http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9o3k2_bee-fontenot-pain-d-mais-cornbread_music

it sounds great but not sure it is a song with regular structure

more like a few catchy fragments strung together with extra beats to match words or moods of the moment, plus extra heavy bass chords and solid rhythm

and a few improvised parts like where he goes to the flat 7 only one time in the whole song

you wouldn;t really "learn" exactly where he did that

he probably did it a different way every time

or stuck in varying extra 'bonus pieces' as it struck him

wle

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.

I guess I have a little attitude.

well

one necessary skill in accordion [most folk music] is playing by ear

very rarely do you get tablature, written music, lyrics, or helpful videos

people just play

all you really have is a recording, usually

yeah it;d be better
and not any harder to shoot from that other side
but still

very slim number of things you could learn that way

even if you could see the fingers

but

boozoo [ i think ] used to play with his hand under a cloth
right hand
if he thought any accordion players were watching him

he usually objected to being filmed at all, too

wle

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

wle

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

good information christian, I'll try to get and heard the beausoleil's version.

greg

More like pre-Beausoleil. Kinda like Coteau or something seventies. Lawrence Ardoin used to run the cut with this.