Hillbilly music being adopted into Cajun music like La Valse de Bélisaire (Way Back in the Hills);
-Dewey pulling Freeman up and introducing Michael Doucet. Mike, Bessyl Duhon and Aly Bain? are going to tour the Southern U.S. to help Dewey evangelize the Cajun music and culture;
-La valse qui me fait du mal (La Valse de Duson/La Valse des Opelousas/La Valse de St. Landry/La Valse de Stelly/La Valse de Dimanche Après-midi/Big Boy Waltz);
-Les Bars de la Prison--Canray Fontenot;
-1976 Smithsonian American Folk Life Festival--Mr. Early Vasseur from Mamou dancing with a half-pint in his back pocket. Traditional dancing from the 1920s during prohibition;
-Dewey's sore throat;
-J'ai été au bal (hier au soir) (Joe Falcon's Ne Buvez Plus Jamais);
-La Valse Criminielle à Mayeuse LaFleur (explication et jouer). Oh Mom. Il a été tiré avant ses plaques ont sorti;
-Ma bonne maman, c'est pas la femme des autres. La femme des autres c'est pas la femme à moi;

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Dewey et Rodney Balfa avec Freeman Fontenot, Michael Doucet et Barry Jean Ancelet