00:00 Dewey Balfa could not attend. Peter Schwarz, Shirley Bergeron, Allison Miner discuss Mr. Balfa. 1:42 Bergeron describes “La Valse Des Bambocheurs (Drunkard’s Sorrow Waltz)” as the song that made Dewey Balfa popular. 3:20 Minor describes Dewey as caring, emotional, sensitive, and as a pioneer and an ambassador of Cajun music. The Balfa Brothers (Dewey, Will, and Rodney) caused a sensation at the Newport Folk Festival. Balfa was a school bus driver. Discusses Dewey’s band called The Balfa Brotherhood. Dewey’s brothers killed in a car accident. 5:41 Demonstration: a recording of “La Valse de Balfa” by The Balfa Brothers. 8:04 Miner recalls 1985 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Dewey is well loved everywhere. 10:00 Demonstration: Peter and Shirley play “La Valse Des Bambocheurs.” 13:27 Bergeron discusses Dewey’s hit single “La Valse Des Bambocheurs”. 15:17 Schwarz discusses the making of a Cajun Fiddle Instruction album on Folkways Records with Dewey in 1972. 17:18 Bergeron, a banker and disc jockey, now plays with the Basile Cajun Band. 18:22 Robert Leslie Jones met Dewey when he was at Newport Folk Festival. Peter attributes the re-evaluation and revival of Cajun identity in large part to Dewey. 21:50 Demonstration: “Port Arthur Blues,” by The Balfa Brothers
