Cajun Fiddle: Old & New

Dewey Balfa

Folkways

Tracks

• Sliding Notes: The Port Arthur Blues
• Rolling Notes: Ma Chere Maman Creole
• The Trill: My Pretty Little Christine
• Blues in Cajun Fiddling Les Bars de la Prison
• Drone Sound: Grand Mamou
• Old Lonesome Sound: La Valse des Bombocheurs
• Grandpa's Waltz
• La Valse de Gran Bois
• Indian on a Stump
• Description of Mardi Gras Ceremony: Mardi Gras Song
• Mardi Gras Song
• Basile Cajun Hour: Intros, La Valse de Reno
• Basile Cajun Hour: Commercials, Station Identification, Madeleine
• 99 Years Waltz
• The Cajun from Church Point
• Allons a Lafayette
• Interview on Cajun Singing: J'amerais Te Pardonner
• Interview on Cajun Dances: Jolie Blon
• Johnny Can't Dance

• Dewey Balfa - fiddle
• Rodney Balfa - guitar
• Dale Breaux - guitar
• J.W. Pelisia - steel guitar
• Allie Young - accordion
• Ray Abshire - accordion
• Weston Bergeaux - drums
• Mamou Mardi Gras musicians

• Recording, annotation - Tracy Schwarz
• Cover design - John Cohen
• Cover photo - Camilla Smith