La Vie Marron

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File used to be an acoustic Cajun dance band in the style of Beausoleil and Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, but the addition of pianist/singer David Egan changed everything. Egan's boogie-woogie style, however, links File to South Louisiana's swamp-pop legacy and, by extension, to New Orleans R&B. This gives the quintet a versatility that it puts to good use on its album La Vie Marron. On Egan's composition "I Just Can't Do Right," his Professor Longhair piano licks provide a strong New Orleans flavor, but Lormand's squeezebox and D'Jalma Garnier's fiddle pull it back into the swamps. The combination is unlike anything else coming out of the Gulf Coast. --Geoffrey Himes

La Vie Marron,File,Green Linnet,Cajun / Zydeco / New Orleans,Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: avoids the trap of repetition that plagues dance music

La Vie Marron: The Runaway Life Filé Manufacturer: Green Linnet ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Cajun & Zydeco | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music North America | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Two Left Feet Cajun Dance Band ASIN: B000005CRM Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

1. The Runaway Life
2. One Foot In The Bayou
3. Lucille
4. Goodnight Moreau
5. I Just Can't Do Right
6. Dixieland Fido
7. The Blackberry Bush
8. Cheroquis
9. Cheroquis/Midland
10. Loup Garou Don't Eat My Children
11. Boogaloo

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File used to be an acoustic Cajun dance band in the style of Beausoleil and Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, but the addition of pianist/singer David Egan changed everything. Egan's boogie-woogie style, however, links File to South Louisiana's swamp-pop legacy and, by extension, to New Orleans R&B. This gives the quintet a versatility that it puts to good use on its album La Vie Marron. On Egan's composition "I Just Can't Do Right," his Professor Longhair piano licks provide a strong New Orleans flavor, but Lormand's squeezebox and D'Jalma Garnier's fiddle pull it back into the swamps. The combination is unlike anything else coming out of the Gulf Coast. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

avoids the trap of repetition that plagues dance music.......1998-06-30

Why does music sound so great in a club sometimes but kinda blah when you play that CD at home ? The same repetition that can make the music great to dance or drink to can make a whole CD too samey after 5 cuts. A Zydeco album that avoids this is LA VIE MARRON (THE RUNAWAY LIFE) by File. Although there are some very danceable cuts, there is enough variation in the songs & styles that you want to hear it aagain, and as Mr.Himes says, the piano playing really adds a whole other dimension that takes this beyond a generic Zydeco record.

World Music:

1. Le Origini Di Adriano Celentano, Vols. 1 & 2 [Import]
2. Lettere a F Fellini [Import]
3. Live at Blue Note Milan [Import]
4. Long Vacation [CD-single] [Import]
5. Longue Distance [Import]
6. Malicorne
7. Mambo Inspiración
8. Mazal
9. Muito a Vontade [Import]
10. Opening Night 2

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Strength

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