Interesting trivia:

In the Clark-Duhon video the guitar player in the red shirt is Steve Riley. This video is part of a local TV show filmed at Mulate's. If I'm not mistaken, Wayne Toups gets in the mix as a side man also in another song.

I had seen a video of J'Etais au Bal from this same shoot, and I happened to ask Jerry Moody if he knew when it was made. He said, "I can find out out. Let me call a friend, and I get back with you."

He replies in a few minutes, "Yeah, that was Steve Riley on guitar. He said he was about 20 at the time, so that makes it about 1990."

Hi Braves,
I learned it when I started to play the accordion, so this is the occasion to rework on this tune!
I don't play this one a lot, so sorry for my rhythm lags time to time... I was busy and I didn't taken time to make an other attempt.
I like the Joe hall's version and I tried to get some licks from him, but it's so far from the master ;)


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Greg

Nicely done! No apologies accepted.

Very well done Greg. +1 for the singing also. Now I gotta get cracking on that one.

John in Oregon

Well done! Kudos for singing, too!

My favorite waltz, hands down. Very nice job, Greg.

La Valse criminelle is a great song. Good choice. Maybe I'll give it a try!

Preparing for a Christmas party gig and Valse Crriminelle plus a medley of festive tunes is on there, so you've tapped into my current schedule with this one! Thanks John, will give it my best shot

Here we go. Man.. I've been dinking with this for years and have only now gotten to really working on it. Really rough, but here it is.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzrjyOpAMA
Your turn AJ.

John in Oregon

La Valse Criminelle!
I tried! But did I succeed? I'm not satisfied yet.
website#2.

I like it Peer, nice and laid back. That accordion sounds great.

Nice!! I wish I could sing along with playing. I can sing the song, but not while playing.

Ya know... we need a little technique primer on how to do those cool triplets. I can't figure that out for the life of me.

John in Oregon

Heres my effort,usual rough shod production.
Christmas song was cut well short- memory card full....
Its the thought that counts!

Have really enjoyed recording and watching SOTM tunes over the past year and I'm looking forward another year on da box. This is AJ signing off-

Bon Noel!

Nicely done AJ. I like how that box growls.

So.. how about a little primer on how to do those cool little triplets?

John in Oregon

Nice AJ!

Here's my, maybe too much in a hurry, version. May be my favorite waltz. Played on a Weltmeister C, which is for sale if anyone needs a decent starter box.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr28ZbECVTw

Bryan- That playing flows lovely, the quick less concious take is sometimes the best. surprised nobodies snapped up that welty yet seeing you've tweaked it n'all.

Man I have looked at this site in months...I'm way behind on the songs of the month.

Here is my Valse Criminelle - December song of the month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJfurFbAoY&feature=youtu.be

link 1

and

Here is my Midland - November song of the month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAmXTPs5tDM&feature=youtu.be

link 2

Thanks Bryan and Mark, there's quite some learning material in your versions!

Hey braves,
Nice participation from all f us for this SOTM, congrats guys! I saw very nice attempts here!
I would like to show you an other great version for this song, very instructive stuff!
Here it is, most of you have probably ever seen it but I really enjoyed this dude 's attempt and want to share with braves who don't know it yet:

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Greg