Dewey Balfa - Jai Ete Au Bal - Awesome Fiddlesticks

[bobbyjordan37]

du cajun authentique;merci

[shanseuse]

Isn't this the one that goes "Oh, ya, donnez-moi les haricots, hé mama les haricots son pas salés" ?

[ephelyos]

perdez pas vos racines vous autres. les français vous ont pas oubliés. Napoléon vous a vendus aux américains, c'est pas notre faute.

Don't lose your roots. French people will never forget you. Napoleon sold you to americans , it's not our fault.

[mbrown76]

One of the many contributions the South has given to music....

[ZeusZahouani]

j'adore la musique de la louisianne . tres beau morceau , merci pour le partage

[1234oden]

anyb/ody know where i can buy this

[robsargent4]

Bloody brilliant. That deserves nothing but respect from a wee Scot who can only tinkle on the piano. My Dad always said I should learn the accordion, my twin brother should learn the bagpipes & my older brother & sister already learnt the violin & viola, so we could form a quartet. After listening to this I think maybe we should give it a go!

[08shortstop]

Fiddlesticks? I love it ... thanks for sharing this ... two musicians, one instrument ... all you need.

[mrhaircutt]

Now that's raw talent!!

[Theonegamefreak]

That's a lot of Rosin on that bridge..

[TheRealRockomondo]

Wanna go back to Grand Mamou !

[j69sunnerd]

I flippin' LOVE this!!!

[nonotc]

le peuple américain à différentes racines : irlandaises, allemandes, italiennes, anglaises, françaises et tant d’autres ....ceux qui fais toutes sa richesse....

[FahQposeurfag]

@nonotc en effet!!

[dfortinvt]

c'est tout francais.

[stonemanherny]

I've heard that American Indians claim that blues music is really Indian music. It does make some sense.

[Anekantavad]

@stonemanherny The Cajuns (Acadiens, as we call them here in Canada) have a healthy dose of native blood in their veins, and they traditionally got along with the Indians better than the English did.

[canneryrowberlin]

@Francauvergnat

I'm guessing what gazzi means by "indian" is the fact the kid is using the same technique as some traditional indian instruments ("hammering" on the strings, etc). The african influence, through the creole population in Louisiana, is also almost always part of the cajun music, albeit stronger within the zydeco stuff, I find. By the way, anyone out there ever thought about american indian harmonic influence in delta blues scales? Think about it...

[40noodles]

i watched southern comfort when i was young and heard parlez nous a boire,when i got my laptop i looked for dewey balfa,a cracking fiddler fair play

[nInAg114]

@40noodles That was an awful portrayal of Cajun people but the music was awesome.

[triptechb]

Love that sound!



[statewarrant]

Todd balsa

[sueketchers]

What do you call what the gentleman on the left is doing with the sticks while Balfa is playing? Is this a "Cajun" style or another style added on? thank you

[nInAg114]

It is good to know so many people around the world appreciate Cajun music.

[YellowHammer71]

I spent a couple of years living in Louisiana when I was in the Army and it really grows on you. Used to love listening to this stuff on the FM on Sunday afternoons on a station out of Crowley.

[honourbridge]

I'm 27, a Swedish/Hungarian crossbreed, can't play an instrument for the life of me and this music speaks to me on a level I can't find in any other genre. Tres bien!

[MrBobbyg01]

AWESOME!!!!!

[leeonly]

RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[phxyolie]

so beautiful, give me this any ol day over the stuff on the radio

[codluva5569]

WHO WOULD DISLIKE THIS

[xeroxe]

vraiment bau et bon j'adore

[afuser]

The nephews name is Tony. Being from Mamou, we grew up listening (and seeing) these guys!!

[melissabalducci]

wow!!

[thecaproni100]

that's where the  phrase ' Fiddlesticks' comes from ...!!

Definitive.. Cajun ..!

[Chamossaire65]

What a gem!

[willshin]

Gosh, I'm French but without subtitles I couldn't understand what he's saying x)

[2stars84]

Love it.

[etiennedonahue]

two musicians on one fiddle

[ThePasglop]

Formidable !!!

[Therehasbeenan]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[coppertuber]

Francauvergnat and up2space, you are both idiots.

[cajundecoeur]

@Francauvergnat c'est du cadien, "arrêtons de dire ils ont un accent, ils parlent bizarre, etc...." c'est leur langue, un vieux langage français comme ont pouvais le parler dans le saintongeais au 17eme siecle!

[Chaduke]

The middle part sounds a lot like Indian on a Stump.

[brainburrito]

Two people playing the same instrument at once -- what a cool technique. Love it :D

[up2space]

this is just french hillbilly music

[Romamb]

ooft what a fantastic idea. inginuity of people amazes me(whoever came up with this frist)

[gnut1977]

cajun as cajun was meant to be.

[JamieGirlyManson]

I am going ro fap to this later on tionight olololol

[DawnohopeBridge]

great entertainment.......

[hiraethchild]

I am Acadian. I play guitar, spoons, bones, drum, and sing in a duo called "FiddleStix." I'm going to teach myself how to do this with my fiddle partner and add it to my repertoire in honor of my Cajun cuzzins. It's amazing!

[cheeseycactus]

@hiraethchild no one cares. go die

[TheGazzernator]

@hiraethchild

RU taking the piss???

Who is your fiddle partner

[hiraethchild]

@TheGazzernator I am most certainly not taking the piss (and curious how you got that out of my post, lol). I bow down to players like this. As for my fiddle player, you can check our youtube channel if you like, particularly the bones and spoons ones if you like the hand percussion stuff. We have now added a variation of "Ja'i ete au bal" with fiddlesticks (I use fat plastic knitting needles) to our set, but it's not on youtube yet. Cheers!

(Just search "talktofiddlestix" on here).

[clarabows]

Class !!

[Yankee10021]

F A N T A S T I C !

[tommag82]

Nice

[PhilosophicalViking]

Damn amazing...!!!!!!!!!!

[rickfeedtime]

The Balfa Freres helped to shape my understanding of rhythm and meaning in music...i am forever indebted

[jultheboss77]

Merci pour les bonnes ondes.. Nothing more cheerful than cajun music.

[navysp1]

I am soooo homesick. Its tough to be a coonass in Hawaii

[carlineanmethod]

haha i feel ya, tough to be the same but in in wa/pdx, no good food dammit!!!!!!

[Amarksyhk]

lol i bet ya'll are basically talking two different kine languages

cajun accent and pidgin wooo rough :)

[MattyTheMole]

@navysp1 hahaha You haole on da island! Cajun haole!

[ptidunne]

I have never seen a fiddle played like this, it is amazing.

[hussar01]

I love this music, wish I could feel it in its location

[dascajunsha]

@hussar01, I live here and knew Mr. Dewey well. You have no idea how this music touches the soul of a kajun. Born and raised here, I would never leave South Louisiana. It is life at it's best. I too wish you could experience it here, so you could know the true feeling. I would suggest looking at videos on you tube of Marc Savoy,another Great Human being and truly a real Kajun, and his two sons Wilson and Joel Savoy, and a great young fiddler a great nephew of Dewey, Courtney Granger. Merci Boci

[leojwelch20]

Absolutely brilliant. I'll check out the Balfa familyCheers

[distar10]

C'est la premiere! Absolutely incredible!!  Kepp it coming from down there 'y'all...Wow..I never saw Fiddlesticks played..awesome...

[DarrylXE]

C'est bon. Musique des Cadiens des Chevaux...

[stefalbert]

Feeling down or depressed..? Just turn on some cajun music ! No need for a shrink or medic !!

[aetechllc]

Pure magic! Love it!

[cajundecoeur]

@SexyBinaa91 Write in English. I don't understand of your writing.

[karottetrekker]

@cajundecoeur It's spam. She asked whether someone feels like chatting with her per cam or telephone, because she's bored.

[bluedjules]

It's Cajun.

[apententakel]

cajun is an awesome melting culture from cultures troughout almost the whole world.

[cajundecoeur]

"J'ai été au bal hier soir"

" tout habillé en noir"

" les seuls habits que moi j'aime"

"pour courtiser ma belle"

Nice language and song, thanky Dewey BALFA.

[MrMixomedia]

cool to hear that here ,in Europe!!

[goptwothemax]

bayou magic

[godadameve]

Wow! That's cool. A really unique and original idea! I've never heard/seen this before!

[Tonefid115]

Interesting idea!

[gazzi22]

African, french,celtic, indian! The world baby! 'tis Beautiful!

[AmaoNoBolso]

@gazzi22 ya..the most mixed peoples of the states. vive le cajun

[chiledoug]

@gazzi22 yup..wonderful culture

[masonierre]

@gazzi22 African, Indian ? Bollocks.

[dljc1979]

@gazzi22 | french,celtic, indian yes, african no.

[Tedzra]

C'est Bon! Merci Monseur Balfa, Merci!

[ArnoldVeeman]

great technique!

love it!

[daeusto]

Mr. Balfa was a wonderful man. Bless his soul..mighty fine

[sortie31]

This man's music is being made as he thinks in Acadian!!!!!! I have seen his eyes a million times...they are the eyes of my father, who was a carpenter... and the nails were homed..one, two, three..., one two three... Awe, Oh! Yeah!

[sclawman]

Just awesome. Love some great fiddlin'. Makes you wanna get up and dance.

[moovgirl]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa Eeeeeeeey! (-:

[LaiskaKettu]

i feel like banging something.

nice one thanks!

[fudgewinkle7]

show offs!

[seesnap]

fiddlesticks now i get it

[stevejohno32]

Even though im a devout English patriot, I must say this is good stuff. Never thought Id say anything good about the French

[grasshopa]

Idiot.

[Halfwit66]

Heh, Heh, Heh !!!

Listen to C & Z, that rocks my boat.

God Bless Balfa !

[tuxthelux]

i keep coming back to hear this again and again and again...have shared it with my anybody i thought would appreciate it. Amazing. So much good music. Amazing. I am totally awed

[nastynate1337]

Yeah, I feel the same way!

[dsalonen2]

Ya, he was one of the best. And actually that is his nephew, but his name is Tony (not Todd). Tony is Rodney Balfa's son; Todd is the youngest Balfa brother, and I don't believe he ever made it up to the Port Townsend Fiddle Tunes Festival.

[jan1035]

This is really awesome, never seem it before. The man is a magician

[dsalonen2]

Have you ever been to the Port Townsend Fiddle Tunes Festival?

[phoneman4201]

greetings from caddo parish

[tuxthelux]

this is probably one of the most awesome things i've ever seen (or heard for that matter)

[BloodNGutts]

Keep it alive good people.

Greetings from st charles parish

[milliondollarredhead]

Thanks Alan! I could listen & dance to Cajun music every day! SO IN LOVE WITH IT! These two are terrificly talented! Great share! Scrambler390...kudos!

[JukeJunkies]

MDR, suddenly I have a craving for a bowl of Jambalaya.. LOL! This is just great and you're right... It's SO CAJUN! Thanks for sharing this gem! JJ : )

[StukInTexAss]

BooZoo Chavis is still King.

[silvroum]

pour courtiser ma belle...belle mélodie =)

[SCRAMBLER390]

The vid. quality is bad due to original quality of the VCR tape I had. Get the DVD, it is for sale online in numerous places.

[kll510]

its ok ur cool and yes it is truely amazing.

[kll510]

The person playing the sticks is a GUY. His name is Tony Balfa.

[curiousjoe2007]

wow! I just love it. The sticks is amazing match every pitch

[jessisweetheart]

Never before have I seen or heard Cajun music. Then someone said "Listen to Dewey Balfa"..I did and I love it!

What a legend!!

Thanks Dewey. You're still getting fans!

Jess

[donmussell12]

I sure miss Dewey after all these years. I was sitting right in front of that stage at Port Townsend watching that performance. A magic moment, for sure.

[jihadacadien]

C'est la premiere fois que je vois le truc des batons..j'crois pas qu'on fait ca en Acadie.

[dykwimtmno504]

ca c'est tony bolfa, pas todd bolfa.

[kll510]

yes you're right, that's Tony Balfa, not Todd Balfa. Tony is Rodney's son and Dewey's nephew of course.

[Treslentextatique52]

This is music.

[Anokpoet]

Does anyone have full clips of either performance of Jai Ete Au Bal or other Dewey Balfa doing fiddlesticks of any sort? They are really really awesome and I find myself wanting more but all other versions I have found are lacking fiddlesticks and aren't as good as the Balfa's version

[macaba8]

I studied Fiddle with Dewey and was a friend of mine. Thank you posting this. We learned how to play this song also.

[radiochic7]

man, i wish i wouldve actually had a chance to meet and play music with my uncles. this really makes me miss my family- all we did on weekends was play the balfa music and barbeque at granny's! thats what us balfa's did until everyone got all grown up with busy lives... i miss it:(

[Saerwehn]

I never knew that "fiddlesticks" meant a real thing.

[kll510]

Wow that's amazing! I've never seen that done before. I would be afaid if I was the fiddle player that the stick player would hit my fingers. They play pretty close together, but still cool all the same!

[vingazole]

"J'ai été au bal

hier soir

tout habillé en noir

c'est ça l'habit

que moi j'aime

pour courtiser ma belle. "

[charlie1pipes]

Dewey, we miss you brother

[kampffuchs]

absolute amazing!!! cajun-music is a very great!

[gatorgarfish]

tee batons !

[JivingSisterJan]

Awesome!

Thanks for posting this.

[petraki53]

So that's all you need to make great music!

[astromusicorg]

merci pour présenter cette belle musique.....

[ChadHebert]

wow..awesome vid of dewey..thanks!