Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band – Live! At The Dance CD 418

Description

CD 418

Marc Savoy – accordion & vocal; Ann Savoy – guitar & vocal; Michael Doucet – fiddle & vocal with Billy Wilson– bass on first four and last three cuts.

Recorded live at Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA, late 1993 and at the Birchmere in early 1994.

1. La Talle D’eronces (The Briar Bush)
2. La Valse D’orphelin (The Orphan Waltz)
3. Amede Two-Step
4. La Valse Du Malchanceux (The Unlucky Waltz)
5. Jeunes Gens De La Campagne (Young People From The Country)
6. Quand J’etais Vaillant (When I Was A Nice Young Man)
7. Fe Fe Poncheaux
8. Dans La Louisiane (In Louisiana)
9. Perrodin Two-Step (E Is For Edwards)
10. La Danse De Mardi Gras (The Mardi Gras Dance)
11. Petite Ou La Grosse (Little Or Big, They’re All The Same)
12. La Valse De Vachers (The Cowboy Waltz)
13. Two-Step De Eunice
14. La Valse Des Reids
15. He, Mom
16. J’ai Ete-Z-Au Bal (I Went To The Dance)
17. Home Sweet Home
18. Tear It Up Two-Step

REVIEW

“Michael Doucet is best known as the leader of BeauSoleil, the finest progressive-Cajun band anywhere, but he also plays with the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, a drummer-less traditional Cajun trio featuring button accordionist Marc Savoy and his wife, singer-guitarist Ann Savoy . . . a delightful example of the trio’s ability to summon the lyrical harmonies out of Cajun music’s past.On the up-tempo tunes, Marc Savoy often shouts, ‘Come on Doucet!’ and the fiddler responds with ever faster and more intricate improvisations.”

-Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post