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Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

I know these arn't the top 10 all time Cajun accordion songs, but they're my favorites:
1. Melville Two-Step
2. Freight Train Blues
3. Acadian Two Step (Nathan Abshire's version)
4. Chere Tout-Tout
5. Quelle Etoile
6. Le Chemin Que T'As Pris
7. Dreamers Waltz
8. Scott Playboy Special
9. Eunice Two-step
10. Evangeline Waltz

Top 5 Cajun Fiddle songs (because I'm a fiddle player)
1. Lake Arthur Stomp (Varise Connor's version)
2. Chere Bebe (Dennis McGee)
3. Perrodin Two Step
4. Fruge's Reel
5. La Valse D'Evia

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Crowley 2 Step
Late In Life
J'Etais Au Bal
Bayou Teche Waltz
Midland 2 Step
Step It Fast
Calcasieu Waltz
Acadian 2 Step
Back O' Town 2 Step
Wafus 2 Step

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Only songs?

Gus

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

No creole tunes?

Bernadette
Jolie Bassette
Madeleine
Ossun Two Step
J'etais au bal
Back door
You had some, you can't have no more
Port Arthur Blues (this belongs as #1)
Chanson de Mardi Gras
Lacassine Special

Hey, that's 10.

I'll add Pine Grove Blues, to get a shuffle in there.

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Next mission impossible.
I'm sorry. I don't write this poll down.
There are too much best ten Cajun songs.
I'm curious how it will end

Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

There is no "Best".

Re: Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

That's make it easier.

Dixie Rambler Special
Midland Two Step
Valse de Bambocheur
La valse de Pont d'amour
Les Tracas de Todd Balfa
Calcasieu Waltz
Chere Bebe Creole
Mon Vieux Wagon
Two Step de St Marie
Rodney's Waltz

That are songs I love to hear and some of them play.
But I know many many more.....

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Jetais au bal
Eunice Two Step
La Valse Criminelle
Bayou Pon Pon
Bosco Stomp
Grand Bosco
Amede Two Step
Lacassine Special
Love Bridge Waltz
Wafus Two Step

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

1. dans le pins
2. Eunice Two-Step
3. Love Bridge Waltz
4. valse de granmere
5. Amede Two-Step
6. j'ets au bal
7. Cher Tout Tout
8. Chez Seychelles
9. Choupique Two-Step
10.Back of Town Two Step

and the ever popular 'j'ai fait mon idee'

peace,
Griff

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Songs (so with lyrics):
(no particular order and only for today )

Donnez moi les ((Pierre et la Grosse)
La queue d'tortue
Grande nuit special
Madame Sousthene
Cankton two step
T'en as eu, t'en auras plus
Jolie blonde

without lyrics:
Eunice 2 step
Mamou two step
Back o'town two step

Without accordion
Sorry Bee D. , not now....


Gus

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

1. Crowley Waltz
2. Mon Coeur T'Appelle
3. Bayou Pompon
4. Cher Seychelles
5. Choupique 2 Step
6. Turtle Tail Song
7. Duson Waltz
8. Kingpin Special
9. Heritage Waltz
10.Creole Stomp

MarkS

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Good picks so far! A lot of old timey fans here!

Hard to name just 10, even 10 done by a single musician! The ten below have been all been recorded by Ambrose Thibodeaux at one time or another. I think the ones with * were composed by him.

Long Point Two Step (done well also by Les Amis Creole!)

La Louisianne Two Step*

Two Step Ambrose* (also a nice fiddle version by Mike Doucet on the album Beau Solo)

Donnez Moi Mon Chapeau (Catch Me My Hat)

Le 'Tit Negre a Tante Dolie (aka Rosalie by Segura Brothers, Coulee Rodair by Canray Fontenot, or Le Crepe a Nazaire by Alphee and Shirley Bergeron)

Poor Hobo (originally done by Breaux Brothers, and a big one for Austin Pitre)

Lacassine Special (I like Ambrose's version the best!)

Ton Bec est Doux (aka Vieux Airs by Joe Falcon, but my favorite version is by Octa Clark)

Bayou Chene Waltz (sung beautifully by Reggie Matte; originally by Iry LeJeune; also hear the version sung by Sterling Richard with Felix Richard on the Cankton Express lp!)

Valse de Grand Chemin (originally by Iry LeJeune, but my favorite version is by Roy Fusilier with the Mamou Cajun Band)

Oh, I get an extra one? Fe Fe Ponchaux (Joe Falcon, Nathan Abshire, Horace Trahan, etc.)

I would have to struggle to limit to 10 by Joe Falcon, 10 by Nathan Abshire, 10 by Iry LeJeune, the Balfas, and so on!

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Dang, I forget about Ambrose sometimes. He is definately one of my favorites, but you dont hear of him much.

Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Hee Hee Bryan! I like these polls too but I always feel I have left out so many....

How about a thread for top 10 Cajun songs based on popular country-western songs? Back Door? Memoire dans mon couer? Tout les Soirs? La bouteille? Let me talk to your heart? WF is going to have to post a bunch more polls, which is not bad so long as we take it as fun. We're not voting for the Kennedy Center honors here.

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Top 10 today...ask again tomorrow:

Allons A Lafayette (Lafayette Two-Step)
Chere Bassette
Chere Bebe Creole (aka Valse de Platin)
Crowley Two-Step
Eunice Two-Step
Grand Mamou
J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte
La Robe Barree
Lacassine Special
Viens Me Chercher

Dale

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Eunice 2 step
Lacassine Special
J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte
French 2 step
Choupique 2step
J'etais au bal
Jolie blon
Crowley 2 step
Midland 2 step
Unlucky waltz

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

To get a better idea I will mention the preforming artist.

Freighttrain blues / Balfa Toujours
Cowboy waltz / Les Amis Creole
Midland 2 Step / Wilson Savoy
Les Tacas de Todd Balfa / Balfa Toujours
Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane / Magnolia Sisters
Port Arthur Blues / Wade Frugé
Valse de Platin / Horace Trahan
Mullberry Waltz / Ambrose Thibodeaux
Alida / Aldus Roger
Waxia Special / Slim Doucet

these are the ten for this moment.

Wilfred

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

nononono Wilfred,
you tackle a real problem, Wilfred. A beautiful song can be performed quite terrible. So who plays it is as important as the song itself. But that's in the game of this poll and that's why I didn't mention my favourite recordings. Suppose I mention **** **** **** as the favourite song/band. That will be the beginning of a looong discussion and too frightening for the newcomers. O, by the way, I found your moving smileys

Gus

Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Juste en reve
Valse d'la vie
Valse d' heritage
Katherine - (David Greely - S. Riley)
Je Veux Plus Te Voir-(Some just call it j't'aime)

Marksville
Lacassine
J'ai Fait Un Gross Erreur(Both-Original& Wilson piano)
L'anse a'Paille
Ardoin Medley(S.Riley)Fait pas tout ca,midland,QuoFaire

As with Wilfred - 10 for the moment

Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

I`m not changing it, these are the versions I like the most, and gives readers a chance to check them out, and decide for themselves if they like `m or not

So bite me

Wilfred

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Allons à Lafayette
Chez Seychelles
Valse de Marie
Amede Ardoin/Jo El Sonnier
Valse de l'orphelin
Valse de l'héritage
Valse de Lafayette (de KLFY)
Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle
La robe barrée
Ta petite robe courte

I hate "Jolie blonde". Too much listened.

Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Uh oh... please don't hate Jolie Blon'.

Dear Braves,

Please excuse Marc today.

He really means he is just burned out on Jolie Blon' and that it was originally written as a fiddle tune.

He has also never heard Mamou's version of it as it appears on their debut release.

Whew....

R!CK

Re: Re: Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

No Rick, I joke!! It's not true.
In my music collection cajun and zydeco ( 12 000 titles), I have 143 versions of " jolie blonde ". I think that is the most known cajun song.
Excuse Rick, I prefer write in french.

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

A decent amount have chimed in. Poll closes Thursday night.

WF

Re: Poll: Top 10 Cajun Accordion Songs

Sea Cruise...

Poll Closed: Results

Poll Closed.

Here is the top 8. The best I could do.
6 Eunice Two-step
6 Lacassine Special
5 J'Etais Au Bal
4 Midland 2 Step
3 Back O' Town 2 Step
3 Choupique Two-Step
3 Crowley 2 Step
3 Heritage Waltz

The rest:
2 Acadian Two Step
2 Amede Two Step
2 Bayou Pompon
2 Calcasieu Waltz
2 Chere Bebe Creole
2 Chere Tout-Tout
2 Chez Seychelles
2 Freight Train Blues
2 J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte
2 Jolie Bassette
2 Jolie blonde
2 Les Tacas de Todd Balfa
2 Love Bridge Waltz
2 Port Arthur Blues
2 Wafus 2 Step
1 Alida
1 Allons A Lafayette (Lafayette Two-Step)
1 Ardoin Medley
1 Back door
1 Bayou Chene Waltz
1 Bayou Teche Waltz
1 Bernadette
1 Bosco Stomp
1 Cankton two step
1 Chanson de Mardi Gras
1 Cowboy waltz
1 Creole Stomp
1 Crowley Waltz
1 Dans le pins
1 Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane
1 Dixie Rambler Special
1 Donnez moi les (Pierre et la Grosse)
1 Donnez Moi Mon Chapeau
1 Dreamers Waltz
1 Duson Waltz
1 Evangeline Waltz
1 French 2 step
1 Grand Bosco
1 Grand Mamou
1 Grande nuit special
1 J'ai Fait Un Gross Erreur
1 Je Veux Plus Te Voir
1 Juste en reve
1 Katherine
1 Kingpin Special
1 La Louisianne Two Step
1 La queue d'tortue
1 La Robe Barree
1 La robe barrée
1 La Valse Criminelle
1 La valse de Pont d'amour
1 L'anse a'Paille
1 Late In Life
1 Le Chemin Que T'As Pris
1 Le 'Tit Negre a Tante Dolie
1 Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle
1 Long Point Two Step
1 Madame Sousthene
1 Madeleine
1 Mamou two step
1 Marksville
1 Melville Two-Step
1 Mon Coeur T'Appelle
1 Mon Vieux Wagon
1 Mullberry Waltz
1 Ossun Two Step
1 Poor Hobo
1 Quelle Etoile
1 Rodney's Waltz
1 Scott Playboy Special
1 Step It Fast
1 Ta petite robe courte
1 T'en as eu, t'en auras plus
1 Ton Bec est Doux
1 Turtle Tail Song
1 Two Step Ambrose
1 Two Step de St Marie
1 Unlucky waltz
1 Valse de Bambocheur
1 Valse de Grand Chemin
1 valse de granmere
1 Valse de Lafayette (de KLFY)
1 Valse de l'orphelin
1 Valse de Marie
1 Valse de Platin
1 Valse d'la vie
1 Viens Me Chercher
1 Waxia Special
1 You had some, you can't have no more

WF



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