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The California Cajun Orchestra“Not Lonesome Anymore”CD/CASS 356
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Buy It Now!
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Danny Poullard - accordion & vocals; Suzy Thompson - fiddle & vocals; Eric Thompson - guitar; Charlie St. Mary - rub-board & vocals; Bill Wilson - bass; Sam Siggins - drums; Kevin Wimmer - fiddle; Andrew Carriere - vocals.
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. Hix Wagon Wheel Special 2. Valse Criminelle 3. Monsieur Leonard 4. Sugar Bee 5. Lake Charles Two-Step 6. Not Lonesome Anymore 7. Jolie Bassette 8. Mon Coeur Fait P'Us Mal 9. L'Anse Aux Pailles 10. Tell Me Pretty Mama 11. Veuve De Basile 12. Shamrock Two-Step 13. Louisiana Waltz 14. Midland Two Step 15. Hathaway Two-Step 16. Valse Du Mariage 17. Lake Arthur Stomp |
REVIEWS “`Not Lonesome Anymore' is an appropriate title for the California Cajun Orchestra's new Arhoolie release. CCO's gigs are hardly lonesome affairs, with an increasing number of local fans letting their feet take their hearts where their minds never dreamedinto the world of a real fais do do (all-night dance).The album provides a cross-section of the CCO's un melange piquant of two-steps, waltzes and fine Cajun blues. Filling out the band, are bassist Billy Wilson (who also plays accordion with Motor Dude Zydeco and Bayou Pon Pon), drummer Sam Siggins (a member of the same two bands), and rubboard player Charlie St. Mary. The sessions also featured Kevin Wimmer on second fiddle and Andrew Carrierre, son of Creole fiddler Bebe Carriere, on vocals. At the heart of CCO's authentic sound is an authentic man, Danny Poullard. Poullard was born on a farm near Eunice, Louisiana, the heartland of Cajun music. Now perhaps the most versatile of all Cajun accordionists, he commands the aggressive fingerings of vanguard players like Mark Savoy and Paul Daigle, but is equally adept on slow and droning Cajun-Creole numbers. Also in the band are fiddler Suzy Thompson and electric guitarist Eric Thompson. Dancing is the raison d'etre of Cajun music, and Poullard says he's noticed an improved quality of dancing at CCO gigs. `At first, not too many people out there knew how to dance too good,' he observes. `Now there's more of them and their dancin' is gettin' better and better!'” (Harton Firmin — BAM) |
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“blistering instrumentals and soulful vocals...great to listen to, better to dance to.”
(Kerry Blech — Victory Review) |
