D L Menard, Dewie Balfa, Aly Bain : I Passed By Your Door

[BayouNoirGirl66]

No matter what part of the world we are from, if this wonderful music enters to the core of every cell in our bodies and makes us feel as one with this music, then we are Cajuns at heart.....

[1952banjo]

just great!

[375GTB]

For: Kathleen F. Bisberg 1949 -2007

The love of my life for 30 years

J.C.

[MrLeftyBurns]

Mr. Menard is from my hometown... I remember my Mom teaching me this song when I was very young

[bskinti2]

J'ai passé devant ta porte. (I walked past your door)

J'ai crié "bye-bye" la belle.(I cried, "goodby, my beautiful girl."

'Y a personne qui m'a repondu!(And nobody even answered!

O yé yé, mon coeur fait mal! (Oh, how my heart aches!

[rmachayes]

Do I see a "Wld Turkey" roosting behind Menard or do me eyes deceive me?

[rmachayes]

What a treat....merci beaucoup

[dutchethai]

Nice country feel to this one Dick - happy days!

[canneryrowberlin]

@stratking69er

About acoustic stuff out there: check "two dollar bash" here on youtube, not cajun but pretty rootsy US folk stuff performed by 3 scots and a frenchman! Worth a peak, in any case...

[DicksPC]

I love it, Could listen to this music all day !!! Dick

[gerardmanleyh]

@stratking69er I trust I'll see you at Whitstable on Fri 28 Jan for Pete Molinari - the key exponent of the Medway delta sound!

[McGrenzer]

@stratking69er It plays on the heartstrings, don't it?! Real music played by real people and real emotions in any language. Just look at the people in that barroom: beer, booze, cards and the lady with her hand over her face. Makes ya just want to be there forever!

[moominpic]

Damn, I used to have the soundtrack of this prog. Great stuff.

[jwoodman]

@Macangusagain: Yes, Aly Bain is a great Shetland fiddler, and as I said he actually plays well here. That doesn't mean, IMHO, that he adds anything to the many different genres where he "sits in" on the Transatlantic Sessions.

[McGrenzer]

@jwoodman If you mean that Aly doesn't compete with his guests, I would agree. In a quiet, understated way, he welcomes them all into a sort of temporary brotherhood of musicians who can share and appreciate the music they play together. I don't think it would be right for him to try to change their music to suit himself or to dominate the sessions and I guess I don't see any evidence of that in the postings I've seen.

[MrBiskwik]

This is what I grew up with spent many friday in the kitchen as a child eating gumbo and listing and dance with the little girsls at the riverclub in mermentau and riceville (chikitown) couldn't wait till i was old eneough to get out on that dance floor if you don't get the feeling of you got to dance or tap your toe then you is dead long live the true cajun music by the way D.L. is the true cajun hank williams. Born in Lake Arthur always a koonie

[jwoodman]

Thanks - this is one of the few tracks on which Aly Bain actually adds something. Normally he makes me cringe when he sits in and plays along with music with which he has very little empathy. But he's making the programmes, and it's a case of "Who's queen?"

[Macangusagain]

@jwoodman I know of no non-Cajun musician in the world who has more empathy for the Cajun music than the great Aly Bain,one of the world's greatest fiddlers,and the undisputed King of Shetland! I've never seen anyone ever who was more in tune with the Cajuns ,and went out of their way like Aly Bain to embrace ,immerse himself in, learn from and celebrate their culture and music . In the TranAtlantic Sessions , he was most gracious and deferential to the great Cajun Tradition!!!!

[1000Magicians]

@stratking69er Glad you enjoyed it, best wishes from a fellow 'Man of Kent ' !!

[gerardmanleyh]

I wonder if the bar punters know how lucky they are

[mrgreer51]

I absolutely love this.

[Macangusagain]

@bevruv The great Aly Bain is the equal of any Cajun fiddler. What you have in Balfa and Bain is the greatest Cajun fiddler and the greatest Scottish fiddler playing together and what magic that makes!!! You can see the respect in thier eyes when they look at each other. When you add in DL Menard and all the other Cajun artists Aly Bain recorded with ( a mutual respectful love-in between them as there should be) they are all fantastic ,Albainn gu brath - vive les Cajuns AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!

[shewolf3332]

beautiful! Je tem mon ami! Je tem!

[nicomateo23]

que bonito!

[charlie1pipes]

Dewey and D.L. ture 100% Cajun Legends, and Aly sure fits right in

[pastore0506]

Great! I love Cajun.

[kll510]

thank you for reposting this. Such a lovely clip of 3 talented musicians playing a pretty song.

[bulbheadmyass]

This is truly wonderful, wouldn't have thought of Aly Bain with the Cajuns, but what a match made in heaven.

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

I like the cayun music and the strange voice by Menard.

V V Fine video, Laurie, thanks.

But, sorry me, I don't know this Aly Bain (fiddler?).

[lowemk]

Aly Bain is a great Scottish mucisian. Type in Transaltlantic Sessions or go to TomTScotland (there are others too) to hear much of his music.

[lowemk]

Sorry for the spelling. Went to do spell check and hit post comment. It is Transatlantic Sessions and musician.

[lowemk]

Truly a great song. Aly Bain must have been in heaven playing with these guys. Love it if you have more from this documentary to post.