Allons a Lafayette and More

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

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