Gumbo and Jam at Nonc Allie Young's House; Interview with Sady Courville; Musical Performance by Dennis McGee

Accession No.: 
SP2-004-2

00:00 - Valse de Jolly Roger (D.L. Menard on vocals);
04:20 - Reel Faché;
05:10 - Sady talks about Amédé Ardoin, he’d play African-American house dances with Amédé - He said that’s where he learned to second. Sady says that Amédé moved from the Eunice area to Crowley in the 30s. Amédé was well liked and respected;
07:00 - Sady talks about a wedding dance that they played together with Dennis in Oberlin in 1928. They played all night long;
07:45 - Sady saw Amédé right before he died. He was walking down the street carrying his accordion;
09:10 - First fiddle he bought was from Dennis. Sady says that Dennis knows good fiddles. He’d buy one and then sell it quickly;
09:40 - Will talks about playing a gig with Dewey Balfa, played through a mic and had trouble hearing himself. They discuss sound issues and not being able to hear their fiddles over the rest of the band;
11:30 “Amédé Ardoin was some musician.” Sady says that you could see tears coming out of his eyes sometimes when he’d sing. He took his music very seriously;
12:40 - Sady says he’d give anything to have Dennis and Amédé’s music on a cassette tape. The last time he heard them play was at Uncle Arby’s(?) house in 1929;
13:55 - They discuss dance payment amounts in the old days. They’d each make a dollar or two per night. Amédé might make a bit more;
16:45 - Dennis McGee plays a waltz (name?) - accompanied by an organist;
19:35 - Unnamed waltz;
22:45 - Irene Gotta See Big Joe - into instrumental tune that sounds like Adieu Rosa;
24:40 - Song name? Mitch Reed calls this one "Pascal’s egret";
27:00 - La valse de Coteau;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Will Spires and Delilah Lee Lewis Collection
Subject: 
Louisiana, Music; Cajun; French; Fiddle; Oral History
Creator: 
Will Spires and Delilah Lee Lewis
Recording date: 
Monday, April 22, 2024
Coverage Spatial: 
Eunice, LA
Publisher: 
Will Spires, Delilah Lee Lewis
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
29:59
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, April 22, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Monday, April 22, 2024
Original Format: 
Cassette - 60
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
ACCF - Room A Drawer 21 Row 3