Nathan Abshire – French Blues (1993)

1. Pine Grove Blues
2. Kaplan Waltz
3. French Blues
4. New Orleans Waltz
5. Pine Grove Boogie
6. Hathaway Waltz
7. Step It Fast
8. Jolie, Petite Juilette
9. Choupique Two Step
10. La Valse De Belezere
11. Pine Grove Blues #2
12. La Valse De Holly Beach
13. Iota Two Step
14. La Valse De Bayou Tech
15. Musical Five Special
16. Avalon Waltz
17. Tee Per Coine (Keep A' Knocking, But You Can't Come In)
18. The New Jolie Blon
19. Point De Lou Two-Step
20. Texas Waltz
21. Lu Lu Boogie
22. Carolina Blues
23. Shamrock Waltz
24. Mama Rosin
25. L.S.U. French Waltz
26. Crying Pine Grove Blues
27. Red Rock Waltz
28. Cannon Ball Special

Nathan Abshire - Accordion, Composer, Vocals
James Baker - Bass
Dewey Balfa - Vocals
Roy Broussard - Vocals
Atlas Fruge - Steel Base
Wilson Granger - Fiddle
Oziet Kegley - Drums
Will Kegley - Fiddle, Violin, Vocals
Harry LaFleur - Guitar
Little Yvonne LeBlanc - Vocals
Jake Miere - Vocals
Ernest Thibodeaux - Guitar, Vocals

Recorded between 1949 and 1956, this is prime Cajun music. The fidelity is slightly better than the best Cajun discs of the 1930s, but the approach is still satisfyingly raw and spontaneous, with waltzes, boogies, and blues. A steel guitar is present to varying degrees on most of the tracks, giving the fiddle/accordion-dominated arrangements a bit more flavor. This has a great spontaneous feel that stops short (but not that short) of raggedness, highlighted by Abshire's joyous calls and asides. Includes his big "hit," "Pine Grove Blues," although a hit by the standards of this regional style only constituted about three thousand copies sold. With 28 tracks and 78 minutes running time, it's the usual excellent value for an Arhoolie reissue. --- Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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