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Re: Amede Ardoin Rises From The Unmarked Grave

No doubt the black folk can sing the tunes. The reason I know the two songs are related is because I play both of them, and that's the only way I can tell. I would have never thought it just by listening. There are differences, but one song influenced the other. Lot of the same order and button sequence. It's the singing that gives it away. The pause and the final lyrics line each time the singing takes place.

Re: Amede Ardoin Rises From The Unmarked Grave

You're completely right about Amedee (I think) and it's allways good to start a new subject about one of the most important artists on the one row.
Sean and Dexter Ardoin played on festivals in Europe and that were awesome gigs with traditional sounding Creole/Zydeco/Cajun music(difficult to put them in ) but in my opinion the best moments I had with Dexter at Raamsdonksveer(Holland) when he did some stuff during the afterparty on his own. Just he and his accordion
Great family of tradition for more than hundred years.
Amedee, Boi Sec(Gustav), Morris, Lawrence, Chris, Dexter, Sean,......

The video isn't playable on other websites than youtube.
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Re: Amede Ardoin Rises From The Unmarked Grave

I was wrong about two things because it was Sean instead of Dexter at Raamsdonksveer and I forget to mention Chris played there too.
It was really great, superb and fantastic

Re: Amede Ardoin Rises From The Unmarked Grave

It still amazes me that these simple country black folk are traveling the world over to present this Creole music. Evidently, people from other countries are willing to pay a pretty penny to get these guys to go there. These foreign countries have yet to call me up yet though. LOL. I guess they might if I were on the radar and actually had a band to put on the big show for them. Don't know, maybe one day. Hell Amede Ardoin who couldn't afford or want a box for his accordion, went to New York! But he didn't like that place. He wanted to come home to Basile bad.



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