Lance Montalto Cajun People’s Court
Lance Montalto Cajun People’s Court from the Comedy Zone at the Sports Rock Cafe in the mid 90′s.
From Lance’s MySpace page:
I was wrapped in swaddling clothes as a child and laid in a manger. I help my step-father Joe with his carpentry business until the age of 13 when I came into my own. I enjoyed speaking to the multitudes and created a pretty good following until the age of 33, where they took advantage of me and hung me out to dry. POLITICIANS!!!
Duration : 0:3:43
Categories: cajun people Tags: cafe, cajun, comedy, Court, Lance, Louisiana, Montalto, New, Orleans, People's, rock, Sports, stand, up, Zone
“Bayou Gators” Prairie Pounders Alligator Hunt
The PrairiePounders.net team heads down to the swamps of southern Louisiana to meet up with “Alligator Joe” for the Sept. 2009 alligator hunt. During the month-long season an estimated 33,000 wild alligators are harvested. For more information about alligator hunting in Louisiana visit: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/wildlife/alligator-hunting
Duration : 0:10:0
Categories: cajun people Tags: Alligator, alligator fishing, alligator hunt, cajun, gator fishing, gator hunt, Louisiana, Prairie Pounders, Prairiepounders.net, shooting alligators, shooting gators, swamp people
Explore the cajun way to cook.Categories: cajun people Tags: Alligator, alligator hunting, Atchafalaya Swamp, cajuns, gators, history, Hunting, Louisiana, marshes, nature, survival, swamp people, The Cajun Way of Cooking, wetlands
http://www.FunToWatch.TVCategories: cajun people Tags: Alligator, Atamanchuk, cajun, channel, Feeding, Florida, Frenzy, FunToWatch.TV, gator, Georgia, history, Hunting, in, Louisiana, Okefenokee, People, Stan, swamp, swamps, thc, YouTube editor
Cajun – Cheese Read – Tous les Soirs + Interview
Clip is taken from Yasha Aginsky’s documentary “Cajun Visits”. It is an AWESOME film I would HIGHLY recommend. Wallace “Cheese” Read, cajun violinist, here preforms “Tous Les Soirs” (Every night). Rare video of Cheese Read, he rarely played at public functions or dance halls, instead playing for private parties and for family and friends.
Included is an interview with Mr and Mrs Read.
Duration : 0:5:50
That Swamp-Pop Sound: Rod Bernard & Cajun Rock’n'Roll Part 2
NOTE: A higher resolution version of this video can now be viewed at:
Part 1 can also be viewed now in a higher resolution version; see the link in the description of the higher resolution version of Part 2.
This is part two of a documentary that I made in 1986 about my father, swamp pop musician Rod Bernard.
You can view part I of the documentary at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDoXtbWnYMU
Duration : 0:9:43
Categories: cajun people Tags: acadian, acadiana, acadians, cajuns, Louisiana, Opelousas, Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Rod Bernard Cajun, south Louisiana, Swamp Pop, Swamp Pop Music, zydeco
Acadian-Cajun Early homes_0001.wmv
Louisiana Acadian (Cajuns) Homes
The Acadians (French: Acadiens, IPA: [akadj??]) are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French colonists who settled in Acadia (located in the Canadian Maritime provinces — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and in the US state of Maine). The settlers whose descendants became Acadians did not all come from the same region in France.
In the Great Expulsion of 1755-1763, mostly during the Seven Years’ War, British colonial officers and New England legislators and militia deported more than 14,000 Acadians from the maritime region in what could be called an ethnic cleansing . Approximately one third perished. Gradually, some managed to make their way to Louisiana, creating the Cajun population and culture after mixing with others
When the Acadians first arrrived in Louisiana, some put up quick, temporary shelters made of wood and palmetto leaves. The Native Americans had been building such dwellings for years. Built upon a pole frame, palmettos would be uses on the roof (as was straw in France and Acadia). Many also used palmetto for walls until wood could be cut.
When they had the time to build a more substantial structure, they often built homes by putting wood vertically into the ground for walls. These 2nd generation Acadian homes (1766-1827) were either poteaux en terre (post in ground) or planche debout (upright planks). The easiest of the two, poteaux en terre, was to cut logs, strip off the bark, and place it in a hole in the ground. The gaps between the logs would be filled with a mud and straw/moss mixture (bousillage). If they had the time and manpower, they might cut planks from the logs and place the planks vertically in the ground (planche debout) to make the walls (again, filling the gaps with bousillage). Roofs were covered with shingles or wood. These homes were built directly on the ground.
The Acadians soon learned that to build a wooden home on the ground was not the way to go. The occasional flooding and insect damage was terrible to these kinds of homes. Upon arriving in Louisiana, they noted that Creole homes were often built off the ground. This kept the home from water & insects and helped provide better ventilation. The 3rd generation Acadian home (1790-1850) was built on pillars of wood or brick. It was small, averaging about fifteen by twenty-five feet in size. Many had galleries in front. The chimney – made of bousillage at first, later of brick – was on one end of a one-room home. Two-room homes often had the chimney in-between the rooms.
The 4th generation Acadian home (1790-1920) was often larger that previous versions. By the mid-1800s, it was the common type of Acadian house. It has a gallery (porche on the front (and sometimes the back). This served two purposes. It gave them a place to sit to cool off and to socialize. It also allowed for a taller roof to provide room for storage and sleeping quarters. There were stairs to the atttic, usually located on the inside of homes in east Acadiana and outside the homes in west Acadiana. The upstairs sleeping area for the boys was called the garçonniere. The roof was covered with wood shingles at the beginning of this time period, but these were often replaced by corrugated tin roofing later in the 1800s. As the family grew, a separate but connected building was often built to the rear for kitchenspace or a bedroom. The windows had no glass, but were covered by wooden shutters. Some had two rooms side-by-side, with a front door opening up to each. One room was the common family room and kitchen, while the other room was a bedroom for the parents and daughters. As some Acadian families grew in size and wealth, larger homes with multiple rooms would be built.
As the 20th century progressed, most Cajuns began occupying contemporary housing styles, though some still have similar features to the old Acadian homes. Though there are a few 18th century Acadian homes scattered around south Louisiana, they are disappearing. This video of still pics represents only a portion of the snapshots I have collected of old Cajun homes. If you have any old pics your are willing to share with me, please email them to richarddeshotels@gmail.com.
Thanks
Duration : 0:5:9
Categories: cajun history Tags: abshire, Acadia, acadian, acadien, Amede, architecture, Ardoin, cajun, dennis, DesHotels, eunice, evangeline, French, homes, house, Iry, LaFleur, Lejeune, Louisiana, mamou, Mayeus, mcgee, music, nathan, nova, parish, Platte, Rdezo, Richard, scotia, Ville
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
Swamp People History Channel
Swamp People History Channel
History channel new reality series on “swamp people”. the show focused on the descendants of the French Canadian refugees who settled in the swamps of Louisiana. In the episode, the cameras followed the fiercely independent group of people as they fought for their survival in the harsh conditions of the swamps and also prepared for the alligator hunting season. The 30 day season is one of the most important time of the year for them.
“history channel” “swamp people” “swamp people history channel” “cajun” “cajun people” “french canadians” “swamps” “Florida” “Louisiana” “alligator” “gater” “gator” “alligator hunting” “Swamp dwellers”
Duration : 0:1:54
Categories: cajun history Tags: Alligator, alligator hunting, cajun, cajun people, Florida, french canadians, gater, gator, history channel, Louisiana, Swamp dwellers, swamp people, swamp people history channel, swamps
Mamou- Cajun Music Capital
In 1956 as a young boy, I was waiting outside the Joy Theater for my parents to “pick me up”, when I heard live Cajun music for the first time. I walked across the street, past Fred’s Lounge to the French Casino ( probably the “Jambalaya” at that time), and standing at the front door I heard Cyp and Adam Landreneau playing live Cajun music. I know it was them because the local taxi driver told me so (can’t remember his name, “Farouche” perhaps). I was hooked on Cajun music from that moment on. Fifteen years later Cyp and Adam would play a couple of tunes at my wedding. The pics illustrated in this clip are of the local musicians that I was exposed to in Mamou during the ’50′s thru the ’80′s. Not all are actually “from” Mamou but all were around and playing music in Mamou while I was growing up there. Thinking back…it was awesome. I remember as a teenager in 1964, we were gathered at my friend’s (BD Fontenot) home during a holiday season and BD decided we needed music. He left his home and rounded up the Balfa Brothers to join us and play music for our party. We “passed the hat” at the end of the night and gave the money to them in gratitude. But they hadn’t played for the money, they played simply because they and we loved it. Mamou Louisiana would later be named the CAJUN MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. The musicians in this clip are some that are responsible for that honor. There are many more not included in this video. This video is a tribute to those Cajun musicians.
Duration : 0:10:8