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Mark Savoy, D.L. Menard, and Doc Guidry Workshop

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 1:23pm -- Chris Segura

00:26 – Playing for a sit-down crowd vs. a dance
01:27 – Mark Savoy’s and D.L. Menard’s manufacturing businesses
04:22 – “C’est dans la Coeur de la Ville”
08:29 – Instruments in newer Cajun music
10:23 – “Perrodin Two-Step”
13:35 – Cajun jigs and reels
15:58 – “Mardi Gras Jig”
18:22 – Southwestern Louisiana Mardi Gras traditions
20:42 – Different Louisiana dialects
22:46 – “Les Traces de Mon Buggy”
27:44 – “Les Zydeco Sont Pas Sale”
32:19 – “Jambalaya”
37:53 – “Wafus Two Step”

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Mamou Lundi Gras

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 1:18pm -- Chris Segura

0:00:06 – “The Back Door”
0:02:27 – “Cher Bébé Créole”
0:05:40 – “La Danse de Mardi Gras”
0:11:12 – “73 Special”
0:14:03 – “Cherokee Waltz”
0:16:58 – “Pine Grove Blues”
0:20:06 – "Blues Français”
0:24:01 – “Allons a la Queue de Tortue”
0:26:30 – “J’etais au Bal”
0:29:18 – “Grand Prairie Waltz”
0:33:35 – “Bayou Teche Waltz”
0:37:26 – “Hee Haw Breakdown”
0:40:47 – “La valse de 99 ans”
0:44:33 – “Les Flammes D’enfer”
0:46:48 – 0:47:09 No Sound
0:51:05 – “La pistache à Tante Nana”

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Don Thibodeaux and the Pine Grove Boys Gig

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 1:13pm -- Chris Segura

00:01 – “Mulberry Waltz”
03:26 – “Midnight Playboy Special”
05:02 – "La Valse de Tout L’monde”
07:44 – “Les Veuves de la Coulée”
10:26 – “Mamou Two Step”
12:18 – “Faire Attention C’est Mon Coeur Qui Vas Casser”
15:12 – "Mom Je Suis Toujours Ton Petit Garçon”
18:45 – Unnamed Waltz
21:33 – “Laisse-moi parler à ton coeur”
24:36 – “La valse de famille”

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Dewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, & Band Gig

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 11:00am -- Chris Segura

0:00:01: “Lovebridge Waltz”
0:02:37 – “Choupique Two Step”
0:05:32 – “Valse de Bélizaire”
0:10:19 – Duralde Waltz
0:14:10 – “J’etais au Bal”
Silent bit
0:18:54 – Dennis McGee Tune (with Michael Doucet)
0:20:04 – “Flammes D’enfer”
0:23:04 – Saying goodbye
0:24:16 – “Flammes D’enfer”
0:27:57 – “Tits Yeux Noir”
0:31:41 – “Lacassine Special”
0:35:44 – La valse de Grand Bois
0:39:31 – Saturday Night Special
0:43:33 – “Kaplan Waltz”
0:47:51 – “Choupique Two-Step”
0:53:26 – “B.O. Sparkle Waltz”

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Dewey Balfa & Band Gig

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:41am -- Chris Segura

0:00:10 – “Blues de Basile”
0:04:13 – "Nobody Wants Me”
0:07:48 – “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale”
0:12:12: - "Mulberry Waltz”
0:16:28 – “Les Veuves De La Coulée”
0:20:24 – “Pine Grove Blues”
0:27:18 – “Lovebridge Waltz”
0:31:29 – “Les Flammes D’enfer”
0:36:14 – “Les Flammes D’enfer” (encore)
0:38:31 – “T’es Si Aisee Pour Aimer”
0:41:39 – “Lovebridge Waltz”
0:44:14 – “Valse de Bélizaire”
0:47:05 – “Balfa Waltz”
0:49:41 – waltz
0:55:56 – “The Back Door”
0:58:08 – two step

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Dewey Balfa & Band Gig

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:31am -- Chris Segura

00:00 – "Chere Mom”
01:55 – “Louisiana Waltz”
07:25 – “Steppin Fast”
11:43 – "Valse de Bélizaire”
16:47 – “The Back Door”
20:50 – “Faded Love”
24:43 – "Valse de Grand Chemin”
27:33 – “Port Arthur Blues”
30:40 – “J’etais au Bal”
35:42 – “Choupique Two Step”
39:40 – “En Bas du Chêne Vert”
42:59 – "Chere Mom”

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Presentation to Young Students with Dewey Balfa

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:23am -- Chris Segura

00:28 – Asking young students about fiddle vs. violin
02:01 – The bow & rosin
03:04 – “Frère Jacques”
03:34 – The triangle
05:10 – Playing spoons
06:45 – Fiddlesticks
09:43 – The accordion
12:27 – The guitar
14:20 – Bringing it all together (“Quo Faire”)
16:50 – Introducing Peter
17:49 – “Les Flammes D’enfer”
19:58 – “Wagon Wheel Special”
21:02 – “Quo Faire” (again)
22:25 – “Grand Mamou” with triangle
23:28 – “Perrodin Two Step”
24:09 – “J’etais au Bal” with fiddle sticks

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Live Performance by D.L. Menard at Escoheag Cajun and Bluegrass Festival

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 9:19am -- Chris Segura

D.L. Menard - Guitar and Vocals;
Ray Lavergne - Accordion and Vocals;
Marty Broussard - Steel Guitar;
Dick Richard - Fiddle;

00:50 - La vie d'un vieux garcon;
04:58 - J'ai passé devant ta porte;
10:00 - The Back Door;
17:00 - Jolie Blonde;
22:20 - Oh Lucille;
27:15 - En bas du chêne vert;
34:35 - Jambalaya

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