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Re: A good first diatonic accordion

hmm for fiddle the self titled album Linzay Young & Joel Savoy. They cover all the well known cajun fiddle styles, for Accordion I'm with Dana get that Iry Legeune* (SIC)LeJeune. There is one version of his recordings with an overdubbed bass and it sounds like ****. The link I put is for the legit one. You will enjoy these albums for sure.

One word of caution about the yellow book. Some of the melodies aren't really right, but they are in the neighborhood of being right, so with a good ear you will be able to decipher through that. He also transposes keys for alot of songs, so they can be played easier on fiddle, which is cool, but when you go to a jam you might have a hard time because they won't be playing the songs you know in the same keys. The lyrics transcriptions are rock solid for the recordings he references. He also has alot of cool interviews from cajun musicians mixed in, and one point even gives a recipe for couscous.

Here are the links for both cds

Fiddle:
http://valcourrecords.com/releases/linzay-young-and-joel-savoyeponymous

Accordion:
www.amazon.com/Cajuns-Greatest-The-Definitive-Collection/dp/B0000009HI

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