There's not much I can add after reading all these excellent suggestions! I think I am going to get the Louisiana Crossroads cd Jack mentioned upthread.

I think the Blind Nonc Gaspard songs all have guitar accompaniment, no?

Arhoolie's epic Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians, recorded by Harry Oster (http://www.arhoolie.com/cajun-and-zydeco/folksongs-of-the-louisiana-acadians-various-artists.html), has a couple of good unaccompanied songs by Isom Fontenot of L'Anse Maigre (I think he was from L'Anse Maigre!). Cadet Roussel and J'Ai Traverse La Mer Et Les Montagnes.

For my ears, I think I like Edius Naquin of L'Anse Grise the best, (or is it Redell?) along with Agnes Bourque of Lewisburg. And Mr. Bornu from Morse on the Lomax field recordings of the 1930s.

I DO NOT like the one on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music by Didier Hebert, I Woke Up One Morning in May, which has an out of tune guitar. Not sure why he included that song on such an important introduction to folk music when he could have put the flip side, Far Away from Home Blues, with Dewey Segura on accordion. I don't think Harry Smith did a good job selecting Cajun and Creole songs for that landmark record, which overall was a great accomplishment for folk music in the 1950s, but did a much better job with country and blues music than it did with Cajun and Creole, in my opinion.

Thanks all for the recordings. Got some on da way!

Try The Archives of Cajun & Creole Folklore at Ul in Lafayette
call 337.482.1320
http://www.myspace.com/archivesofcajunandcreolefolklore
hey put out a great cd a year or so ago of women's acapelle music