Cajun - Nathan Abshire - Pine Grove Blues - Accordion

My rarest video of cajun accordionist Nathan Abshire. Here playing his famous Pine Grove Blues (Ma' Negresse).Filmed at Fred's Lounge in Mamou, Louisiana in 1976. Features a small ending clip of another song(Been told it is "Allons A Lafayette"). The interview is of famous radio announcer and cajun historian Revon Reed. He is also broadcasting in the scene. Very rare video, I hope you all enjoy it.

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Music

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• cajun
• nathan
• abshire
• accordion
• pine
• grove
• blues
• revon
• reed
• fred's
• mamou
• louisiana

[meatballs1959]

where was the video shot?  Mamou? Basile?

[SCRAMBLER390]

Freds Lounge, in Mamou, 1976

[SCRAMBLER390]

I know I posted this video, but it still AWES me EVERYTIME I watch it.... it Mesmorizes me. He was SUCH an underrated musical artist. I wish I could have seen him in person or grasped the importance of his contribution to the cajun culture sooner than I did.

[CLAYDDEV]

wow awsome video i wonder it's from and where's the rest. thank's for posting it.

Fred's has changed some but still about the same

[SCRAMBLER390]

Hi

Video is from March of 1976. The whole video I have is MOSTLY the interview with Mr. Revon Reed. I am posting the musical acts but other than this one the clips are very short. Thanks.

[leonardcormier1941]

this is wonderful my dad passed away 3 years ago i miss him so much i found this video and my dad was there and mom and oldest brother and even my grandpa that passed away 20 years before i ws born this is great my dad loved nathan until he died thank you nathan abshire and family

[leonardcormier1941]

@meatballs1959  estherwood

[kevinmarcantel]

@MrGata2121 . Thanks for asking. He's explaining that a negresse is a term like "sweetheart" that you use for your wife. He jokes that if you don't call her that maybe she'll think that you don't love her. If you have any other questions let me know. For us in Louisiana, Nathan is our greatest rock star. If you think of Elvis for rock and roll, you think of Nathan for Cajun music.

[brlap75]

amazing amazing footage, thanks for sharing it with the world!

[AmateurCadien]

@RustyH117 You can find the lyrics to many Cajun songs printed in readable French in a book called "Cajun Music, A reflection of a People" . Also, Ye Yaille, Cher (more complete and extensive).  Both have readable French language lyrics. Apparently, this forum will not permit the posting of links but if you seach for "Floyd's Record Shop, Ville Platte, Louisiana" and click the "Books" tab, you will find many interesting book titles. I will continue suggestions in the next post.

[AmateurCadien]

@RustyH117 You can find the lyrics to many Cajun songs printed in readable French in a book called "Cajun Music, A reflection of a People"

[ridgerunner721601]

@gootenslog That's very true. I'm a Cajun from Lake Charles, but I remember we had some neighbors who lived a couple of doors down and the lady's maiden name was Schexneider, even though she spoke French regularly and was from Kaplan, LA.

[francaisemichif]

ONE HELL OF A PERFORMANCE,GREAT FOOTAGE!TOO BAD IT IS NOT LIKE THIS ANYMORE!

[rastacraw]

@SCRAMBLER390 It awes me to tears. this is such a treasure to watch, especially with my family from Evangeline and Allen Parishes. thank you very much for putting this out there. What a genuine article Abshire was, and fantastic shots of Fred's and Revon. Gives me chills watching this!!

[palfab962]

@SCRAMBLER390 dude this is the bees knees man i rode there on harley

from virginia in 1992 i think, im from UK

awesome stuff dude well done

ps i ride a te 250 husky, is that where your 390 comes from ???