Research Catalog

Title

Cajun music and zydeco / photographs by Philip Gould ; with an introduction by Barry Jean Ancelet.

Author

Gould, Philip, 1951-

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1992.

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Description

xxi, 120 p. : col. ill.; 32 cm.

Summary

In this engaging book Gould takes us into the fascinating world of south Louisiana's celebrated musical cultures. Cajun Music and Zydeco contains more than one hundred color photographs of the performers, dance halls, and appreciative fans that have made the state's indigenous music a national, even worldwide, phenomenon. The photographs span a period of some ten years. They include portraits of Cajun musicians like Zachary Richard, Dewey Balfa, Wayne Toups, Michael Doucet, and Steve Riley and such zydeco performers as Terrance Simien, the Ardoin family, Canray Fontenot, Boozoo Chavis, and the legendary Clifton Chenier. Gould photographs many of the venues in which these musicians have performed, including El Sid O's Club and Hamilton's Place, in Lafayette; La Poussiere and Mulate's, in Breaux Bridge; Smiley's Bayou Club, in Erath; Slim's Y Ki Ki, in Opelousas; and Tipitina's, in New Orleans -- not to mention Carnegie Hall. He also shows throngs of music lovers at annual events such as the Zydeco Festival in Plaisance and Lafayette's Festival International de Louisiane. Many of the images reinforce the importance of family and community among the musicians, and others emphasize the sheer power the music holds over performers and listeners alike. Deeply rooted in the unique world of south Louisiana, Cajun music and zydeco are an important part of the American folk tradition. This beautiful book is a fitting tribute to their enduring appeal.

Subject

• Musicians, Cajun > Louisiana > Pictorial works
• Zydeco musicians > Louisiana > Pictorial works
• Musicians, Cajun > Louisiana > Portraits
• Zydeco musicians > Louisiana > Portraits

Genre/Form

Portraits

Note

• Includes 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rosa, tomorrow is not Sunday (Dennis McGee) (2:33) -- Hack a 'tit Moreau (Bonsoir, Moreau) (Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot) (3:41) -- KLFY waltz (Aldus Roger) (2:42) -- Zydeco sont pas salé (Clifton Chenier) (3:13) -- La valse du Grand Chemin (Felix Richard) (3:24) -- Paper in my shoe (Boozoo Chavis) (3:08) -- Madeleine (Zachary Richard) (3:17) -- La misʹere m'a fait brailler (John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys) (4:32) -- Marie (The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band) (4:40) -- Why do you want to make me cry? (Preston Frank) (3:33) -- Quand j'étais pauvre (Dewey Balfa) (2:48) -- Zydeco extravaganza theme (Zydeco Force) (2:36) -- Pierrot Grouillete et Mamselle Josette (Beausoleil) (5:15) -- Zydeco boogaloo (Buckwheat Zydeco) (3:54) -- Disco et fais do-do (Bruce Daigrepont) (3:22) -- Slow horses and fast women (Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas) (4:16) -- Mardi gras jig ; Scott playboys special (Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys) (4:49).

ISBN

• 0807117692 (alk. paper) :
• 0807118184 (spec. ed.)

LCCN

^^^91044353^/MN/r92

OCLC

• 25051428
• SCSB-10279635

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library