Description
Release Date: 2004
Label: Louisiana Crossroads Records
Track List
1 Valse À Milton
2 Polka À Varise
3 Drunkard’s Waltz
4 Kentucky
5 La Caroline
6 Lake Arthur Shuffle
7 Jimmy Bryant’s Waltz
8 Aguillard Two-step
9 Andy’s Waltz
10 L’histoire Du Violon De Varise 2:20
11 St. Louis Blues
12 You’ve Got To See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mama At All)
13 Creole Waltz
14 Chère Bouclette
15 La Mazurka D’Eugene Michon
16 Rêve Du Diable
17 Hobson
18 Down South
19 Lake Arthur Stomp
20 Sawmill Two-step
21 Lake Arthur Two-step
22 Valse À Abe
23 Valse À Elise Mallet
24 La Malheureuse
25 Sabine Blues
26 Perrodin Two-step
27 Old Cajun Waltz
28 Rabbit Stole The Pumpkin
29 Bascom Mouton Remembered 2:11
30 J’ai Été Au Bal
31 Grand Mamou
32 Grand Basile
33 Chère Bassette
34 Goodnight Waltz
35 Sawmill Rag
36 Varise Conner Rag
37 Memphis Blues
38 Chacoter
39 Varise Remembers
Personnel
Guitar – Andy Benoit (tracks: 1 to 13), Edgar Benoit (tracks: 14 to 26, 34 to 38), Eric Benoit (2) (tracks: 14 to 33), George Conner (tracks: 27 to 33)
Violin – Lionel Leleux (tracks: 14 to 26, 34 to 38)
Violin – Michael Doucet (tracks: 27 to 38),
Violin – Varise Conner (all tracks)
Notes
Varise Conner has been called the “greatest unrecorded Cajun musician.” With this groundbreaking 72 minute collection of previously unavailable songs and stories featuring liner notes by Michael Doucet, David Greely, Carl Brasseaux and Barry Jean Ancelet, we now have an opportunity to hear masterful renditions of waltzes, two-steps, blues, a mazurka, a polka and even “Lake Arthur Stomp” as performed by its originator in his own home.
