Musical performance by the Ardoin Family

Accession No.: 
AN1-204

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Ardoin Family at the Tenny Shoe Festival:

Alphonse "Bois-Sec" Ardoin (Accordion), Canray Fontenot (Fiddle):

-Eunice Two-Step (Jolie Catin/Chère Ici et Chère Là-bas/Cypress Inn Special/Eh, Ma Jolie Fille);
-Morris? Ardoin explains that was a Two Step. Only using an accordion, fiddle, and triangle in the 1930s. Showing how to dance a waltz;
-La Valse des Opelousas (La valse qui me fait du mal/La Valse de Duson/La Valse de St. Landry/La Valse de Stelly/La Valse de Bayou Chêne/Big Boy Waltz);
-Les Barres de la Prison (une baisse-bas, pas une valse);
-Jongle à moi;
-Bonsoir Moreau;

Ardoin Family Band:
-Fond de Culotte Two-Step? (similar to Evangeline/Saturday Night Special);
-La Valse de 99 Ans/Convict Waltz (Mermentau Waltz);
-Morris has trouble hearing the fiddle on stage;
-Petite ou la Grosse;

-Hey Mom, J'suis Toujours Ton 'Tit Garçon (23:25);
-Old-Fashioned Two-Step;
-Bois-Sec is feeling sick. He ate something that didn't agree with his stomach;
-Fais Pas Tout Ça (recorded by Bois-Sec and Canray);
-Hee Haw Breakdown (Mardi Gras Jig);
-"Qui C'est Qu'est Là"/Une Mouche Dans Mon Couche-Couche (Tous les Deux Pour la Même/Faire l'Amour Dans les Rangs de Coton/Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle);

-Jambalaya/Grand Texas (Alons Kooche Kooche) (45:32);
-Draggin' the Bow;

Ardoin Brothers and Sisters:
-Announcement: FM Guidry, please get to the car;
-Les Flammes d'Enfer;
-Je peux pas t'oublier (D.L. Menard) (They may call it something else);

-J'ai été au bal hier au soir (01:03:55);
-La Table Ronde (Canray singing);
-Barry announces festival t-shirts for sale on the side of the stage. Someone lost a silver earring;
-What Makes the Cajun(s) Dance (Au Bal Chez 'Tit Maurice);
-Kaplan Waltz (La Valse de la Pointe Noire/Chère Petite);
-Clifton Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band after them. "The man is made of gold" (he lost a leg, had it amputated);

-Quoi Faire (Teche Special/Two-Step de la Prairie Soileau) (01:17:10);
-Barry tells Clifton to go see him backstage;
-Morris? introduces Clifton. He's still walking;
-Allons à Lafayette/Lafayette Two-Step (Jeunes Gens de la Campagne/Don't Get Married);
-Choupique Two-Step;
-Joe Pitre a Deux Femmes--Canray Fontenot. Bois-Sec is still too sick to perform);

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Creoles; Folk music; Triangle; Accordion; Violin;
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet;
Informants: 
Morris Ardoin; Alphonse "Bois-Sec" Ardoin; Canray Fontenot;
Recording date: 
Sunday, July 20, 1980
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:35:31
Cataloged Date: 
Friday, January 25, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, June 29, 2017
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 3