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Lawrence “Black” ArdoinAnd His French Zydeco BandCASS 1091
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Buy It Now!
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Lawrence Ardoin - accordion & vocals Edward Poullard on fiddle
and band (bass, drums, guitar, and rubboard.)
Re-released as CD 9012 with bonus tracks.
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Track Listing
Bayou Two-Step You Used to Call Me Haunted House Cofair Matilda I've Been There Every Now and Then (Tu Le Ton SonTon) Walking Down the Interstate The Lonely Waltz Midland Two-Step My Baby Don't Wear No Clothes Talk To Your Daughter (vocal by Edward Poullard) |
REVIEW “This is the first album by zydeco accordionist Lawrence Ardoin, but on this evidence it's obvious that he's a seasoned veteran of the Southwest Louisiana scene; his repertoire reflects the region's musical riches. There's some straight Cajun sounds (`The Lonely Waltz'), hard-core bluesy zydeco (Clifton Chenier's `Every Now And Then'), J.B. Lenoir's rockin' `Talk To Your Daughter,' and the quintessential swamp-pop tune `Matilda' (a smash for Cookie and the Cupcakes in 1959, as `Mathilda'). Ardoin's own `You Used To Call Me' is in a swamp-pop vein, too.Swamp pop itself mixed local French-based music, C & W and Fats Domino's rock `n' roll, and the last of these influences is heard in Joseph Landry's rockaboogie bass figures, and in Donald Ray Caesar's sprightly kit work. You can sometimes hear a trace of New Orleans parade drumming in Caesar's playing, notably on the dance tune `Haunted House,' which features a very catchy fiddle and guitar riff. The rhythm section gives the front line extra bounce. Dallas DeVille's elementary lead guitar style is pleasantly clanky; Edward Poullard's blue-sliding, sawing fiddling, and Ardoin's propulsive pulling-and-pushing squeezebox work, both in double time, are solidly in the Acadian tradition. The leader who sings in French and English, is an enthusiastic, ingratiating vocalist. This is a fine example of Black music from the French corner of the USA; the only gripe one can raise against it is that it doesn't quite capture the excitement the band can generate live.” (Kevin Whitehead — Cadence) |
