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Re: Come, Let Us Solve The Mystery of the Bb Flat Accordion

Just for the heck of it....a while back i mentioned "sleeper accordion Champion". Here is an example of a virtually unknown Sleeper Champion playing Pee Wee Broussard's version of the Creole Stomp. He's better that Bubba Brown, better than Marc Savoy, Steve Riley, and any body else I've heard play the Creole Stomp. Let me introduce you to Austin Monceaux.



Good ain't he? Excuse the fiddle player for not picking it up when he was given the cue.

Re: Come, Let Us Solve The Mystery of the Bb Flat Accordion

Greezy,
Austin Monceaux is a real master of the Cajun Accordion,
but I can't say if he's better than other master players.
Taste is also something that als matters.
The accordionists you mentioned are all so extremely good.
It's all so impressive what they do and can.
With sport it's much easier to say who is the best :slightly_smiling_face:

I search for more videos of Austin Moncoeaux and I love what he's doing
because I love the traditional style
It's so good that there are so many young people in LA who still play like that.
One of my favourites is Cameron Dupuy with the Mid City Aces
With his dad Michael and Gina Forsyth.
Also great with the Troubadours :blush:
They were in England too, just like Cory McCauley.

At last I understand how to mention the position to play a song in.
C is the first on a C accordion, G is the fifth and F is the fourth position
I'm 75 now and it takes some years to get it :joy: :joy:

Re: Come, Let Us Solve The Mystery of the Bb Flat Accordion

Melo, Austin is good at such a young age because someone guided him to learn PeeWee Broussard's licks. That's not something a youth figures out on his own.

I'm investigating who first started using the Bb flat accordion, and why or what brought it about in a world of mostly "C","D", and "G" accordions. There has been a surprising development. It could have been white cajun musicians stealing the idea from black zydeco musicians. Or it could have been PeeWee's tricky song recorded in "F" that kicked it all off. We shall see.................I spoke to a man that was familiar with PeeWee and I was told that PeeWee was a smart A$$ SOB. LOL, I was not expecting such a derogatory evaluation on Peewee.

"The Giggity Trick"

Just as side project I would like to introduce everyone to the CREATOR of the trick that has eluded most accordion players since it was first heard on this recording of "The Creole Stomp" cut on record by PeeWee Broussard back in 1952. Listen to PeeWee's very last ride, the triplet trick he pulls off to finish off the Creole Stomp. That is known in small Cajun circles as
"The Giggity Trick". And yes, there is a trick to "The Giggity" that I'm going to explain......



It's way easier to do "The Giggity" if you're standing up and using a shoulder strap with your accordion sort of hanging down at a 45 angle. Gravity will help you with the rapid in and out bellows move it takes to make "The Giggity" happen. But instead of just quickly pushing your bellows in and out while doing a very quick and exact pattern on buttons 5,6, and 7 (emphasis on buttons 5 and 7), you want to sort of make a circular motion with your (in and out) rapid bellows movement. You'll also want to stop playing your base side seconding and get your dang hand off of that air release button on the back of the base block when you attempt to roll out "The Giggity".

It cannot be demonstrated on camera, you either figure it out, or you don't. It is basically an accordion player parlor trick for show-offs.

And for the love of God, if you learn it.....DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, OVER USE"The Giggity"

..........or we'll all get sick of hearing it!! Good Luck.

Re: "The Giggity Trick"

Well I can't open the Creole Stomp because of this part of the world.
I found a version of the Creole Stomp of Pee Wee Broussard.
Here's the end of the song with the Gigity Trick under link#2 :relaxed:
I also slow it down a bit.
Greezy, is this the gigity ?



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