D.L. Menard sings The Back Door with L'Angelus

[ridiai99]

I speak fluent French, cajun french is so hard to understand! Sounds cool though

[1776freedom]

D L Menard. The Man. The Legend. The Music!

[GarsParascolaire]

c'est un vrai classique !

[scarletaddiction]

makes me miss home <3

[rmachayes]

What is so fantastic about this entire video is the fact that Mr. Menard's musicians are young folks. Young folks to keep the values and traditions of South Louisiane going!!

[AlainProviste55]

Wow..such a great song...once i play it also on YT with whole my family...:=))

Okeee

[FinallyunderstandU]

@AlainProviste55 Alain I want to see your Cajun song, Please send it to me..

this is magical ((=^.^=))

[AlainProviste55]

@FinallyunderstandU Wait some days...i have a vacate for a week...first i prepare a Leonard Cohen song, than i go back through the back door...to my favorit folk music...from the Acadians, the cajuns...the Zydeco's...and so on...the rooths from all music...you can find Jazz and blues influences in these great music...

Kissous...happy to meet you in my back door...:=))

[FinallyunderstandU]

@AlainProviste55 I am glad your hinges worked on your back door.. always good to have good hinges on your backdoor.

This is America at its best !!! I am so glad the videomaker's back door is working, too

I am very happy to be here, Alain *****

Cajun kissous back at you from the back doorcat ((=:

[AlainProviste55]

@FinallyunderstandU Vive l'Amérique...great music in the USA...and certainly in Louisiana...:=))

[FinallyunderstandU]

@AlainProviste55 yes Louisiana is a heartbreak for the US.. and this Crawdaddy was influenced by Hank Williams, the cigarette king, wow..

this is a real swell flashback, yes indeed !!

[AlainProviste55]

@FinallyunderstandU We love flashbacks...send my two latest uploaded flashbacks to your mum...she will love them...i am sure!

[FinallyunderstandU]

@AlainProviste55 like I told you, I am locked out of the front door. Could you send thru the back door pleeeease and I will give her.. no doubt she will love ((=^.^=))

[08shortstop]

Love these backyard videos of DL and his great music ... can I drop by if I promise not to wear out my welcome?

[cmrider97]

im 14 and im in love with this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i listen to it everyday and i even got my english teacher to listen to it lol! im originally from louisiana but i moved to texas but im still a cajun!! lol! im bored in english class right now so yea!

[eaglesblood1]

Long live DL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!

[Mega67mike]

Beautiful music. Before my time,but i like it. New Brunswick Canadian  eh

[hussnfussel7]

It takes a special person to be cajun. wish i was

[fffreddie]

I don't have the slightest idea what he was saying or singing but the music is great!!!

[StudioBGood]

Bravo (du Quebec)

[Jtoups2010]

Eraths Own DL MENARD! He is the shyt! i love his music and i barley listen to this kind of music im more of a metal bu DL IS AWEOSME!

[NiteLiterr]

Man there would be no other place to be but dancin in front of those great sounds...a perfect day...

[MsGREGORIAN]

FANTASTIC IHAAAAAA.....RAFFI

[elob0y]

Where was this? in Louisiana?

[cmrider97]

@elob0y yup the only place they play cajun music hahha

[ludwigsongs]

It's just hitting me as i arrive back from doing a gig with L'angelus in Belfast Ireland tonight... WOW! What a superb wee band... I got to open the show for them!! Superb!

[simmo303]

Great song, a cracking version. A keeper for sure.

[olmmbill]

Beautiful. Nice blend of tradition and youth, great mixing of generations.

[kajunmoma]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BY MR. D.L. MENARD-LOVE THIS MAN'S MUSIC-JITTERBUGGIN IN MY HOME AT PENNNSYLVANIA

[atmattingly]

awesome

[grandisleme]

he sounds like me when i talk english,kind of cool

[TheBirdsFlynHigh]

I live 5 houses down from D.L. and what a legend he has become. Great Video.

[TheBirdsFlynHigh]

I live 5 houses down from D.L. and what a legend he has become. Great Video.

[ncomtois]

Incroyable, vraiment. Criant de bonheur et d'authenticité. Merci!

[rainharper62]

these guys are cajun rockin!!!merci for posting

[oplater]

In January 1992, when my first grandchild was born, I went out to Erath and got a rocking chair from D.L. so the baby's mama could rock when she nursed. A great experience with a great musician.

[jmacleve]

Merci pour la grande musique! J'aime ca!

[comaradella]

prettiest vid on the tube !!! congratulations and thank you very much, from Argentina

[18hopkins]

many thanks,

great vidéo

merci, merci.

[elpiconeroinabsentio]

So strange to see the man behind the voice I've heard all my life! This is great!

[frenk1973]

la bassiste est tres belle ... et la musique, manifique

[comaradella]

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[comaradella]

Im glad i lived to see this wonderful vid .



[nInAg114]

Reminds of all the Fais-do-dos in grand Kaplan when I was little!

[Sugarfish225]

Love Ya DL and the CA your playing on in this video.

[cbhbklyn]

Awesome, life-affirming music. I first heard this tune back in the 80s when a group called The Tailgators covered it. Thanks for posting!

[rainharper62]

tres bien!!!

[HarpinBill]

Boy!! That little Girl on bass, You can't tie her down. I love it.

[fallenangel12222]

i love cajin music because i am part cajin and i am loveing it'

[sahoward62]

this is great. they got it going on

[arthimuss]

Vive les cajuns !!

[fredkoning]

very nice music, great musicians!

[danielthibault]

sti que cest bon yeeeaahh!!!

[817chriscoy22]

#1 all time favorite Cajun french song.... they need to learn how to dance though... poo lawd.

[charlie1pipes]

D.L. Is PURE Cajun and as original and fantastic as you can get..A'ngelus is the SOUL of South West Louisiana, So talented, and amazing singers and entertainers. Get out to see them if they come anywhere near you. Check out the Web site

[HubertKern]

schöner Ritmus,guter Cajon,,,,

onemanband from

Germany

[andri2000it]

Bello...bello...bello...i love this song!!

[gilleygoose25]

i agree with jeffeportland...do they know they are playing with a legend???????they should be so honored....hope they were!!!!!!!!!!

[Jrebindixie]

....awesome!!!

[JeffePortland]

Wow! I sure hope these kids know how lucky they are to be playing with a legend. Yikes. Great to see the music being passed down. Awesome!!!

[Bearcat745]

@JeffePortland

DL is a champion! Someday I'll post the videos of the rehearsals we had with him. A fun and caring person.

[ludwigsongs]

@Bearcat745 Amazing stuff!!!

[1rleger]

@JeffePortland Thank you God for letting me be born in South Louisiana!!!!!!!!!!!

[cajundecoeur]

Bonjour, le langage cajun est une chose, le souvenir de ses racines et de ses ancêtres en est une autre et ce dans chaque nation. Voila ainsi va la vie au travers du monde. Même pour les enfants d'immigrés de quelconque pays ou continent. A+

[michel5286]

Sans la Langue la culture d'un peuple n'a pas d'avenir, car elle est l'ossature d'une culture. Les danses, les guises, les musiques, n'en sont que des aspects. Une fois la Français éteint en Louisiane le reste disparaîtra aussi. Les racines dont tu parles ne seront qu'un lointain souvenir. Il restera un vernis pour la satisfaction de touristes, de citadins en mal d'authenticité.

[michel5286]

la suite

Pour s'en convaincre il suffit de regarder le journal télévisé de 13h00 où depuis deux décennies l'on redécouvre la France "d'ANTAN", à la recherche de gens vrais, vivant hors des sentiers battus. C'est un breton que te le dit. La comparaison est aisée entre la Bretagne et l'Acadianie.

[cajundecoeur]

@michel5286 Bonjour, oui, je suis aussi d'accord avec toi. Ayant moi même plusieurs racines de différente régions de FRANCE, je peux te dire que l'on s'intègre dans la culture ou l'on vit, si on le souhaite bien sur. Dans le cas des cajuns la langue disparait et leur culture avec. Mais j'aime bien cette musique et tans-pis pour le reste, donc pas de regret.

SALUT

[Katiabrideau]

Quest ce que tu dit???? Les cajuns et la langue disparait??? Avant decrire des niaiserie fait sur que tu sait a 100% que tu sait ce que tu dit! Ma langue et ma culture restera meme apres 100 ans!! si on a pu survivre apres la deportation on va etre ici pour rester!!!!

[CHOUCHE4]

@Katiabrideau i hope you re right. friendship from france!

[CHOUCHE4]

@Katiabrideau J espère bien que votre culture va survivre. Vivent les cajuns!!!!!!!!!

[stratking69er]

Jeeeez--that it so good. Wish I lived in Cajun Country. Best wishes to all Cajun lovers from Kent County (UK).

[michel5286]

superbe chanson en français cadien, dommage que ceux qui dansent n'y comprennent probablement rien.

[madmodpo]

Pourquoi dis-tu cela?

[michel5286]

malheureusement, ceux qui sont encore capable de parler le français en Louisiane semblent être que les plus de 50 ans. Ce qui est dommage ! Même si la musique est excellente. Je peux me tromper, mais le souvenir que j'en ai ne m'incite pas à être optimiste. En bref, je suis déçu de cet état de fait. salut

[ritasteve]

Je viens de passer une semaine dans les villages cadiens, comme Breaux Bridge, Eunice, Duralde, Ville Platte, et bien sur, Lafayette. Malheureusement, vous avez bien raison -- c'est rare d'encontrer quelqu'un qui a moins de 60 ans qui parle francais aujourd'hui. Comme un tel vieillard m'a dit, "Le francais, c'est fini ici!" Triste.

[michel5286]

c'est triste, mais c'est trop tard maintenant. Il restera toujours des rythmes, des chansons, une cuisine, des noms de familles, des toponymes. Pour le reste ....

[popcornmuse1]

"dommage que ceux qui dansent n'y comprennent probablement rien". . . dites-vous ! ! !

Z'ont même pas enlevés les boules "quiès". . .sont encore à danser l' rock ! ! !

A + Claude.

[michel5286]

si son entourage comprenait le français, je pense que Monsieur Menard expliquerait l'histoire de la chanson en français. Or ici, il s'exprime en anglais pour être compris. A la fin de la chanson le public lui répond d'ailleurs en anglais. De tout façon le français n'est plus la langue vernaculaire en Louisiane. La réussite sociale passe par l'anglais. La Louisiane n'a qu'une infime minorité de francophone. Ce n'est pas le Québec !

[popcornmuse1]

Vous parlez de la langue, je parle de la danse.

A + Claude.

[orsonswell]

Wonderful video:)

Kindly

Stig

[brahmans1]

tks Mr DL always loved this song

[subbecil]

Very good, thankyou.

[Brenda877]

great! brings me back to the old days!

[Tonefid115]

Great stuff!

[07kike]

Tuve la suerte de verlo en Eunice y darle la mano y saludarlo.¡Que grande es!

[Cajunlady02]

Great song!

[mandomuchacho]

DL Menard has a recording whose title is "Elle Savait Pas J'Étais Marié" (She Didn't Know I Was Married). It is a neat tune and I'm sure the lyrics are a delight, but I can't find them. Can anyone provide the lyrics he sings to that tune?

[danayeager]

This is so awesome, Thank You

[CHOUCHE4]

a few years ago, i was a french tourist in louisianna and i met this guy in his home in the town of Erath. He is incredible, but he doesn't any want to travel around the world. We will never see him again in France and it's very very sad. Great singer, great musician. Hello to cajun country!

[ThePrairiewind]

Hats off to you boys--From Canada with love!

[Chigeang]

Ménard, Tu fais bien ça ne lâche pas. C'est super !!!

[distar10]

great!!! Love it--older generation connecting w/the new--great-carry on the Cajun traditions..please. I love this music and so glad you are carrying on..lall the best to you. Ya'll good players and the fiddle is sizzling! Wish i was there w/you..fun.fun.fun...

[sillguy]

This is how it's done. Priceless!

[arthimuss]

bravo les gas le bonjour de France !

Good music hello from France !

[pigpencordion]

Really good music, that's the kind I like!!

[charlie1pipes]

Truly an awesome Video, captures everything Cajun

[TheBRAGE]

I meet DL in the year of 2000 and he was funny and an good man

[welshhillbillyful]

They can come and play in my garden anytime.The young and the old of Cajun.

Brilliant

[Bluenwhite2001]

H0w old is that boy on fiddle

[duff558]

I believe he is twenty something, as are his two sisters to the left of frame, steven rees, sisters paige and katie, not sure if it's their brother john on drums. they are l'angelus.

[ArnoldVeeman]

Yeah that kid can play! Wow!

[TrustyShellback]

La joie est une émotion exprimant le sentiment d'exaltation agréable et profonde.

[syadkir]

Excellent , great band and awesome fiddle playing !!

[UncleMacJug]

Is this tune always played in G? or is it singer's choice?  I played with somebody last week who did it in B Flat! Yowch!

[moeger]

its always the musician's choice. theres no rule i think

[mmuth777]

These people are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zydecat]

I met him a few years ago and he is a perfect gentleman.

[jacksblack1]

I Grew up with D.L. Menard and my favorite of his is Lacassine Special

[vikingswinsuperbowl]

wow, yes, awesome. I love this

[ronfrankl]

WOW! What a treat! Menard is one of the greats of American music, and it is wonderful to know that he's still in top form. Thanks!

[MazAcadienDuNord]

How cool is it to see youngsters performing with this legend! He's still kicking strong! Lâches-pas la patate DL!

[nyccarini]

just cam back from New Orleans 2 days ago and lousiana is the shit! i had the wrong impression of it but it was way cooler than i thought. new orleans is so cool,way better than texas.

[jacksblack1]

D.L. Menard it the biggest Icon of South Louisiana. I wish I could find a video of him and the Aces doing Lacassine Special.

[thisyearsgirl13]

this is one of my favorite songs EVER!!

i love D.L. Menard so very much!! The man should live to be 1,000 yrs old! he's so punk rock!

[lauraaldrich]

My momma grew up listening to D.L., I grew up listening to him, and now my daughter will too! Excellent video!

[thereit2]

absoulutly awsome d l you still got it langelus you a winners great music !!!!

[Jrebindixie]

AAAIIIEEE, great video.

[madmodpo]

Bravo!

[stbricesday]

I would love to have been there! And-a-jivin' with my woman. This is music. You will have to pay me big bucks to sit and listen to all the modern crap the morons and sheep pretend to like, baaaa! to them.......

[bigdaddydunn]

One of the greatest cajun songs ever made, Thanks D.L.

[SCRAMBLER390]

AWESOME. DL Looks VERY good still and as always is a true showman and a perfect gentleman. Still plays tight and his voice is still strong. And the rest of your band is just as tight and sound GREAT. Thanks for posting this.

[jamierourketen]

god bless,this is to cool.

[ovationpdh]

Nice video. Sounds really good for being recorded outdoors. :)

[Bearcat745]

Thanks for the note. This is the third year we have played in D.L.'s backyard but the first time I recorded all the tracks. It's a great sounding space! I'm thinking we might do a 3 camera HD shoot sometime soon.

Bearcat745

[xj14y]

Please do. The man is a treasure, and he needs to be recorded for posterity.

[mcarlton97]

when are you playing next?