The Gambler's Fiddle: French Creole Fiddle Tunes and Ballads from Old Upper Louisiana, Vol.

Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Swallow Records
• ASIN: B000FFJZ4M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Rooster (Grand Coq Coq)

2. D'Ou Viens-Tu

3. Roy's Jig

4. Old Man Lachance

5. La Rose d'En Bois

6. Old Mines Reel

7. Oh Pere Oh Mere

8. Grand Picnic

9. Il Est Ne

10. Old Man Portell

11. Bonne Femme

12. Grandmere Se Plainte

13. The Gambler's Fiddle

14. La Guillannee

15. Chevaliers de La Table Ronde

16. Toutes a des Dames

17. Petit Jean et Ses Animaux

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting folksongs from the Illinois Country, September 18, 2007

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Joseph M Galloy - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gambler's Fiddle: French Creole Fiddle Tunes and Ballads from Old Upper Louisiana, Vol. (Audio CD)

I recently attended a private concert by Stroughmatt in Carbondale, Illinois, and many of the songs that he performed are on this album. Stroughmatt learned to play fiddle and speak Missouri French from his friends in Old Mines, Missouri, which is one of the last pockets of French Creole culture and language in former Upper Louisiana (now Missouri and Illinois). The tone of his fiddle is warm, his playing is masterful, and the tracks are wonderfully arranged. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, October 10, 2011

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KingTut (Cairo, Egypt Africa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Gambler's Fiddle: French Creole Fiddle Tunes and Ballads from Old Upper Louisiana, Vol. (Audio CD)

This music is absolutely the best that I have heard in a very long time. If you like bluegrass and/or Irish Folk, you will love this.