Posts Tagged ‘Swamp Pop’
Cajun Music from The Cajun Dawgs – Les Flammes D’enfer (The flames of hell)
We are the The Cajun Dawgs and this a film we made for fun and to promote the fantastic “Hastings Fat Tuesday” event. From our new CD “New Dogs Old Tricks”, it’s our version of this traditional Cajun standard with a few surprises along the way. We hope you like it. Check us out at www.cajunrockers.com and also see www.hastingsfattuesday.co.uk TO BE PLAYED LOUD
Duration : 0:4:17
Cajun Music at Vermillionville, Lafayette, Louisiana
Here is some authentic Cajun music at the Vermillionville historical center in Lafayette, Louisiana. The melodian player is Nonc Jules Guidry and the guitar player is Burnel Mareau and they are singing a song in Cajun:
The mosquitos all ate my sweetheart,
All they left was the big toe.
I used the big toe to put a stopper on my whiskey jug,
(then he goes on to describe his family)
Your little brother looks like a frog,
Your sister looks like an elephant,
Your momma looks like the corner of a sidewalk,
You might also like my Steel Drum video from St. Lucia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ggMqVqo5V0
Duration : 0:2:16
That Swamp-Pop Sound: Rod Bernard & Cajun Rock’n'Roll Part 1
NOTE: A higher resolution version of this video can now be seen at:
This is part one of a documentary I made in 1986 about my father, swamp pop musician Rod Bernard. I think it came out well, even though I couldn’t get Dad to stop using his “announcer voice” during the interview segments. Dad still plays music today on occasion, and still works in TV (albeit for a different station). My grandfather, who appears in the video, died about a decade ago. This video got me into NYU Film School, which I quit after about a month.
You can see part II of the documentary at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efi9fOCeASk
Duration : 0:9:46