Been listening to more players and more closely. Not sure I accurately can but are you folks able to differentiate the stylistic differences among the players, modern and earlier generations, and construct a "family tree" of players and styles? For instance, I like to listen to Ambrose Thibodeaux but not sure who he has influenced but I think that Walter Mouton has been a big influence on Wayne Toups and Jimmy Breaux. And the player from Charivari--Zach Huval? Very modern sounding but who were his influences.
I was told that Jonno Frishberg played some very tasteful accordion on the CD below not mentioned on the cover & booklet etc, when Zack Huval was drafted & recovering from his tour of duty ....
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I believe Jonno joined Charivari about the time that CD was released - the accordion work on the CD is Zach. (I was fortunate to spend a fair amount of time with Charivari and heard them perform many times.) Jonno is a really good accordion player and teacher, but put him on fiddle and - watch out! He and Mitchell played some of the most powerful twin fiddle stuff I've heard.
Ed Poullard told me he learned from his father, who was influenced by Ambrose Thibodeaux, among others. Don't know if that helps! On the Les Amis Creoles cd Ed does Long Point Two Step, which was on Ambrose Thibodeaux's yellow album.
I don't know who else Uncle Ambrose influenced directly. He played on TV on the Passe Partout show on Channel 10 KLFY, so he was known all over the place and probably influenced a bunch of people, if not for style then for repertoire.
Sound like you have Ambrose Thibodeaux's first album, Authentic French Acadian Music, ~1963. The yellow album is his second one, More Authentic Acadian French Music, LL-119, ~late 1960s. The La Louisianne Records Web site still sells these lps.
The April 2011 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
