Here are the two songs of Oscar Slim Doucet Chere Yeux Noirs and Waxia Special

Chere yeux noirs



Waxia Special

Man, just listen to Slim's "G" sing that lullaby! Old style, old sound! Excellent Sound Quality and True To Key! I now consider Slim Doucet's "Chere Yeux Noir" his greatest "RIFF in the 5th". Gave it to the world, but the world didn't know what it was getting nor did it realize how to apply it.

God bless you and keep you Melo. That's twice now you've come through for me on You Tube postings that didn't exist. I haven't forgotten "The Creole Stomp" by Aldus that you put on You Tube. Still got it and play along with it often. I owe you big time now.

Gone put these two on my world wide public playlist today. Thank You! The Cajun accordion world is better off now because of you my friend.

Now I got to figure out something special to do for you..........

We also need someone with a "G" accordion to figure out what the living hell Slim is doing for the turn of the "Waxia". Personally, I think he goes off on an incoherent tangent using some kind of convoluted sequence from the bowels of his soul!

No problem Greezy !
I love the list you made even if I know many songs from it, but there are some jewels in it which I don't know.
My favourite is Nonc Edward with Paul Daigle and Cravat is very good too :slightly_smiling_face:
I picked Aldus Roger/Creole Stomp from youtube in 2013 and put it back a while ago because I couldn't find it anymore.
Thanks for the blessing, but I'm affraid God isn't with me because I try to play accordion and banjo too. Can't be good :joy: :joy: :joy:
When I heard about the G accordion you triggered me because I get an old G accordion a few weeks ago (Hohner H114) from Hungary. Somebody bought it in London, a second one bought it in New Orleans, gave it to somebody from Scotland, he was going to Hungary were the accordion was somewhere in the house for years and now it's in the Netherlands.
I hope it's not the green accordion from Accordion Crimes of Annie Proulx :joy: :joy:
Don't bother about something to do for me, because you let me laughing many times with your contributions here and you convince me to start learning some songs in more that one way on the same accordion, because it's usefull to become better friends with the one row.

Melo, are you saying that you have a "G" accordion? Have you tried to play along with both recordings? Does it match? I've got to be sure. Slim Doucet has eluded me and many others for long enough! It's time to know for certain.

I didn't do it, but I try it a few minutes ago and I think you're right about the G accordion. But the G I have is an old one and I have to repair some thing before it's good to play. But as far as I can hear he played a G accordion.

Awesome! When you get that "G" fixed up let me know if you are able to create the same magic as Slim. Careful, you may conjure up some kind of ghost if you play "Yeux Noir" just like he did.:worried: :hushed:

Since the original topic of this thread was Mardi Gras, here's a news clip from our Courir in Cameron Parish, complete with an interview of yours truly...first time I've ever watched myself on TV, hah! Accordion and Fiddle players are John Alva Leger and Scott Romero, respectively.

Thanks Wade! Enjoyed that!

2 pics of Revon Reed road between Mamou and Duralde on the way to Basile.