00:00 Demonstration: accordion playing, French singing 01:30 Guitar music is strange for Cajun music; will play folk tunes that people don’t play anymore 01:54 Demonstration: “Chanky Chank Francais,” French singing, on guitar 05:15 Doucet’s seventh or eighth time at Jazz Fest by himself; notes that the Cajun arrangement you’d expect would be accordion, fiddle, guitar, drums, bass, steel guitar; Doucet likes to adapt Cajun songs to the guitar 06:30 Demonstration: “J'ai passé devant ta porte (I Passed in front of your door),” on guitar 10:05 1990/1991, Doucet solo record and is now trying to learn new songs; Balfa Brothers are a big inspiration, and Rodney Balfa the guitar player died in a car accident with his brother, and they had a song that doesn’t sound traditionally Cajun, “My True Love” 11:15 Demonstration: “J'ai eu nouvelle de ma belle (My True Love)” by the Balfa Brothers; on guitar 15:03 Also inspired by Lawrence Walker who was from Duson, Louisiana but played often in Doucet’s hometown of Scott, Louisiana; he wrote many classic tunes 15:27 Demonstration: “Tes Yeux Noir,” by Lawrence Walker; on guitar 18:48 Audience question: Why is there no fiddle on the stage? Doucet: after years of playing backup guitar, he was inspired by Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Tony Rice to take the melody and adapt it to the solo guitar; there has never been a solo Cajun guitar player except Blind Uncle Gaspar who recorded in the 1920s and 1930s 22:04 Canray Fontenot, Creole fiddler from Welsh, Louisiana; Creole music is similar to country blues with a Caribbean beat sung in Creole French; some of his expressions are different than in Cajun French 23:20 Demonstration: “Bee de la Manche,” by Canray Fontenot, on guitar; about a man who stole some sheep and ended up in jail 26:50 Canray Fontenot plays in New Orleans with a group Filé; Canray is dying of lung cancer; Doucet did a Canray song on his solo record that is a mix of “Le Coulee Rodair” and “Blues de Basile” (by Amédé Ardoin); Canray’s song characters are “canaille,” they get into a lot of trouble but end up having a good time at the end 28:10 Demonstration: title unclear, but recorded on Doucet’s album as “Coulee Rodair,” on guitar 31:40 Switches to accordion, last time he played was on Mardi Gras day at his friend’s house years ago; will play songs on accordion and then on guitar to show the difference 32:15 Demonstration: “J’etais Au Bal” on accordion 35:25 Errol Verret made him this accordion in 1979, but he never got comfortable with the way he played 36:10 Demonstration: “La Valse des Meches” by Octa Clark from Judice, Louisiana; about 95, but still playing accordion; demonstrates on accordion 39:10 Doucet learned a lot of his songs from other musicians; Nathan Abshire taught him the song “Courtableu” about the food in the bayou and how to cook it 39:45 Demonstration: “Courtableu,” by Nathan Abshire, two-step; on accordion 43:40 Claims that Beausoleil does not practice; only three times, before the last two records and once in 1980 44:07 Demonstration: “J’etais au Bal,” on guitar
