Thanks guys for the info and links...I've tracked them down and played them back. That 'Between Opel. & Eunice" is 'hot to trot', isn't it ?
I'm a little surprised that there's not more recorded with dual accordions.
I guess generally the ' turn' works with one accordion and playing different positions as Ganey said, but I have to say the little bit we've played around with that G to F to G etc. really sounds good...and on different accordions you can get a dry and wet variation as well...like a Cajun sound, for want of a better term, then a growly F on a wet tuned Bb.
I just have a picture in my mind of a hypothetical gig with, say, Steve Riley playing then flicking over to the other guest accordionist...Broussard, Delafose,Ledet, etc on a Bb.
Oh well...we'll see what we Aussies can conjure up over here....we'll just shut our eyes and imagine we're one of the fore-mentioned players!!LOL.
What's down, Darryl?! Hope you're enjoying the cool Fall temperatures and all the harvest carnivals. Two accordions in one song is totally cool -- I've heard 4 in one... Roy Carrier, Chubby, Dikki Du, and Dwight. Toups did it all the time and that's what put Falcon Accordions on the musical map. Leo and Leroy Thomas did it, too.
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The main thing is; if it fits the song -- or DOES something to the song that sounds good and is relevant, then it's all good. You shouldn't get too bogged down on rules like, if it's done before. I for one, am glad you are COMPOSING music and not trying to bake sugar cookies. Kudos to you for lashing your cutlass and bending a new corner. Shout at us when the CD is shrink-wrapped. I'd love to hear what's-a-cookin'...
The CD will be about 90% originals by me...possibly 100% if I can...there's just one or two songs I'd like to cover or adapt and include..BUT..we'll see what the rest of the band think later this month, or in May, when we're hopefully on the home stretch of the studio time.
We have tracks to complete all over the place..mostly vocal backings, keyboards, fiddle, lap steel...a little piano accordion, etc.
I did a mix down of some of the 'nearly' complete ones recently and tidied up some stuff in those tracks and I'm getting a good feeling....we'll see !! Ha !....I'm at the point where if I hear some of those songs thru the 'cans' one more time in playback / edit mode, I think I'll lose it !!