Steve Riley and
the Mamou Playboys
LIVE
Rounder 6058
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This is the sound of Cajun music as played at the house parties where the whole family attends and the furniture is pushed against the walls and the kids sleep in nooks and crannies and of the dance halls, as this was recorded at the VFW Post 8971 and Ladies Auxiliary Hall, in Eunice Louisiana, Sept. 18, 1993. If you want to stay in fine form as a band then there is no better place to play practice your chops than at home, because you want to appear good to the folks that helped make you and you see everyday, and because they are less forgiving and want more from you. This band makes no bones about drawing on and preserving the traditional music of Dewey Balfa (his daughter Christine is playing with them), and they at times try to stretch the boundaries, just as Balfa attempts to extend and recreate the music when he is playing.
Listen to the crowd and try to keep your feet from dancing while the band whips on the music. If you really want to hear the band at its best go see them when they tour near you, you won't leave the hall dry, or disappointed. Until then put this in the player and pretend.
Musicians
Steve Riley - accordian
David Greely - Violin
Kevin Berzas - guitar
Peter Schwarz - bass and violin
Kevin Dugas - drums
Christine Balfa - Triangle
also
Devin Wimmer - violin on J'aimerais.. and Bosco Stomp/..
Dirk Powell - guitar on Quelle etoile
Tracks
LES FLAMMES D"ENFER
TOUT LES TEMPS EN TEMPS
J'AIMERAIS TE PARDONNER
1755
LA POINTE AUX PINS
ELLE SAVAIT PAS J'ETAIS MARIE
PERRODIN TWO STEP
EVANGELINE SPECIAL
LA VALISE DE MARIE
QUELLE ETOILE
LA VALSE DE PRAIRIE RONDE
REEL DE JOIE
BOSCO STOMP/ZARICO EST PAS SALE