Down Home Cajun Music-Jolly Boys of Lafayette

Down Home Cajun Music - A podcast by Jeremy

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Down Home Cajun Music- Jolly Boys of LafayetteAll tracks recorded February 22, 1937Dallas TexasLeon Credeur-fiddle and vocalsJoseph Fabacher-guitar, accordionFrances Fabacher- guitarIn the mid 1930's Cajun musicians were adapting to the more modern string band sound. Many of the groups in south Louisiana were traveling to Dallas to audition to the labels; The Jolly Boys of Lafayette were one of them. They recorded one session in 1937 and along with Joe Falcon, they were one of the last groups to record Cajun music with a accordion until the 1940's. Cata Houla Breakdown (Decca 17029)La Valse A Papa (Decca 17026)Tante Que Tu Est Avec Moi (Decca 17036)High Society (Decca 17036)Old Man Crip (Decca 5431)There'll Come A Time (Decca 5431)Abbeville (Decca 17026)La Valse De Lafayette (Decca 17029)Jolly Boys Breakdown (Decca 17032)Jolie (Brunette) (Decca 17032)