Bois Sec Ardoin with Balfa Toujours - Allons Danser
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Artist: Bois Sec Ardoin with Balfa ToujoursEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2009-02-02
Music Label: Rounder Records
Soundtracks:
- Allons Danser (Let's Dance)
- Dimanche Apres-Midi (Sunday Afternoon)
- Quoi Faire (Why?)
- La Valse A Austin Pitre (Austin Pitre's Waltz)
- Fais Pas Tout Ca (Don't Do All That)
- La Valse Des Meches (The Waltz Of The Swamps)
- Sundown Special
- La Valse De 'Tit Maurice (The Waltz Of 'Tit Maurice)
- Lacassine Special
- Chere Toutoute
- Duralde Ramble
- La Valse De Quatre-Vingt-Dix-Neuf Ans (The Ninety-Nine Year Waltz)
- Le Fond De Culottes (The Seat Of The Pants)
- La Valse De Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie Waltz)
- Jongle A Moi (Think Of Me)
- La Robe Barree (The Striped Dress)
- Allons Danser (Un Autre Petit Bout)
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Music Review: Get Up and Dance!
Rating: 4 Stars
Alphonse "Boi Sec" ("Dry Wood") Ardoin, born in 1916, started off in music playing the triangle to accompany his cousin, legendary accordionist Amédé Ardoin. He then learned to play the accordion himself, and entered into a 50-year partnership with the famous fiddler, Canray Fonenot, who died in 1995. Not quite ready to retire, Bois Sec was talked into making an album by Christine Balfa of Balfa Toujours, and Allons Danser ("Let's Dance") is the delightful result of their collaboration. Steve Riley, known for his accordion playing, fiddling, and singing with his group, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, here sits down at the drums.
As you might expect, Boi Sec's voice is a bit rough around the edges, but there is still plenty of energy in his singing and playing--he really does make music that makes you want to get up and dance. For those who love the music of Louisiana--indeed, for anyone who loves good-time music--this recording is a treasure.
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Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin's fiery Creole accordion style has made him legendary around the world. On this, his first new studio recording in twenty years, members of another Louisiana legacy, Christine Balfa and Balfa Toujours, join Bois Sec. Along with special guest Steve Riley on drums, Bois Sec and the others create music that is at once old and new, relaxed and exciting, hot and cool. But words can only go so far -- better to let the music do the talking and heed Bois Sec's advice: Allons danser (Let's dance)!This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Ardoin is from one of the two royal families of Creole-Cajun music (the other being the Balfas). He has recorded only sporadically over the years (this is his first studio gig in over 20 years!), and usually as a sideman rather than the star. He is a full-time farmer, a father to 13 kids, and yet manages to be a legendary musician as well, with a 50-year relationship with fiddler Canray Fontenot and the Duralde Ramblers (until Fontenot's death in 1995) and a longtime musical friendship with the Balfa family. It is this latter friendship that brought this album to fruition. Christine Balfa, daughter of Dewey, is a regular house party guest at the Ardoin's, and she and her band Balfa Toujour offered to be the band for this album. They are the perfect choice, with their deep traditional heritage but also a youthful sense of adventure, so this is no easy revival, but a great, lively album of new and old tunes that bring the talent of Ardoin to the forefront. His instantly recognized style is one of substance over flash, with even the simplest of lines jumping right out of the CD with free-spirited fun. The tunes include both Creole and Cajun favorites, a few more recent tunes, and a terrific "Duralde Ramble" as a bit of a tribute to Fontenot. --Louis Gibson
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