Cajun Hot Sauce (1996) (Beausoleil/Balfa/Fontenot)

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Product Summary Label: Ace/arhoolie UPC: 00029667159128 Release Date: 2/9/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60065102 Item#: MTSSFY Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Mosquito That Ate Up My Sweetheart In New Iberia, The - Beausoleil ~ Various Artists 2. Kaplan Waltz, The - Savoy-Douchet Cajun Band ~ Various Artists 3. Monsieur Leonard - California Cajun Orchestra ~ Various Artists 4. Port Arthur Blues - Dewey Balfa ~ Various Artists 5. Two Step D'Amede - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band ~ Various Artists 6. En Bas Du Chene Vert - D.L. Menard ~ Various Artists 7. Shoo Black - Canray Fontenot/Beausoleil ~ Various Artists 8. Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark/Hector Duhon ~ Various Artists 9. Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory ~ Various Artists 10. Allons Lafayette - Harry Choates ~ Various Artists 11. Bayou Pom Pom - Wallace "Cheese" Read ~ Various Artists 12. Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers ~ Various Artists 13. Hey, Ma! - The Breaux Brothers ~ Various Artists 14. Grand Texas - Chuck Guillory ~ Various Artists 15. Valse Criminelle - Octa Clark/Hector Duhon ~ Various Artists 16. Keep A Knocking - Wallace "Cheese" Read ~ Various Artists 17. Catch My Hat - Wade Fruge ~ Various Artists 18. Je Veux Marier - The Hackberry Ramblers ~ Various Artists 19. Valse Du Mariage - California Cajun Orchestra ~ Various Artists 20. One Step D'Amede - Michael Doucet ~ Various Artists 21. Basile Waltz - Harry Choates ~ Various Artists 22. Ossen Two Step - Joseph Falcon ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Chris Frazer Smith. Photographer: Chris Strachwitz. Unknown Contributor Roles: John Stelly; Marc Savoy; Ann Savoy; Hackberry Ramblers. Arrangers: Chuck Guillory; Joseph Falcon; Michael Doucet; Wallace Cheese Read. Cajun Hot Sauce is a nice compilation of Cajun dance music, covering to some degree the full spectrum of styles to come through the genre over time. Some of the old hands are present, including the likes of Joseph Falcon, as are the newer breed of players, such as Beausoleil. Splitting the difference are inclusions from semi-traditionalists such as the Savoy-Doucet collective, and those that have just been playing nonstop since the old days, such as the Hackberry Ramblers. While there's some emphasis in the liner notes placed upon the forward-looking directions taken by the players here, there are more than enough nods to the old ways to put that idea in question. There's even a reworking of an old Am?d? Ardoin number hidden away here. Admittedly, some of the tunes do have notes of fusion with Mexican concepts, or ties to country music (including "Grand Texas," which is rumored to have been stolen by Hank Williams), but the sound remains somewhat primitive throughout, with the violins properly scratchy, and the accordions properly offkey from time to time. It's worth a listen for fans of the old Cajun sound, but fans of the newer end might do better with a different compilation (perhaps even one that includes some more distinct zydeco within). ~ Adam Greenberg   Technical Info Release Date : 05/14/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 591 Label : Arhoolie Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00029667159128    Related Videos 11:11: Rodrigo Y Gabriela