Breathe Easy dance featuring Ray Abshire

Accession No.: 
BE7-011-2

Recording only contained Ray's vocal mic. Very heavy compression was used to capture the disc in order to get some of the music.

00:00 - Band chattering
00:57 - Allons à la queue de tortue [break in the recording songs ends abruptly];
3:50 - Woman in audience asks question;
4:30 - Nathan welcomes dancers to Breathe Easy dance;
4:54 - Reno Waltz;
9:20 - Sound lady giving instructions to adjust mics;
10:20 - Font de culotte two-step;
13:48 - band chatters over how nice the dance floor is;
14:20 - Musician's Life;
18:24 - French Blues / Pine Grove Blues;
23:30 - J'ai étais au bal (Band refers to it as "Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin");
28:40 - Creole Waltz;
33:23 - Lacassine Special;
38:06 - Tous les Deux Pour la Même;
42:12 - Enterre-moi pas;
47:11 - Kaplan Waltz;
52:16 - Crowley Two-Step;
56:40 - Balfa Waltz;
1:00:37 - Jolie Blonde;
1:05:47 - Pine Grove Blues;
1:10:10 - Band chatter / start of Johnny Can't Dance / End;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Harold Bernard Collection
Subject: 
Cajun music, interviews, live performance
Creator: 
Harold Bernard
Informants: 
Marcie Lacouture
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Harold Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:12:55
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Original Format: 
MiniDisc (MD)
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor