Q: Has any one an idea about who wrote and owns the copyrights on Flammes d'Enfer? Always thought it was a traditional, but on a Tracy Schwarz CD it's listed as belonging to A.Pitre .... - Nout

It's definately a traditional. I would guess "Austin Pitre" was the one who came up with that song, but I wouldn't be 100% sure. Surely you've heard of Austin Pitre?? Great musician! Many people feel that he didn't get the recognition that he should have gotten. The two links are Flame D'enfer and the Bosco Stomp in that order on Youtube as performed by Austin Pitre. I really like the way he does the Bosco Stomp. He puts the "Get up and go!" to it. As far as "copyrights" go....considering Cajun musicians of the past.... there may not be any.

Douglas Bellard was the one who made and first recorded it, but Austin Pitre is the one who made it popular. No idea on copyrights. Pretty good chance it's Floyd Soileau, the Cajun Music mafia.

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The liner notes to the "new" Rounder cd Louisiana Cajun and Creole Music: The Newport Field Recordings has a little area where Austin Pitre describes how he took Douglas Bellar's La Valse de la Prison from 1929 and created a "turn" or bridge for it, making it something new. He did this in the 1950s and recorded it for Swallow records, hence the claim by Swallow to hold copyright. At most, it should maybe be a copyright on the sound recording, NOT the lyrics since they're pretty straight from Bellar. People today play Les Flammes d'Enfer as in Pitre's version.