Interviews and Performances - Canray Fontenot, Dennis McGee, Native American man playing flute and drum

Accession No.: 
LO2-009

Arizona:
-Unidentified Native American man talking about holding onto their tribe's land
-Unidentified Native American man playing a drum and flute (00:03:35)

Canray Fontenot - Interview:

-Alan Lomax segment introduction (00:06:00)
-Canray talking about how he was raised; talking about his dad's accordion
-Alan Lomax talking about his first trip to Louisiana when he was 17 (00:12:30)

-Talking about Amédé Ardoin (00:14:15)
-Canray says his dad (Adam Fontenot) was a better accordion player than Amédé
-Adam said a full-time musician shouldn't raise a family (00:15:30)
-Canray talks about buying a harmonica when he was young - his parents' reactions (00:19:30)
-Danse de la misère fragment on fiddle (00:23:20)
-Canray plays Danse de la misère on harmonica (00:24:00)
-Leo Soileau played with Adam (00:26:45)
-Louisiana Blues (00:27:30)
-Canray talking about how songs were named in the old days (00:28:40)
-Lovebridge Waltz and two step version (00:29:30)
-Les barres de la prison (00:31:35)
-La coulée rodaire - Amédé called it the "Traveler's Blues" (00:36:40)
-More discussion about Amédé Ardoin (00:39:00)

-Story about learning "Bee de la manche" from his grandfather (00:45:25)
-Bee de la manche - two versions (00:46:25)
-Footage of Canray moving grass seed and animal feed (00:49:50)

Interview with Dennis McGee (01:05:15)
-Dennis talking about early house dances, the square dance, and plays a song that went with the square dance (01:10:10)
-Talking more about the early dances (01:12:30)
-Stories about his ex-wives (01:15:30)
-La valse à Pop (01:18:40)
-La valse à Katheline

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Lomax Video
Subject: 
Louisiana, Cajun, French, Creole, Music, Fiddle, Native Americans
Creator: 
Alan Lomax
Coverage Spatial: 
Louisiana
Publisher: 
Association for Cultural Equity
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:34:42
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 14, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Original Format: 
DVD
Digital Format: 
MOV
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 45