some years ago I just fall in love with Bee Fontenot's pain de maïs. I guess everybody remebered the video with Dewey balfa at tit fer extracted from "dedans le sud de la louisiane".
Now I would learn a bit more about this tune (it is a common tune in the cajun repertoire?...) and I wonder if you know other versions?
My problem is that I am not able to learn the tune because we don't hear the tune a lot, we just hear Bee singing that all. We hear a bit more in the cd extract from dewey's interviews but not enough to really catch the tune :(
I love that song too, and no, it's not a common song. That Bee Fontenot recording is the only time I've heard it. You can get it on the Les Haricots Sont Pas Salé cd, which is the cd version of the documentary you are talking about. Lots of great songs on that cd.
every person who films an accordion from the left side, should die a long slow horrible death, preferably at my hands.
I've had that argument several times with the video crew at Augusta. Adamant that they would film from the right side of the stage. Their explanation, "We don't really make these things for people to look at" or some sort of non-sensical statement like that.
this song befuddles me, but, I've gotten to where I play predominantly by ear at this point. I might not play exactly the way they do, but, I play something better fit to my ability usually.
Perhaps I should give this song another shot. Tried it a couple of years ago, and, no way.
just learn his little fragments
string them together
it doesn;t seem to change chords much
easy but boring for the band
play strong, loud
keep the bass going
try to make it crooked like he plays it more or less
use his irregular words
don;t play it straight A and B like a regular song
Guys don't forget Michael Doucet's version of this song on his Beausolo album. He does a pretty bang up job I thought. He calls it Bee's Blues. Kinda sounds a little like Flammes d'enfer. I love this song. His playing reminds me a lot of Bois Sec, or Moise Robin