Cajun Music MP3s

May 6, 2006 9:29 PM

Cajun Music MP3s, featuring music from the 1920s to 1970s.
posted by LarryC (16 comments total)

...and completely unrelated: 56 versions of Stairway to Heaven, courtesy WFMU.
posted by LarryC at 9:35 PM on May 6, 2006

Nice
posted by HTuttle at 10:35 PM on May 6, 2006

Thanks for that, cher.
posted by Pacheco at 10:39 PM on May 6, 2006

yes ..this is gonna be fun. Sh*t I'll never get ousdie this summer and keep atrophy-ing
posted by celerystick at 10:40 PM on May 6, 2006

thanks. you can tell how it degrades towards the current day like R&B, Blues & Country.
posted by destro at 11:02 PM on May 6, 2006

Many thanks!
posted by The White Hat at 12:13 AM on May 7, 2006

This is awesome! Thank you LarryC!
posted by LeeJay at 12:53 AM on May 7, 2006

Wow, wow! Merci beaucoup!!!!
posted by taz at 1:57 AM on May 7, 2006

I found this about a year ago. The live session recordings of Dennis McGee & Sady Courville are some of the best fiddle music you will ever hear in your puny mortal lifetimes. When these two cajun fiddlers first recorded together in 1927 they were already considered nostalgic holdouts of an archaic music style. McGee was about 80 when these sessions were recorded - he kept playing until he was over 95.

Until now it was really difficult to get some of these recordings. A real rarity is the recording of Douglas Bellard & Kirby Riley "Les Flammes d'Enfer" in the 1920s section. Bellard is suspected of having poisoned the legendary Creole accordionist Amede Ardoin in the 1930s.
posted by zaelic at 3:35 AM on May 7, 2006

Super, thanks.
posted by jack_mo at 4:20 AM on May 7, 2006

...and completely unrelated: 56 versions of Stairway to Heaven

Wow, how rare is it that you get a genuine example of going from the sublime to the ridiculous?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:25 AM on May 7, 2006

Brilliant, bookmarked, thank you!
posted by Miko at 6:31 AM on May 7, 2006

Awesome, Larry, thanks.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:48 AM on May 7, 2006

Aieeeeee! Cher.

I'm shakin' my Toot-toot!
posted by MotorNeuron at 7:07 AM on May 7, 2006

Wooooo ... tout que'que chose est magnifique!
posted by chuq at 7:18 AM on May 7, 2006

Nice. Makes me want gumbo.
posted by ashcan at 7:01 PM on May 7, 2006