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Dennis McGee at Home - April 10, 1978 and an Interview with S.D. (Sady) Courville

00:00 - Unnamed Waltz;
02:40 - Jolie Blonde (Sady takes the lead);
04:43 - J’ai passé devant ta porte;
06:17 - Unnamed Waltz;
08:28 - Adieu Rosa;
10:44 - La valse du coin (La valse qui finit dans le coin de la maison);
13:20 - Two step à Amédé
15:10 - Interview segment with Sady - Will and Sady talk about Amédé Ardoin - Sady says the people either beat him or they gave him poison;

Dennis McGee and Sady Courville Continued, Dennis Alone - April 6, 1978;

00:00 - ??
02:50 - La danse à frère (Dennis says this right as the tape cuts off)
05:50 - Adieu Rosa;
07:50 - Chère bébé Créole;
10:55 - La valse des Frugés;
14:50 - La valse qui finit dans le coin de la maison;
18:30 - Pa Janvier;
21:10 - Petite ou la grosse;
23:40 - Wang Wang Blues;
24:25 - La valse du coteau (Dennis says he took part of another tune to make this one);
26:40 - La valse des Frugés;
29:00 - Old-time Tune - Dennis says the name after, can’t make it out;
30:00 - Corina, Corina (Fragment)

Dewey Balfa and Peter Schwarz Apprenticeship Lessons - 1984

0:00:30 – "Toutes les Soirs”
0:02:30 – Finding corner posts & choosing strings to play on
0:04:35 – Variations of G chord on second fiddle
0:06:16 – Supporting the lead with second fiddle
0:08:16 – Le Bourdon (droning)
0:10:04 – “Les Flammes D’enfer” seconding
0:11:24 – Carrying the beat
0:14:16 – “Perrodin Two Step”
0:21:29 – “Lovebridge Waltz”
0:24:03 – “Quoi Faire”
0:25:04 – Loosening up
0:27:51 – G in an A position & a little grace note
0:30:09 – A chord positions
0:31:02 – E chord positions

The Penny Arcade - Demos and Original Material

NOTE: Unless otherwise shown below all lead vocals (LV) are by Jules Cooper; all keyboard is by Ed Fruge; all six string guitar is by Paul Jardell and Ronnie Breaux; all drums by Jody Larrivierre; and all Bass Guitar is by Tim Mader. Original Artists are shown in parenthesis (Song names are not necessarily correct in a few cases.)

DISC 1
La Louisiane Demo (Penny Arcade)

1. Knock on Wood (Sam & Dave) LV: Ed
2. New Love (Penny Arcade) Written by: Ed, LV: Ed
3. Lady Madonna (Beatles) LV: Paul
4. Gotta Get a Message (Bee Gees)

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