Dewey Balfa, Nathan Abshire & Rockin Doopsie - Jolie Blon

[peopleofthecircle]

preserve your culture!

[ehukai26]

Thank you for sharing this!

[1949Kenta]

Why no mention of Rockin Doopsie in your Title ?

[SCRAMBLER390]

@1949Kenta Done. Thanks for pointing that out.

[mrhaircutt]

Love the story Dewy tell with that fiddle! And the octaves Nathan is squeezing out that box is just a beautiful connection!!!!

[gnowave]

QUALITY!

[gnowave]

i always foud rockin dopsey a bit too much lazy blues and redneck shit, but i love how he played here with nathan! nathan iis well good. for those who dont know much old time cajun yet (which kicks the shit out of the new electric redneck shite) also check out the balfa brothers

[MarcStoneMusic]

Great stuff!

The 1st tune is that Rockin' Dopsie Sr. is on is referred to by Rockin Dopsie Jr's band as "Oh Bah Bah" (sp?) when they play it. The vocal is the same as Clifton Chenier's "Louisiana Two-Step" (not to be confused with the tune Dopsie Sr. called "Louisiana Two-Step", often recorded as "Bosco Stomp"), and Dopsie's accordion part is close to "Josephine Se Par Ma Femme". That song in turn was the basis for Paul Simon's "That Was Your Mother" featuring Dopsie Sr and his band.

[cocochanelleke]

Thanks for sharing, very much appreciated, merci beaucoup!

[yalaytani]

oh please what is the name of the first tune with Rockin Dopsie Sr, i can't find it, it sounds a lille bit like "don't mess with my toot toot" but not exactly.

[rmachayes]

Notice how well behaved the childen are. They are amongst legends and don't know it.

[abbiegws]

Dewey Balfa always looked like such a character. Amazing musician.

[abbiegws]

Dewey Balfa always looked like such a character. Amazing musician.

[Aerohog1]

If this don't get yo booty shakin'-u be dead!

[ennui406]

zydeco is the best!

[Aerohog1]

Wow-some Cajun legends!

[maltavmalta]

I'm half Irish, half Maltese and live in England. Don't know much about Cajun music or Acadians - but I know passion for music and for where you come from when I see it, and this is the genuine article. Vintage Stuff...

[XavierDautreville]

Quelqu'un a pu transcrire ça en français ?

[louis12346]

Andrew Jackson , dove them red coats out

[4799711]

parlez le français , c est la langue de vos ancètres . Preservez votre identité .!!

[rmstudio]

Yes those lucky children that can speak english and french and who will soon learn cajan music.

[joziebee1]

go leesville!

[joziebee1]

my people :this is where we came from

[timcomeau]

Dewey gives a nice watered down version of the Acadian expulsion. In reality, it was violent and very emotional with husbands and wives with children being separated and put on different ships with unknown destinations. Some were from New Brunswick and Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Isle), not only Nouvelle Ecosse! (Nova Scotia). Le Grand Derangement (1755) was a great human tragedy that has proven the resilience of the Acadian descendents.

[timcomeau]

@timcomeau .....ALSO, As an 11th generation Acadian, Tim Comeau states for all Acadians, "Though we have been scattered, we KNOW where we're from!" Trade marked! :) VIVE L'ACADIE!!

[Yankee10021]

So wonderful

[Cordoloinar]

I love it, they're more amazed by the camera.

[blagger56]

This is AWESOME. I also love the fiddlesticks when they are used...

[dawnthi]

This is where I'm from. Southwest Louisiana. Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles to be exact.

[steviehyperS98]

what is the song that rockin doospie play in the begging?

[ColoradoCajunZydeco]

I was fortunate enough to be a fiddle student of Dewey Balfa and I still am in mourning for his passing. He was perhaps the warmest most genuine person I've ever met. Back in the eighties he taught fiddle at the Augusta Heritage Festival in Elkins, WV near where I lived at the time. Great Video.

[mothermarymary]

1941 Louisiana: English only, If you as a child spoke french in school action would be taken to teach you a lesson....

[vegajules]

Whats the name of the song at the start?

[klakos81]

Bonjour les Cajuns ! Je suis Michel, j'habite Albi, dans le Sud-Ouest de la France. Il existe dans mon coin de France une langue régionale, l'Occitan. Elle est en train de mourir. Dans une ou deux générations, seuls quelques linguistes et universitaires la comprendrons encore, comme le latin et le grec ancien. C'est comme ça. Peut-être que les langues vivent, puis meurent, comme tout. J'espère que le Français survivra en Louisiane, mais je suis pessimiste.

[Travieso78702]

oui, Je suis d'accord. Ma famille de ma mama etait de louisiane (creolle francais et espagnol) mais maintenant, je parle plus l'espagnol. Mais, mon fil y ma fille ne le puevent pas parler. Que dommage. Pardonnez-moi, je ne parle bien le francias.

[tabascopepper]

It's not Arcadian...It's Acadian....Arcadians are a people in Greece. google it

[bitekle]

j'suis si content de voir le video, je pleure de joie!

[Panzeux]

Moi itou mon cousin!

[bitekle]

Pour Mr ou Mme Apententakel: If the language was in your hands it WOULD die a" sad, natural" death", apparently . BUT: On le parle sans toi, on continue la music, je parle a ma fille, elle me parle, et le cajun est encore la . On joue on parle et on dance ! Merci Dewey et Abshire. j't'aime. Apres 300 annees vous etes toujours jeunes.

[bitekle]

I did not say that you let your own language die... now imagine how cajuns feel, as you focus on the death of their's.... while what you said may be true, it is not is not a helpful comment ,really. It seemed insensitive because the video speaks of hope, of what is working. Cajuns already know of the difficulties. Look for the positive! Doom and gloom is not helping. I can say a number of true things about people. Many of this things would be purely painful for them to hear, and nothing else.

[PrinceofLongueuil]

@bitekle Ce que tu dis me remplit le coeur de fierté; c'est des mots d'espoir tellement forts qu'ils résonnent dans les quatre coins du monde. Je ne suis pas Cajun, mais je serai toujours à vos côtés, parce que vous êtes nos frères et soeurs.

D'un Québécois qui vous veut du bien et vous observe de loin

P.S.: N'oublie pas de dire à ta fille qu'elle parle français avec ses enfants aussi

[apententakel]

How long will the cajunfrench survive as a living language?

it is sad but also natural

[ls1z28chris]

@apententakel

Man, it seems like it is going fast. My mom spoke cajun french, as did her siblings. None of their children speak, though, me included. It is sad indeed. I still love the music, though.

[backenaset]

Amazing playing

[jiggy123076]

These men are CAJUN ICONS and I wish that all Cajuns would keep this heritage going!

[Tonefid115]

Nice film,great players!

[Gaudd]

totalement remarquable, longue vie cajun.

[ASU55RR]

Dewey Balfa sera toujours le roi d'Acadiana; grand musicien et gentilhomme. Les autres sont très bien aussi.

[pdavis500]

I love this!

[splat4]

This is amazing! What year was this filmed? Thanks for sharing! Merci!

[niuck]

1978-1981

[kll510]

ok thanks now I understand. Good luck with your violin playing, hope you can stick with it for a long time.

[kll510]

what is rosin? I don't play violin so I don't know.

[unclecharley]

its some amber hard shit that you rub on your bow to create more friction or something. its all the white shit on dewey's fiddle.

[daveman4202002]

First of all it's French! Second of all it IS spelled Jolie Blon, which is French for "pretty blonde"

[nogginthefroggin]

Except the French word is blonde, (or blond for masculine). They are actually old English words, adopted by the French. Anyway, great song whatever, lol.

[corazonabiertoranch]

you obviously have never spent much time in Louisiana. Arcadian and Creole French are to modern French like English on the British Isles is to American English.... similar but not the same

[nogginthefroggin]

well it would have been useful if daveman's comment (to which I replied) had mentioned that the title was Arcadian or Creole French rather than just "French". Oh well, as you say I've never been to Louisiana.

[JAMESELAIR]

Rockin Dopsie,Dewey Balfa,and Nathan Abshire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3 legends on stage at the same time,amazing!

[koolsmoker86]

insegnez francais aux enfants pour preserver le langue

[SatchDaddyG]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[brucerdavidson]

This video helps me to recall so many happy memories of growing up in New Orleans. I hope everyone from South Louisiana who views this video is inspired to preserve the language and music.

[souxchefjane]

fabulous!

[stollenbrain]

the title is "jolie blonde" in frensh not "blon"

[jan1035]

let's not talk, allons danser!!

[astaynax]

Qui...danser.

[wilbert1755]

Good music " les Aricots ! WOW!!! That many people? way to to go!! Love you! Wilbert Robichaud.

[marquisdejolie]

Great stuff! I'm doing a video series of my Cajun mom's memories of her childhood in south Texas and this music has to be a part of that. :)

[Sifirela]

:) I'm glad they have this up. It's one of those pieces that will be treasured forever. I'm glad to have been born in Louisiana.

[Beezerjuice]

Les bon temp rollers

[walterseals]

tres bon !

[WilliamCerf]

My, oh, my what a wonderful video! Thanks for posting it.

[sadclown5]

3 geniuses on stage at the same time. Oh, to have been there. Nathan Abshire was the greatest!

[kll510]

Wish I could have been there. Those kids probably didn't realize the treasures they had in front of them at the time.

[mogwire]

I would KILL to be one of those kids...gives me goosebumps

[crowley67]

love it.cant get enough

[pyeinthesky]

Great stuff, love it. lots of good information. Nice to see the old guys doing their thing.

[cajunmart]

thanks for posting

[ennui406]

I want to catch the next flight to Louisiana!!

[saanzacs]

@ennui406 Count me in!!!!!

[gatorgarfish]

Those lucky, lucky, lucky schoolchildren !

[poolpig]

@gatorgarfish all we got to do(its a lot these days though) is touch safe snakes and see a hawk eat a pigeon!

[MazAcadienDuNord]

Very nice!

[ChadHebert]

another rare video! what a treasure!