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Allons a Lafayette and More

BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot
Allons A Lafayette CD artwork
Allons A Lafayette CD artwork
Allons A Lafayette vinyl LP artwork
Allons A Lafayette vinyl LP artwork
Beausoleil is the project of fiddle, banjo and guitar player Michael Doucet. Inspired by 78s of the old Cajun masters and French folk music, Beausoleil is deeply steeped in tradition while incorporating modern influences of jazz, rock, and blues. On this 1989 release, master fiddler, Canray Fontenot, joins Beausoliel on four tracks. Fontenot learned to play on a homemade cigar box fiddle at the age of nine, carrying on his family’s string tradition while adding his own modern touches. He has long been hailed as “the greatest black Creole Fiddler of our time.” This collaboration between Beausoleil and Fontenot masterfully revives the old sounds of the south with an edge of the contemporary. Liner notes include English translations of the lyrics and a forward by Michael Doucet.

Track Listing

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Allons à Lafayette BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:13
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Tous Les Deux Pour la Meme (For the Same Girl) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 03:39
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Pauvre Hobo (Poor Hobo) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 02:55
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Mon Vieux Wagon (My Old Wagon) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 03:42
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La Jolie Blonde BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:31
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Johnny Can't Dance BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:07
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J'ai Eté Au Zydeco BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:57
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Les Blues a Canray BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:34
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J'ai Marie Un Ouvrier (I Married a Carpenter) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 03:34
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La Valse du Vacher (Cowboy Waltz) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:13
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La Table Ronde (The Round Table) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 01:02
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Shoo, Black BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 03:35
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Canray's Breakdown BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:27
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Donnez Moi Pauline (Give Me Pauline) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 04:16
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Two Step a Will Balfa BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 02:53
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La Valse des Jonglemonts (The Pensive Waltz) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 02:36
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Le Bal à Chataignier (The Dance at Chataignier) BeauSoleil with Canray Fontenot 03:04