La Vieille Musique Acadien

Sady Courville | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Swallow Records
• ASIN: B00008W2O0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #728,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kathleen's Waltz

2. Frugé's Reel [Instrumental]

3. The Waltz of Love

4. Courville Breakdown [Instrumental]

5. Waltz of the Magnolia Hill

6. Cowboy Waltz

7. Devillier Two-Step

8. Rosa, Tomorrow Is Not Sunday

9. The Waltz That Finished in the Corner of the House [Instrumental]

10. Tante Aleene's Waltz

11. Napoleon's Waltz [Instrumental]

12. Papa's Waltz [Instrumental]

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, December 11, 2005

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Megan Romer (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Vieille Musique Acadien (Audio CD)

If you're not familiar with Cajun legend Dennis McGee's fiddle playing, this is a great place to start. He and Sady Courville had played twin fiddles together as young men, but took a decades-long hiatus to raise families and work. When they got back together in the seventies, the magic returned and this album is the result of that.

These songs are beautiful, I was most surprised by the sheer elegance with which they are played.... most of the Dennis McGee music I'd heard before had a sort of scratchy quality, but these songs are really gems. The version of the Fruge' Reel (pronounced FROO-zhay, if you care) is possibly the best recording I've ever heard anyone do and the Waltz that Finished in the Corner of the House is breathtaking.

For those of you who think Cajun music is only about accordions and drums, think again; this album is two fiddles and minimalistic guitar, and it's essential!