Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin

Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin when they were young. The audio is better then the first version. The former version was viewed by 3800 people.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• fiddle
• accordion
• cajun
• creole
• zydeco
• Louisiana

[francaisemichif]

my friend from quebec cant understand theses songs.wer or how do u learn th language?

[meloderon]

@francaisemichif

If your friend from Quebec speaks French, I think he can understand more than I do.

For the lyrics I need a dictionary or a translations to English.

The language is Cajun French.

[francaisemichif]

if im not mistaken,this is creole music and not zydeco!

[meloderon]

@francaisemichif

You are completely right.

[gengenm86]

Does anyone know the name of the song?

[meloderon]

The first song is the Eunice Two Step and the second Bonsoir Moreau.

[struth35]

nekosama, this is not really zydaco. I dont want to sound like a music snob, but this is qualitatively quited different from what zydaco was/is. Most people use "zydeco" synonimusly with earlier cajun music, but zydeco was really a juxtaposition of rhymic and instuental elements from R+B and early rock and roll. now a days its more genaral. The earlier, pre-zydeco stuff is definetly WAY cooler in my opinion.

[cajunlady1204]

In the background is my grandfather Isom J. Fontenot. Yo can barely see him. But I know that is him.

[clovenrick]

Zydeco, Cajun, swamp pop, creole, it all come from the same place cher, down the bayou ;-)

[clovenrick]

@zphil May, I done got to bow to your exprtease mon ami ;-)

[mamoubarhopper]

@cajunlady1204 I never saw this until now. He's my grandfather too, you know!

[clovenrick]

@struth35 You get dat right cher;)

[zphil]

@francaisemichif I think you can call it both but creole would seem to be a closer term

[zphil]

I dont think Zydeco was applied to early Cajun music as that is usually applied to music from the white French community

[zphil]

@struth35 from my reading I believe the occasions this kind of music was played at were called La La or picnic or zydeco and the names were loosely applied to the music. I believe that Clifton Chenier then appropriated the word Zydeco to his own fusing of blues, R&B and traditional creole music and Zydeco has since stuck as a general term for this kind of music originating from the Creole community, which has developed over the years.

[clovenrick]

@francaisemichif Close, its Cajon. A mix of many kinds of cultures.

[TheSa666666]

brilliant!!



[clovenrick]

@DJRenee One Cajon video where you can realy hear the Indian influance especialy the second song