Can eny one name the artist of a good Cajun band??
I need to know the name or artist of a good Cajun song. I mean the good old southern bayou type music with all the accordions,fiddles and French speaking stuff?
Agree with earlier posts
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=beausoleil
try the best of Beausoleil
grand mallet is a good one for the style you requested
Another favorite song of mine by Hank William and also has been performed by many is
Jambalaya (on the bayou)
its a classic!
Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin’
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
And I’ll catch all the fish in the bayou
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.
Next Big Thing (CD)
Vince Gill’s studio offering following his paean to his new bride, Let’s Make Sure We Kiss When We Say Goodbye, is one of the strongest recordings in a decade. Perhaps it’s the freedom from the usual Nashville production bullsh*t — Gill produced the album himself. His cast of players and singers is a veritable list of stars, including Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, life partner Amy Grant, Kim Keyes, Andrea Zonn, and Leslie Satcher. Famed producer and engineer Justin Niebank is at the mixing desk, and Gill’s regular band propels a mixed bag of pop, boogie, swing, and neo-trad country tunes — and odd for a Nash Vegas album, there are 17 of them, not ten or 12. Standout tracks are the rollicking title with its booming guitars; the mariachi-tinged “We Had It All”; the slow country stroll of “Young Man’s Town,” despite its sweeping strings and electric violin moan; and the stunning ballad “These Broken Hearts,” with McDonald adding a depth of emotion rarely matched on Gill’s records. There is also the Merle Haggard tribute “Real Mean Bottle” that features the opening guitar lines to “Mama Tried.” But it’s far from syrupy — it’s a tough song about a tougher, more visionary man than the singer could ever hope to be, sung in an unflinching manner. All of this said, there are the now-requisite Gill saccharine tracks such as “Whippoorwill River,” an insufferable homage to his father that drowns in syrup. The hardcore honky tonk rock of “The Sun’s Gonna Shine on You” is one of the strongest cuts on any Gill album, full of shuffling blues and rockabilly swagger. “Old Time Fiddle” is a cross-pollination of Cajun music and bluegrass that works surprisingly well considering how slick it is — perhaps it’s the layered accordions and the organic-sounding percussion. The album closes with “In These Last Few Days,” another ballad; Gill always makes records that are at least 60/40 ballads to up-tempo tunes, and this track is that forlorn, b..