Cajun - Nathan Abshire - Jolie Blond - Accordion

[pownapowpow]

Where can i watch this film?

[MCSuire]

I believe he was related to my mother. We live in Louisiana and they share the same family name.

[Bornying]

I'm French from Lyon and so excited by this music. My future wife is from the US and learning the fiddle. Gotta come down south to check the festivals. Awesome!

[freba91]

@Bornying My Father sang in English he sang jolie blon you came from Louisiana where

the rice and the gravy and the wine drive you crazy,oh how I miss my Jolie Blon

he plays the fiddle,hope this helps.,,

[MonicaLynneS]

Nathan Abshire was a cousin of mine, way down the line. Unfortunately I never got to meet him. But listening to this makes me so proud to Cajun French and an Abshire :) 

[MrBeaumatoo]

I used to go to the Avalon in Basile every Saturday night. Nathan would always start off with "Oh it's Saturday night. Eh ha ha! Then that wonderful accordion would start.Sometimes it seems like only yesterday when I know it was really in the fifties. The Avalon is long gone and so is Nathan and most of the people of the time but those of us who remember ....have the fond-memories I was from Elton in those days.

Bill Fontenoy.

[jlm12b]

At the end of this clip Ancelet says "after a week of hard work, there was hard playing". People didn't take week ends off. They worked everyday.

[EatMyHamWallet]

is it that this song that this song speaks to me in another way? it kinda brings a tear to my eye.. its not a foot tapper to me.. i see sorrow in his eyes.. its pretty dam deep in my opinion.. great song for sure tho.. i really have much respect for the Cajuns.. its great to see at least some Europeans trying to hold onto its culture.

[safehouse123]

how sweet this is...it comforts me like no other music.

[safehouse123]

how swet this is...it comforts me like no other music.

[fredcoonbanjo]

The fiddle player was Dewey Balfa

[jlcarnagey]

Can anyone identify the people in the black and white picture 34 seconds into the video? Mainly the fiddle player to the left of Nathan.

[francaisemichif]

my friend from quebec has a hard time understanding nathan abshire!

[kb22cb]

i live in louisiana and would neverrrr leave yeah! this song is my cities football teams fight song!

[francaisemichif]

NATHAN ABSHIRE WAS GREAT!!HE HAD A LOT OF GOOD SONGS AND WAS AN ENTERTAINER.NOT MANY ARE LIKE HIM.

[ThePeterbiltrucker]

my dads favorite song

[WorldCitizen667]

great!

from which docu is this?

love to see the whole thing!

always great to hear the stories behind the music!

thx for sharing,

RDL (from the Netherlands)

[trician79]

Brought tears to my eyes and a of course I was tapping my feet. Jolie Blonde wish I could hear my Pawpaw say them words one more time.

[joesolese]

Beautiful song and the unofficial national anthem of the Cajun. I've been to parts of Louisiana and at times I do not want to come back to my own country Texas. What a beautiful culture. Long live Acadiana and the Cajuns!!!!!!!!

[joziebee1]

dum asses, get on board, this is you heritage! and yoy know who you are!

[DreaMcDreaFarms]

he was my uncle, and i never got to know him. they said, just listen to his music and you will know the best part of him. they were right. i love you, uncle nathan. from your niece, cathy, adelia's youngest.

[joziebee1]

check this out... this is where you came from , my blood

[joziebee1]

when i look at the pictures, i see my children and grandchildren... damn i am old! but in mjy mind i am still 17 and can still dance!!!!!!!!

[joziebee1]

when i look at the pictures, i see my children and grandchildren... damn i am old!

[mtodesign]

La vache ! J'ai vraiment du mal a comprendre ce qu'il chante ! D'habitude j'arrive a peut près a comprendre le québécois, mais le cadien est vraiment plus prononcé !

[greezy39]

Nathan Abshire is playing "Hicks Wagon Wheel" at the beginning. You gonna try to learn it so you can show the world? Good luck. You'll need it. It takes years to get that song the right way. Oh, and you have to be a Cajun and wear a little old sweat stained cowboy hat when you play it or the Cajuns will call you a fake. LOL

[erzebet1961]

WHAT GOD GIVEN TALEN T !!!!

[AKKodiak1969]

Laissez le bon temp rouler cher.

[danase01]

Is that another song that Abshire is jammin to at the beginning of this video? Anyone know what it's called?

[CajunGrlMamou]

In Memory of my dad Joseph Roosevelt Deville~ 3/16/29 - 11/26/06

My dad was a self taught Accordian player, Fiddle player and a self taught Harmonica player.. so was his brother Aubrey Deville who is also deceased...

[FUCMYPO0705]

SCAMBLER!! I have to see this documentary!!!! Do you have any idea of where I can buy this???? Could you possibly upload it for me???? thnx

[tibotibo1976]

vive l'acadie,vous etes nos freres,nos racines!!!

[bluecollarboiler]

Char...please :-)

[boattop]

maudit que c'est beau -

[danase01]

Is Abshire playing a different song than "Jolie" at the beginning of this video? If so what is it called?

[rosswhit119]

I've tried as hard as I could to find the entire lyrics to this version, and can't seem to find them. Can anyone send them to me, or point me in the direction of finding them. I've seen many versions, but this is the only one that has the lyrics I want. Thanks for anybody's help!

[PatDem1953]

L'avantage d'être français, s'il y en a un, c'est de comprendre ce qu'il chante.

Vive la louisiane "française" et la francophonie !

[MzNqbus]

"that's what keepin them cajuns on their toes. They can't stand still, they got to go dancin'" OMG i love his accent. Reminds me of my paw-paw

[Sidnmisty]

Thank you for posting this video......We have watched it repeatedly.....

[bigbuffler]

"Cajun" is from "Acadian"----you can read Longfellow's classic "Evangeline" for some insight into that sorry tale. The great displacement of French people from what is now Nova Scotia was part of King George's War (1744-48?), I believe. Since Louisbourg went back to the French, it may well have been at the end of the French and Indian War, though (1761?). Anyway they came down (logically, it seems) to French Louisiana--Nouvelle Orleans, non?:-)

[jacobleb420]

@bigbuffler

I'm Acadian, and what you said was mostly true, but there where a few inaccuracies. The deportation of the Acadians took place in 1755. At that time we occupied all of New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and parts of Maine and New England.

Louisbourg was the main fort of the Acadians, but after relentless attacks by the much more numerous English, Fort Beauséjour finally fell to Lt. Col. Robert Monckton. They named Moncton the city after him. I live 20 minutes away.

[gipcambero]

To me it sounds like Creole from La Reunoin, a french island in the Indian ocean. Merci !

[rangerchallengebravo]

They do have Creoles in Louisiana, but they're different than the Cajuns. And I don't think they have any connections with islands in the Indian Ocean...

[dthibodeaux1]

@rangerchallengebravo they have found creole descendants from off the coast of madagascar in the indian ocean.. just to let you know.. but keep it going.. history is a crazy thing!

[gangerollo]

Nathan Abshire, a legend.

[koustombk]

Génial l'accent .

[MrMixomedia]

Dont forget to parler français!!

[cajundecoeur]

Very good song. Good language Cadien.

J'aime cette vidéo. Monsieur ABSHIRE devait être un gentilhomme.

[MarTeePoet]

Love this music!!

[SCRAMBLER390]

We do not "try" to talk french. We speak the Cajun Language proudly. It is french, I can understand (what I call) Paris French. It just has a different accent and some words are different.  Kinda like English speaking people. You can understand people from England, but they use different words and they have an accent,. SAME THING!

[AVGreaser]

Exactly!!! Thank you!!

[zachsav5]

Hell yea!

[flojogrande]

Excellent explanation. I remember I had a Danish girlfriend who spoke about 5 languages including French, Czech, English, German not to mention Danish. I speak English, Spanish and Italian...we would get into an argument over the definition of dialect. I told her a dialect is a variation of a route language. She visiting the states said people from Texas or New York spoke in a dialect. I told her they just have a different accent but may use some different slang. The UK would be a dialect.

[jeb1022]

actually. the cajun language is amixture of german french italian and english. some words are the same as in france but, alot mean 2 completely diffrent things. so its not just an accent it is an entireley diffrent language because of all the cultural influences as my grandpaw says "its a gumbo language hahaha" =) r.i.p grandpaw

[cajundecoeur]

@jeb1022 Hello, yes, me i say as "a bol of chevrette gumbo." where are you from? Bye

[jeb1022]

i from lake charles. i live right by da river =) couldnt leave if i tried. mr nathan taught my dad to play accordian =)

[cajundecoeur]

@jeb1022 Nice for you. Left his village, it is trouble. your father was lucky with mr nathan. Good courage. god bless usa.

[jeb1022]

warm wishes. =0

[breizhgwenael]

I dont think so. I am french, and I notice that grammar, conjugation, words are the same. A lot of french dialects in France are not so well understanble . What is very pleasant while listening cajun language, are old expression (accroire , becquer etc.) and old pronounciation. I can hear and understand cajun song and I can say zideco is very less undertable, as it is french creole.

[PanzaX]

@SCRAMBLER390

Cajun French is much easier to understand and sounds much nicer than "Paris french" :)

[tibotibo1976]

@PanzaX je suis parisien et je suis d'accord avec toi,1acadien=1français

[MartinMunthe]

@SCRAMBLER390

English people don't have an accent. American people have an american accent when they speak english.

[Cryptographer12]

@MartinMunthe

Of course they do. They have a ton of them. Do you know how diverse British English accents can be? Look it up on Youtube.

[kitkat6026]

@MartinMunthe what rubbish

[drillerchina]

@MartinMunthe Are you on drugs? You have half a dozen different accents in London.

[Stefanochti]

@SCRAMBLER390 le Français que vous parlez souffre quand même de l'influence de l'anglais ...

[michel5286]

c'est un véritable plaisir de découvrir cette culture française d'Amérique. Qu'en restera t-il dans les années à venir ?

[rangerchallengebravo]

French is their first language, for one thing...

[limestoneroad]

shashauno, are you mentally retarded?

[TheDucati8v]

Obvious you don't know history. Otherwise you'd be tapping yo shoes.

[tommyau2006]

lol

[tommyau2006]

that is passion personified. The Cajuns seem to have a happy and carefree life style. Why can't the rest of the world do the same?

[lukebilleaudeaux08]

Crawfish, and yes, China is one of the worlds biggest producers of Crawfish. They also have them in New York.

[bellgardens53]

Yes, Nathan Abshire is a legendary musician. I don't care if I don't know a word in French or Cajun French. This is some real music.

[Mskitty19911]

I love this song... my mom & granny's love this song!!! goob job ya

[cindyao]

One of my Grandma's favorite songs!! XO

[AVGreaser]

q'est que ce le nom du premier chant?

[AVGreaser]

C'est bon!!

[loupiat]

I think there are two songs with the same name.

The lyrics of that one.

Hey jolie tite blonde

T'sais de mourir mais c'est pas rien

C'est dans terre que tu seras

Que tu sera de plus venir dans la Louisiane

[cellularautomata]

anyone know the lyrics? in french, please. ;)

[fdballer50]

hey, jolie p'tite blonde, tu m'as quittee, tu t'en allee, s'en aller, ca va pour rien.... moi, te souhaites toutes malades, some words i can't understand... plays the accordion, then the last verse goes... hey, jolie p'tite blone, c'est mourir, mais c'est pas rien. de rester dans ce terre, dans ce terre de ne plus vener dans la louisianne... fin...

[ScotsLyon]

Grande chanson

Grande version

Grand artiste

Thanks for posting

[ErnstBecker]

Nathan was a cut above the average muscian.

[souxchefjane]

just great, thanks

[gagi1963andjeo]

5 stars!

[Mugeen]

5 stars +5stars^^

[MuddyMississippiMan]

I'm with a cajun creole man right now in plaquemines parish nothing like some good cajun music on a Louisiane monday afternoon

[souxchefjane]

oh, lucky lucky you. I would love to get to America to see some real Cajun music performed

[theflyingglove]

the french is lovely, the tune is good, and the man and his setting iconic. i need to look into cajun music.

[chickdafamdenise]

Thank you for this video. It took me back home.

Now I'm wondering what the heck am I'm doing in California.

[xj14y]

I'm in Birmingham wondering the same damn thing.

[chickdafamdenise]

LOL I miss Louisiana

[bbeaum1]

wife and i are in baltimore. missing home like crazy. we got a great dose at cafe des amis in breaux bridge when we were home for christmas though.

[mommawhite1]

love this,you have my grandmother oszid kegley playing drums and my uncle will kegley playing fiddle on this song.

[charlie1pipes]

Mr. Nathan was a special man

[vegasfollie2686]

my sis named her dog jolie blond. the music reminds me of home.

[nojentil]

MERCI A TOUS NOS COUSINS DE LOUISIANE

[shane71880]

I always liked the song jolie blond but i never knew it was so depressin lol

[negra56]

thanks a lot mister scrambler390 for brodcasting such a good music

[nsixx5]

Big Bad Basile, Hey vieu Lord.  My favorite of all - -time. Nate Abhsire.

[pomea]

Lot of depth to this video and performance. Thanks very much for posting it! Nathan looked good in this video.

[THEPOULDO]

do you have anymore video of Varise Conner? If so please post..thanks