Cajun Fiddle King

1. Frenchie's Jole Blon

2. Frenchie's Fire on the Mountain

3. Colinda

4. Frenchie's Schottische

5. Cajun Melodies

6. Diggy Liggy Lo

7. Frenchie's Cotton-Eyed Joe

8. Poor Hobo

9. Big Mamou

10. Mama's Got the Know How

11. Devil's Daughter

12. Fiddlin' of Jacque Pierre Boureaux

13. Frenchie's Orange Blossom Special

14. Let's Go Get Drunk and Be Somebody

Tracks:

Allons A Lafayette
Basile Waltz
Cajun Hop
Port Arthur Waltz
Harry Choates Special
It Won't Be Long
Wrong Keyhole
Draggin' The Bow
Te Petite
Rubber Dolly
Louisiana
Poor Hobo
Devil In The Bayou
Rye Whiskey
Fais Do Do Stomp
Lawtell Waltz
Bayou Pon Pon
Chere Meon
Harry Choates Blues
Mari Jole Blon
Honky Tonking Days
Grand Mamou
Je Pase Durvan Ta Port
Hackberry Hop
Jole Brun
Louisiana Boogie

Customer Reviews:

Swampy western swing... classic!.......2003-01-04

Catchy, raw backwoods fiddle music from the Louisiana bayou... These late-'40s recordings are an interesting mix of cajun, straight old-timey fiddle music and honky-tonk heavy western swing tunes. A veteran of the Louisiana swamp scene, by the postwar years, Choates seemed ready to try just about any style of music and see what would stick -- fortunately, he was pretty darn good at any style he played, and this album is lots of fun from start to finish. The CD version includes ten extra tracks (although his big hit version of "Jole Blon" still is absent...) Cool stuff, a little off the beaten track.

The Best There Is..........2000-07-05

If you love music, love to dance or just sit, listen and tap your foot this is the music for you.

The Best There Is..........2000-07-05

If you love music, love to dance or just sit, listen and tap your foot this is the music for you.

?????????????.......1999-04-07

What is the deal with yankees telling us what Southern music is? Go listen to some sinatra. We don't want you. Long live the South!

A dream CD for fiddle, Cajun, Western-Swing & Country fans.......1998-12-25

This CD is as good as anyone could ever hope for, if you are a fan of the dynamic fusion of Cajun, Western-Swing and Country Music that took hold in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas in the years immediately following World War II. Personified here by fiddler extraordinaire Harry Choates, a small problem attendant to enjoying this pulsating collection of 26 recordings (from 1946-1950) is deciding whether you want to just listen or dance.

Harry Choates was the embodiment of the stereotypical hard living musician who, by many accounts, lived to play music. Born in Rayne, LA in 1922 he was performing regularly by the late `30's, having worked with Leo Soileau's Aces and a musician who is prominently heard on this CD: steel guitarist Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez. His first recordings are generally considered to have been done with another Cajun legend, Happy Fats and the Rayne-Bo Ramblers in Dallas in 1940.

Harry Choates position in musical history came in 1946 with his recording of the Cajun Classic, "Jolie Blon." The tune was already well known in Cajun music, but Choates rendition was a commercial sensation. Unfortunately, Choates sold the rights to the recording for $50 and a fifth of whiskey when the release became a hot. Unfortunately, also, the tune is not on this CD (but don't let this fact stop you from buying it).