Hey Patrick, Try this link:
http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Cajun&sType=cat Whenever I'm looking for something perhaps not quite mainstream (a Rivendellian tie-in) this is where I first look. Of course, you can sample each cut here (as you can in many places). Cheers! lyle On 7 April 2012 10:03, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > I second what Eric says. A good place to start would be with Dewey > Balfa. If you want to see glimpses of him playing live rent yourself > a copy of a rather poor move named "Southern Comfort." It has a > stupid plot and is more or less worthless, IMO, but near the end they > show Balfa playing with his band, while he was still with us. > > On Apr 7, 7:45 am, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really don't know a whole lot of cajun myself (yet), but would recommend > > the Rounder Records cajun anthology on iTunes, along with stuff by the > > Balfa Brothers and Balfa Toujours. The Balfa Brothers are pretty close > to > > the "standard", if there is such a thing in cajun music. If you hunt > > around online, there may be some free stuff out there to download, > although > > I haven't looked. > > > > (Boring aside - a couple of the fiddlers I play with are into cajun music > > so I am trying to learn proper guitar backup.) > > > > Only stretch I could figure for Riv connection is Bob Dylan has written > and > > played a few cajun type tunes and Grant likes Dylan<g>. > > > > Have fun learning about the music! > > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, April 6, 2012 9:34:30 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > > Is Michael Doucet and band representative? For a starter collection > > > from iTunes, who to choose? > > > > > I love this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxCejZOGNSo > > > > > Patrick Moore, anglo/irish/filipino and now cajun. > > > > > Reply offllist, please > > > > > -- > > > Patrick Moore > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW > > >http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- lyle f bogart dpt 156 bradford rd wiscasset, me 04578 207.882.6494 206.794.6937 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
