Balfa Brothers - Tribute to Cajun Music - 1979

[Geoffthebull]

They take it into waltz time....It is a blues rythm....It needs attitude.

[Jonte89]

Whats the name of the first song they sing? :)

[PhallusFlaccidus]

THANK GOD FOR THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, OTHERWISE WE ALL SPEAK ENGLISH OR SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!

[karlbrandt1]

Love it...!!!

[lobohoops]

Dear God, I Love Cajun Music.

[willspires]

Listen to the duet fiddle styles with the fiddles tuned one whole tone low, or in a mix of open and low tunings. Listen to the pure, unaffected and heartfelt vocals. That sound is rare today. Dewey, WIil, Rodney, your memory is as green as a live oak, as much here in California where you were so honored as anywhere. We will never forget. Will Spires

[Aerohog1]

When a society gets studied too much, it's because they're about to disappear.

Send the XXXXXXXX scholars home to New York, Chicago or wherever they come from that doesn't have anything worth documenting!!

[blues4me64]

thank you so much for sharing this

[Lilstinker63]

ma famille nouvelle le Balfas. Je peux remeber accrochant avec eux comme un gamin et jouant des farces sur eux avec le fils Tony de Rodney. Je manque vraiment tant Rodney que Dewey Balfa. Merci pour le voyage en bas la petite route de Mémoire.

[honourbridge]

I'm 27, half Swedish and half Hungarian, can't play an instrument for the life of me but am in abosulte LOVE with Cajun music thanks to people like the Balfa brothers. Thank god for the internet, I guess?

[TheRuth101]

C'est la vie

[4799711]

fantastique Musique !!!

[Goethefemme]

2:49 none of those people know how to Cajun waltz.

[ishdelville]

Hello from France, it's a big pleasure to hear some "overseas french words" ! salut all Cajun people !

[edomac1]

@ishdelville Its like us here in Eire the British would not us speak Gaelic....

[puremongrel]

Sounds like shit...music starts and towards the end words...what the ???

[Sifirela]

@puremongrel might sound like shit to you, just like English sounds like shit to others *shrugs* To each their own.

[99sco]

the guy on triangle is burkeman.

[182BEVERLEI]

Vraiment Criminel ce valse par les Balfa Brothers...

Intresting to read the language quarrels.But, Hey guys, don't forget to have some fun also....( joie de vivre) !!

Chris.

[meteorox010]

hahha yep, awsome music

[2010indianwife]

the cajun language is what we call broken , i know , i from south louisian and speak it very well , lol

[GermBritScotsIrish15]

This version of French is like how the Amish speak the olde german. America still has its roots.

[crowley67]

FINALLY got a copy of SPEND IT ALL and looking for more.CANT GET ENOUGH!!!!!!!!LOVE IT!!!!

[rei14pedro]

what language are the singin?

[Chaduke]

It's Cajun French, spoken mostly in southern Louisiana.  It's a little different from the French spoken in other parts of the world, a bit simpler you might say.

[cjleger337]

@Chaduke I wouldnt say simpler, its more archaic.

[Chaduke]

@cjleger337 My parents both spoke Cajun French as their first language, and their parents both spoke it at least half the time. When I was taking French in high school I'd relay what I was learning to them and we would compare it to what they knew. Very often what they did was a more simplified version of what I had learned. Its inherently less formal since it wasn't learned from a textbook, and yes, archaic in a sense that it didn't evolve with the dialects in Canada and France.

[cjleger337]

@Chaduke I see, you must be in your 30's or 40's. Im 21 and unfortunately my grandparents were forced to speak english in school, and my parents speak it roughly, so it is kind of being lost, but I hope to find a way to learn it so it can be preserved.

[Chaduke]

@cjleger337 Yeah I'm 38, my parents told me stories about getting whipped at school for speaking French. Check the guide on ehow - How to speak Cajun French, she gives good suggestions. I'd also recommend going out to Fesitvals Acadiens et Creoles in the fall, the Black Pot Festival also in the fall, an old school Courir de Mardi Gras outside of Eunice in the countryside. Check out lafolkroots, they do a festival yearly.

[cjleger337]

@Chaduke Yeah, Ill check into it, I already know alot of nouns and verbs, but conjugating a sentence is where i run into trouble.

[pen24]

@rei14pedro

cajun is french

[2010indianwife]

@rei14its cajun french pedro 

[helensarku]

Listen carefully and you'll hear midieval europe in it. like southern louisiana, my home

[merthyrmafia]

Hi, Helen, thanks for the comments, I know what you mean when you say about the medieval European sound, took a look at your profile, that's a great looking party your having, Whow! those Cray fish sure look good.

[merthyrmafia]

Cajun music to me seems to have it's musical roots firmly planted in Celtic and French, folk music, you only have to listen to see exactly were it comes from. great sound all the same.

[helensarku]

@merthyrmafia dear heart... it's a wonderful almagam of all of those, including Celtic. So glad you enjoy it. If you wish, I can send you a playlist. I'm on YouTube

[meiji54]

J'étais Louisianna et j'ai aimé ce qui a vu, de la musique Cajun que j'ai plus encore aimé Meiji 54

De Brésil

[meiji54]

I was Louisianna and I liked what saw, of the music Cajun I stiller liked

Meiji 54

Of Brazil

[stefalbert]

Balfa music: how more authentic you could be....

[CHOUCHE4]

OH YEAH THAT S CAJUN LIFE!

[SweetAppalachia]

check that out - at :09 that's Tracy Schwarz on 2nd fiddle. That's how you learn.

[ScooterNerd]

arkhatych - We'd rather expel all scumbag anitsemites...like you...stay out, asshole.

[bitekle]

Quelle emmotion! merci merci merci mercimmmmmmmerciiII !!

[Popeyes00]

Only thing I like about Cajun is the Cajun style POPEYES!!

[Rengo11]

im a cajun growed up in luisiana now im a oregonian

[Eric20100]

Un petit bout de france au milieu de states ... du bonheur.

[okhan001]

I'm not Cajun/French but I really love and relate to the music. Thanks for posting!

[Fabien69100]

T'es parti hier au soir

Tu pouvais plus m'aimer

Oh ça ça m' fait du mal

Great music Cajun !

[Magnolia274]

I love Cajuns People and Cajuns music so much..Thank You for Post all this History my friend.

Peace & Love

[sortie31]

The french here is from 1600's -1700's not 1800's. If you what to hear the language frist hand come to today's Nova Scotia...or Lousianna....

The music is one, two, three, -one two three, that's all, but is works on the dance floor with your lover in your arms...

[iacomastro]

Why so few today's italians speak french???

It's a shame!!!

[YourReallyDumb]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Fist time I hear this language " cajun" and this sound is from 1800, I think.

Interesting knowledge, thanks

[Hatorah]

History: We, the Acadians, came to Nova Scotia Canada waaaaay before the 1800's. Google ACADIANS ...and the Deportation of the Acadians. That's how our people landed in Louisianna.

Man! Roots are strong...because I feel a strong connection with these guys. :-)

[Panzeux]

I didn't know there were Acadians in Chile! But It's nice to know! But I agree with you Hatorah I feel that connection too for I am Acadian also. :-)

[Hatorah]

Panzeux: There are Acadians all over the world! Moreover, did U know that Acadians came from Spain before the 1500's? Look up the Inquisition of Spain. That was our people my brother. That's why France did not help us during the Inquisition (we were Jews)...and no geneologist can find anything about us beyond the 1500's. Very sad history. I can sent you supporting evidence of this if you're interested. Get this one... I found the name Accad in the Old Testament...In Mesopotamia!!!

[arkhatych]

Are you Jewish??? Because, Only People that are Jewish in their Nationality, Religion and Origion can be Jewish. So peoples that have some 'jewish' genes can't be Jews as all the Jew!!!

[RiiDDiiM]

What are you talking about? The Jewish should be restricted to 10 minutes a week online.

[arkhatych]

You(Americans) should expell all the Jews from North-America.

[Ultraroyaliste]

@Hatorah Accad (or Akkad) and Acadians have nothing to do with one another. There aren't Jewish Acadians and we Acadians did not exist before the 1600s, much less come from Spain before the 1500s. Please speak for yourself and stop trying to wrap yourself up in our name. We Acadians aren't Jews; we're French Catholics.

[RedKetchupz]

I need to go in lousianne soon.

[lilsteller]

You mean South Louisiana ;p

Almost all French speakers in Lousiana are located in the southern part of Louisiana.

[darlahickman]

be still my heart~!

[astaynax]

Bon temp roule mon cherie,sounds like home to me.

[SethP666]

Feel like Im deep in the loisianna bayoouu

[shanegalang2]

gazzi22........this is South Louisiana Cajun music........I doubt very seriously you are hearing this in a concrete jungle like Detroit. Gimme a break! blas ma chu

[gazzi22]

This is my grannys music! In Detroit you here this kinda music often.

[AngLTsubasa]

doesn't say it gives me great pleasur to be here he says "pardonnez j'ai perdu ma voix" meaning scus me I lost my voice (got throatache)

[Suikerland]

Beautiful.

Thank you!

[jan1035]

really great music, right from the heart!!!!

Merci bien from holland.

[crowley67]

I love this.Awesome.I used to live in NOLA years ago and this music is so beautiful.What is the last song?That bass lines is killer,The whole song is.wow...

[kll510]

Valse de Criminal-Criminal Waltz.

[34fitz]

Hey this is a great post that gives folks a good idea about Dewey and cajun music in general. I'm still learnin' and I live in Virginia.

[amimohsen]

Does anybody know the name of the first song?

The one that starts: "Tu m'as dit hier soir..."

[kll510]

amimohsen it's called "Port Arthur Blues" It took me awhile to figure it out but I did.

[kll510]

This is so awesome to see. Thanks for posting it.