DL Menard : The Back Door

[robinhood48]

Aly Bain.

ALY BAIN!!!

[DivineSimply]

In '93, my friend Michele and I watched Menard perform in Portland, ME. Afterwards, the autographs. Michele was a Sorbonne intellectual from Normandy who spoke pure, classical French. Menard spoke Cajun. Sounded like 2 totally different tongues to me, but they understood each other perfectly and got on wonderfully. A great moment.

[08shortstop]

Great music, great musicians ... next time I'm bringing the beer.

[1oxfordmiss]

makes me happy!

[cindyao]

MISS THE CLASSICS!! AWESOME TUNES!!

[birdstuckinchimney]

I'm lovin' the way those young'n's in the background just jump up so naturally an' start on dancing. Reminds me of the Commitments Movie...anyone know what I'm talkin' 'bout?

[immortalchaos123]

sha! pa-pop is so cute! :)

[ThisLittleEmoChick]

DL Menard is so related to me:) cannot deny him cause he looks exactly like my pawpaw and his brother:)

[rmachayes]

I never, ever tire of listening to this fine bunch of musicians. All the best.

[forgetfulmuse]

This always cheers me up! Think I'll go live on the swamp.

[glendaashley52]

Love This One The Beast D L Menard . Love Glenda

[redhairedlad]

Dayum!

[simmo303]

Great fun! What a craic!

[allisguy1]

greats song, talented group of guys!

[jmacleve]

J'aime cette chanson! Merci!

[cobijo100]

this is a great video exspecially with blackie on the accordion and awesome viddlest aly bain i love it

[nesrokk]

Does anyone know e website in U.S that sell LP-records of old music. I would like to collect some cajun and zydeco.

[MrConeye]

@nesrokk . google floyds record shop

[dakarlion1]

I like this song very much! thanks for posting it

[txmomdd]

No Cajun wedding or anniversary party is complete without this song! The dance floor suddenly gets full, as it should be! :)

[judyscher]

I should remember the fiddle player's name. He was my teacher at Port Townsend Fiddle Tunes in summer of 1985 (or 1984). He was playing with DL Menard at that time and was a really nice, patient, encouraging teacher. I can't believe I forgot his name!!!

[ohmygeeitslee]

@cjleger337 not exactly haha 

[Macangusagain]

and I'd still like to know who the other fiddler is beside Aly Bain ,he also play a mean fiddle ,name please???

[CHOUCHE4]

DL rules!!!!!

[Tracy0263]

This is Cajun Music at it's best. DL is a Louisiana icon. The Cajun Hank Williams. And he's my 3rd cousin...

[Macangusagain]

who is the other fiddler beside the great Aly Bain of Scotland ??

[leftchicago]

Beautiful. I saw D.L. and his band at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, Illinois a few years back.

Man, what a good time! And what a good time D.L. and the band had!

[ohmygeeitslee]

@inumarudurglaur a little west from Lake Charles

[cjleger337]

@ohmygeeitslee then you live in texas haha

[PhronemophobicAgenda]

Je veux jouer la guitare avec D. L. avant de mourir. Je veux ceci un tas.

[CHOUCHE4]

@PhronemophobicAgenda Il suffit de rendre à Erath louisiana. Tout le monde y connait DL et ce monsieur est toujours heureux d avoir de la visite.On t y indiquera sa maison; En 2000, touriste francais en loouisiane, je l ai fait . Et n est pas été déçu. Ce grand monsieur est exraordinairement gentil!

[rexton2005]

First time I heard about this wonderfull music was in Canada, now I live inn Norway thank you::))

[cajunhanks]

technically a melodian not an accordian

[ohmygeeitslee]

I jamed to this when I was like 2. I'm from South Louisiana.

[inumarudurglaur]

@ohmygeeitslee hey, me too!  where you from mon neg?

[CHOUCHE4]

i was a french tourist in louisiana and i met that guy in 2000 in his house of erath. a the place of the video! he was incerdebile and very nice. thanks forposting et AMITIES A TOUS LES CAJUNS!

[billmacaulay]

so its an accordion then

[doglover2122]

i love The King of Accordions. wish my fingers could move as fast as his,.....

[mornflame]

Great clip! Thanks for posting!

[rayc884]

Cool stuff! Cajun music at is't finest!!

[cuznred123]

whatever language that squeeze box is playing in, it's producing some mighty sweet music. i removed a previous comment because i had misspelled " laissez " and i couldn't sleep last night until i fixed it.

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

That isn't accordion but "Organetto".

This cajun song is Very Very Good.

Many thanks, Laurie

[lowemk]

Wonder why you think it is an Italian instrument - the Organetto. I have heard of the Organetto as being similar to an accordion but you seem so certain. Maybe you are just having fun with your Italian heritage but maybe there is something that makes you think it is. Enlighten a poor dumb person like me. Thanks.

[mornflame]

Well everyone in Louisiana calls it an accordion. The accordion you see here (10-button, diatonic) came from Germany, historically, where it was called a "melodeon." (Now they are hand-made by Louisiana artisans, and the bellows are longer than the original melodeon.)

[mornflame]

By the way the name "accordion" refers to a large number of designs, whether they have multiple rows of buttons, or a keyboard, or buttons that push inwards towards the bellows. Look up the word on wikipedia.

[onitram1]

No, not an organetto. A cajun accordian.

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Yes, ok. Accordion or organetto, when they leave V Good music, it isn't important with which they play.

W the Great Music.

[cuznred123]

let's go dancin'. got to love that button accordian. "laissez les bon temps roulet!"

[lowemk]

Many thanks for these great video's and fantastic music.