Les Frères Balfa - Grand Basile
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Tracks
Track | Duration | Preview |
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La Valse Du Bayou Nez Piqué | ||
Les Filles À Pinglette | ||
Grand Mamou | ||
Les Flammes D'enfer | ||
La Valse D'anniversaire | ||
Lacassine Special | ||
Bayou Ponpon | ||
Le Hack À Moreau | ||
Grand Basile | ||
J'étais Au Bal Hier Soir | ||
La Valse Des Mèches | ||
Les Veuves De La Coulée | ||
La Porte De Derrière |
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Formats
- Vinyl
- LP
- Album
Companies
Role | Company |
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Recorded At | C.C. Lounge |
Credits
Role | Credit |
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Recorded By | Gérard Dôle |
Notes
- Musique traditionnelle des Français de Louisiane
- A side recorded 21 & 24 of Septembre 1975.
- B side recorded on Sept 13, 1975 at the C.C. Lounge, Basile, Lousiana.
- Unidisc distribution.
About Les Frères Balfa
The Balfa Brothers were a Cajun family band, consisting of brothers Dewey, Burke, Harry, Rodney and , all born and raised on the sharecropper's farm of their parents Charles Balfa and Amay Ardoin up from the 1920th on Bayou Grand Louis near Mamou, Louisiana. They were soon joined by on accordion.
They started playing at family parties and local gatherings. They quickly achieved enough popularity to play at local dance halls. Their first recording was released in 1951, "La Valse de Bon Baurche/Le Two Step de Ville Platte".
Dewey then went on to a solo career, and the band was momentarily disbanded. In 1967 Dewey, Rodney, Will along with Dewey's daughter Nelda and Fontenot reformed the group. In February 1979, Rodney and Will were killed in a car accident, but despite the tragedy, the Balfa Brothers continued.
In 1992, Nelda and formed the following band, to honor the memory of Balfa Brothers and keep the Cajun culture alive.
Name Vars
- Balfa
- Balfa Bros
- Balfa Bros.
- Balfa Brothers
- Balfa Brothers Band
- Balfa Brothers Orchestra
- Balfa Freres
- Balfa Frères
- Dewey Balfa And The Balfa Brothers
- Freres Balfa
- Les Balfa Brothers
- Les Freres Balfa
- Les Frères Balfa
- Les Frères Balpha
- The Balfa Bros.
- The Balfa Brothers Band
- The Balfa Brothers Orchestra
- The Balfa Freres
- Those Fabulous Legendary & Loveable Balfa Brothers
- Trad. Balfa Brothers
Aliases
- Dewey Balfa & His Musical Brothers
Members
- Dewey Balfa
- Harry Balfa
- Rodney Balfa
- Will Balfa
- Burke Balfa
- Tony Balfa
- Hadley Fontenot
- Allie Young
- Ray Abshire
- Nelda Balfa
- J. W. Pelsia
- Allen Ardoin