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About this product
Product Identifiers
ProducerChris Strachwitz^Tom Diamant
Record LabelSmithsonian Folkways, Sfwm
UPC0096297010327
eBay Product ID (ePID)24048600361
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year1996
GenreCajun
ArtistVarious
Release TitleLouisiana Cajun Classics
Dimensions
Item Height0.40 in
Item Weight0.25 lb
Item Length5.66 in
Item Width5.02 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Le Jig Francias - Beausoleil 1.2 Chere Te Mon - Nathan Abshire 1.3 Port Arthur Blues - Wade Fruge 1.4 J'ai Passe' Devant Ta Porte (I Passed in Front of Your Door) - Dewey Balfa/Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard 1.5 Fiddle Stomp - Wallace 'Cheese' Read 1.6 Chicot Two-Step - California Cajun Orchestra 1.7 Poor Hobo - Harry Choates 1.8 Jolie Blonde - Hackberry Ramblers 1.9 Two Step D'amede - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 1.10 Bernadette - Canray Fontenot 1.11 Bosco Stomp - Austin Pitre 1.12 La Robe Barree - Magnolia Sisters 1.13 Basile Breakdown - Dewey Balfa 1.14 Grand Tasso - Micheal Doucet 1.15 Flames De'enfer - Joe Falcon
NotesArhoolie Records was the first major label to record and sell Cajun music on a national level. Among the many Cajun musicians and bands it recorded were the legendary Hackberry Ramblers, Michael Doucet with his band Beausoliel, and, as solo performers, Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, and Canray Fontenot. This collection is part of Arhoolie's "American Masters" series and serves as an excellent introduction to classic and contemporary Cajun music.