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Artist: Abshire, Nathan
Title: Master Of The Cajun Accordion - The Classic Swallow Recordings
Format: CD
Label: ACE - UK
Catalog Number:1348
Barcode:029667052320 itemnumber=1000116795
Price: $16.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: CAJUN/ZYDECO
Release Date: 6/6/2014
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
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Nathan Abshire, with his blues-drenched style, is one of the most popular of the Cajun singers and accordionists. At long last, his 1991 2 LP-on-1 Ace CD from Swallow Records, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, has been radically upgraded and remastered. Following major new research by notewriter Lyle Ferbrache, the compilation has been reassembled for much better listening pleasure into two distinct Abshire periods: with the Pine Grove Boys and with Dewey Balfa and the Balfa Brothers. The addition of the track French Blues completes the Swallow output. Other features are an introduction by John Broven (author of the book South to Louisiana); a detailed song analysis with input from Cajun musician/author Ann Savoy; a first-ever discography with personnel; captivating vintage photographs; and original label scans. Recorded in the mid-1960s through mid-70s, this is classic Cajun music at its very best and most accessible.

Track Listing
 1. 
Pine Grove Blues 

 2. 
Sur Le Courtableau 

 3. 
Tramp Sur La Rue 

 4. 
Lemonade Song 

 5. 
A Musician's Life

 6. 
Offshore Blues 

 7. 
Phil's Waltz aka Belisaire Waltz 

 8. 
I Don't Hurt Anymore 

 9. 
Shamrock 

10. 
If You Don't Love Me 

11. 
Service Blues 

12. 
Partie a Grand Basile 

13. 
Nathan's Lafayette Two Step 

14. 
Let Me Hold Your Hand 

15. 
French Blues 

16. 
Noce a Josephine, La 

17. 
Tracks of My Buggy 

18. 
J'etais Au Bal 

19. 
Valse de Kaplan 

20. 
Choupique Two Step 

21. 
Dying in Misery 

22. 
Valse De Rayou Teche, La 

23. 
Games People Play 

24. 
Valse de Holly Beach 

25. 
FeeFee PonCho 


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