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Amédé Ardoin“I'm Never Comin' Back”CD 7007
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Buy It Now!
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Amédé Ardoin - vocals & accordion.
#1-10: with Dennis McGee - fiddle; New Orleans - November 19 & 20, 1930.
#11-14: with Dennis McGee - fiddle; San Antonio - August 8, 1934.
#15-26: New York City - December 22, 1934.
“Cajun and Zarico music would not be what it is today without Amédé Ardoin and his musical recordings of the late 1920s and early 30s. His fortés include his uniquely eloquent lyrics, his resonating voice, and his driving accordion virtuosity. The equanimity in which this slight black French-speaker composed, performed, and recorded his songs attests to the high regard held by those who knew him. Amédé lived the blues and injected his spirit into our music. Without him we would not have the dozen or so songs Iry Lejeune interpreted and recorded in the 1950s that helped to bring about a resurgence of Cajun French pride. We would not have Austin Pitre's soulful interpretation of "Opelousas 2-Step" nor his version of Amédé's emotional "Le blues de la prison." How can we dismiss Dewey Balfa's version of "Je suis orphelin" or his brother Will's haunting "Les blues du cadien"?”
(from the introduction by Michael Doucet)
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) New Orleans, 1930 1. Amadie Two Step 2. La Valse A Austin Ardoin 3. Blues De Basile 4. La Valse A Thomas Ardoin 5. Two Step D'Elton 6. La Valse De Gueydan 7. Valse A Alice Poulard 8. One Step D'Oberlin 9. Valse De Opelousas 10. One Step Des Chameaux
San Antonio, 1934
New York City , 1934 |
REVIEW “The name most mentioned by respected Cajun musicians when asked for the most influential of all south Louisiana French musicians is Amede Ardoin. Ardoin, who died more than 40 years ago, was a black, Creole, French-speaking accordion player who single-handedly created the modern Cajun style. The three-dozen songs he recorded in New Orleans, San Antonio and New York City (mostly accompanied by Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee) were hugely popular when they were released in the Twenties. Ardoin himself was a sought-after dance musician who played both white Cajun gatherings and black La-la dances, and was known for his ability to improvise Iyrics about those in attendance, a practice which sometimes got him in trouble. These re-mastered classics demonstrate Ardoin's power as a musician and a singer. He played in a rhythm-heavy syncopated style, and sang with a passion unmatched even to this day in Cajun and Creole song. This is a collection that no fan of Cajun or Zydeco music should be without. It provides an important historical perspective, but more to the point, it preserves the performance of a true artist who served as a direct link between old-time-Creole and Cajun music, and the music of a culture which is still being played today.”(Ed McKeon — New Briton - (CT) Herald) |
