Balfa Brothers - Les veuves de la coulee'

The Balfa Brothers could not escape the sounds of a fiddle when they were growing up in Grand Louis, Louisiana. Papa Charles Balfa was a farmer and an enthusiastic performer of the Cajun songs and tunes familiar to everyone in French Louisiana.

In 1937, Dewey Balfa was ten years old when he started joining his father and older brother in the family band. A few years later, he convinced his brothers to take their act on the road, a few miles down the road to Hick's Wagonwheel Club. Dewey persuaded his brothers Will, Harry, Rodney, and Burkeman to perform eight dances a week. But the number of performances dwindled as the popularity of rock and roll started to climb in the 1950s.
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[kll510]

Merci I love this song. I recognize, Dewey, Rodney and Will in that picture, but who is the triangle player? Is that another brother or someone else?

[anglinthemtns]

Bonjour, I am not sure who it is but liked the pic.- it is hard to find pics of them.

[bshark77]

Best music ever,i like this rhythm!

[pantsmatants]

Hell yeah! Thanks for sharing this. Rock n roll's got nothing on Cajun music! : )

[bibiane99]

from Quebec Canada...i love the cajun's music,,,j'aime la musique Cajun

[TheCARENTAN]

J'adore cette musique...

On a tellement de plaisir à la dancer..

Cette musique a une âme ...

A mon grand regret les occasions de la dancer deviennent rares ..

Amitiés de FRANCE

TheCARENTAN

TheCARENTAN

[mikeaevans]

This music is some of the most beautiful I've ever heard. It's too bad today's music doesn't have the feeling and heart that this has. I love to sit and play my guitar to this while listening, and though my wife gets tired of hearing it, I just can't stop playing it. I wish I could've got to play right there with them.

[mikeaevans]

This music is some of the most beautiful I've ever heard.  It's too bad today's music doesn't have the feeling and heart that this has.

[kc8grp]

Does anyone know when this song was written, and when this group recorded it?

[BirdogL19]

I've listened to a lot of great music on this site, but this tune has to be my favorite. This is really soothing and pleasurable. Thanks for posting.

[Anekantavad]

It's interesting to hear the French in the lyrics. The Acadians are comfortably Canadian, but their dialect doesn't resemble that of other French-Canadians at all. Far closer to Delta French, and after all these years.

Thanks for posting.

[ArnoldVeeman]

can't get enough of this after more than 25 years!!