Parts of An Accordion : Learn the History of the Accordion
Learn the history of accordions in this free video series that will show you how to identify the different parts of the accordion and how to play it correctly.
Expert: Amanda Claire
Bio: Amanda Claire is a leather artist currently living in Austin, Texas, where she specializes on custom pieces that blend traditional technique with modern designs.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA
Duration : 0:1:32
Categories: cajun history Tags: accordion, accordions, free, howto, instrument, Lessons, music, parts, play, playing
Je Suis Content d’Etre Cajun Big Bayou Bandits
Belgian Band : Big Bayou Bandits playing ” Je suis content d’être Cajun” , with a short live encore of a Jambalaya version.
The Jambalaya is dedicated to ‘Oldolds53 ‘ and ‘Kittielips’, who were uploading this song before.
The French title means : “I’m happy to be Cajun” , as the Cajun music is using both languages English and French ( sometimes together in one song).
You can learn more about history of Cajun and Zydeco music on the net .Or listen other Cajun songs on You Tube from this amazing Belgian Band.See also : ‘ The Mean Mountaineers ‘ for their famous Bluegrass and Hillbilly music.
Thank you for reading and listening.
Les abonnées Français sont bienvenu.
Chris.
Duration : 0:5:38
Categories: cajun history Tags: acadie, accordion, Bandits, Bands, Baton, Bayou, Belgian, Big, cajun, French, jambalaya, Louisiana, Mississippi, music, New, Orleans, Roots, Rouge, zydeco
Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin
Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin when they were young. The audio is better then the first version. The former version was viewed by 3800 people.
Duration : 0:4:10
Big Bayou Bandits – cajun
Big Bayou Bandits is a new Cajun band from Bruges, Belgium.
www.bigbayoubandits.com
Duration : 0:2:16
Categories: cajun Tags: accordeon, accordion, Belgian, Belgium, blues, cajun, Country, Louisiana, Rockabilly, zydeco
Cajun Music – Doc Marshalls
The Doc Marshalls live at the IMAC Theater in Huntington, Long Island (Jan 07)
Duration : 0:8:11
Categories: cajun Tags: accordion, Americana, beaudoing, cajun, coonass, doc, fiddle, IMAC, Louisiana, marshalls, music, nick, nicolas, Rubboard, zydeco
Cajun – Robert Jardell & Dewey Balfa – Lacassine Special
Clip is taken from Yasha Aginsky’s documentary “Cajun Visits”. It is an AWESOME film I would HIGHLY recommend. Here, Dewey Balfa visits cajun accordionist Robert Jardell. They talk of music and play a true cajun favorite “Lacassine Special”
Duration : 0:3:8
Categories: cajun history Tags: accordion, Balfa, cajun, fiddle, jardell, lacassine, Louisiana, violin
Cajun – Doug Kershaw – Diggy Liggy Lo – Live
The Ragin’ Cajun Doug Kershaw here playing “Diggy Liggy Lo” live. “The King of the Fiddle”. AWESOME preformer and preformance. From video titled “Doug Kershaw. The Ragin Cajun. Live in Concert.” I would HIGHLY recommend this video.
Duration : 0:3:38
Hathaway Two Step
Chris Miller accordion–
This tune is actually more of what some people call a “One-Step.” It is played in a slower fashion with lots of swing. I grew up about 20 miles west of Hathaway and went to a few teen dances there. If you blinked you would miss the town…not a town really, just a school.
This tune has over the last 20 years also become known as the “Cajun Freeze” and people (women especially) do a line dance to it.
I used to love to listen to Mr. Bashoot LeBlanc play this…some of his version can be heard here. There are many more variations and “turns” possible and it is a fun tune to improvise with.
Duration : 0:1:22
Bernadette
Chris Miller–Accordion. www.bayouroots.com. This is a Creole or Zydeco song. This is not “Cajun” music but its close cousin. The French-speaking Black people of Louisiana played and still play this still of music. Zydeco can be played on single row and triple row diatonic “melodeons” and also on piano accordion. Beau Jocque even played some Zydeco on a 5 row Chromatic.
This is a solo version of something I play in my band “Bayou Roots.” I usually play it on piano accordion but also like how it sounds on single row “Cajun” accordion. I wanted to demonstrate a little of how Zydeco is played on the 10 button diatonic and how it sounds different in style from the other things I have posted. Of course it is much easier to spot the style difference whenever there is a full band playing! The band will play in a completely different style than Cajun. But I still think the accordion style is different..more syncopation and more invention with repetitious rhythmic figures.
There are many tunes called “Bernadette.” This rendition is based off of something I have heard Geno Delafose play.
Duration : 0:2:15
Categories: cajun people Tags: accordion, Bayou, Bernadette, Chris, Creole, Delafose, French, Geno, La-La, Louisiana, melodeon, Miller, Roots, Tea, zydeco
Joy is a Cajun Accordion–The Music of Bruce Daigrepont
A profile of Cajun accordionist Bruce Daigrepont and the Cajun dance he started at Tipitina’s 22 years ago. Shot on location in Metairie and New Orleans during the Platypus Workshop, February 2008.
Duration : 0:5:32
Categories: cajun Tags: accordian, accordion, cajun, cajun music, dance, dancing, New, neworleans, Orleans, tipitinas tipitina's