The Essential Guide To Cajun Music

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Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1The Back Door
D.L. Menard & The Louisiana Aces2:15
2Tit Galop Pour Mamou
recording of:
'Tit galop pour Mamou
lyricist and composer:
Dewey Balfa
The Balfa Brothers2:04
3Parlez Nous a Boire
recording of:
Parlez-nous à Boire
lyricist and composer:
Dewey Balfa
The Balfa Brothers3:12
4J'Ai Ete Au Bal
Iry LeJeune2:42
5Pine Grove Blues
Nathan Abshire & The Pinegrove Boys2:56
6Freight Train Blues
Balfa Toujours3:41
7Bernadette
Balfa Toujours3:48
8La Valse de Grand Chemin
Eddie LeJeune3:40
9Green Oak Tree
D. L. Menard2:29
10La Valse de Vachers
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band4:17
11J'Ai Ete-Z-Au Bal
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band6:34
12Acadie a La Louisiane
Bruce Daigrepont3:02
13Un Autre Soir Dennui
Belton Richard2:44
2CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Allons a Lafayette
Joe Falcon4:40
2Jolie Blonde
The Hackberry Ramblers2:36
3Devil in the Bayou
Harry Choates2:13
4Grande Texas
The Hackberry Ramblers2:53
5Madame Young
Dennis McGee3:05
6Sur Le Borde de L'Eau
Blind Uncle Gaspard3:21
7La Valse de Amities
Amédé Ardoin2:49
8Wandering Aces Special
Lawrence Walker2:31
9Les Flumes D'Enfer
Austin Pitre2:24
10Bosco Stomp
Octa Clark and The Dixie Ramblers3:13
11La Vielle Chanson de Mardi Gras
Wade Frugé3:06
12The Criminal Waltz
Leo Soileau2:49
13Grand Texas
Papa Cairo2:57
14Pilette Breakdown
Lost Bayou Ramblers3:20
3CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Promised Land
cover recording of:
Promised Land
lyricist:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music, Arc Music Corp. and Tristan Music Limited
is based on:
Wabash Cannonball
Johnnie Allan2:09
2Reel de Dennis McGeeBeauSoleil2:37
3Streak O' Lean, Streak O' Fat
Uncle Earl3:49
4Amedee Two Step
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys3:41
5La Petite Anna a Magene Meaux
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys3:52
6Papa a Mon Cote
Kevin Naquin & The Ossun Playboys4:42
7Zydeco Cha Cha
Clifton Chenier3:21
8Bon Ton Roulet
Clifton Chenier3:09
9Ossun Blues
Horace Trahan3:00
10Midnight Waltz
Jo-El Sonnier3:49
11Une Piastre Ici, Une Piastre La-Bas
David Doucet2:56
12Baby Please Don't Go
Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers4:03
13Give Him Cornbread
Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers4:58
14Reel Predu/Fruges Reel
Racines6:12
15Ya Ya
recording engineer:
Gregg Lunsford (in 1985-04)
accordion, organ and piano:
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural (in 1985-04)
bass:
Lee Allen Zeno (in 1985-04)
drums (drum set):
Nat Jolivette (in 1985-04)
frottoir [rubboard]:
Elijah Cudges (in 1985-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (in 1985-04)
trumpet:
Calvin Landry (in 1985-04)
recording of:
Ya, Ya (in 1985-04)
writer:
Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis and Morgan Robinson
publisher:
FROST Music Corp
was commissioned by:
Fury Records
Buckwheat Zydeco3:36