Live at Whiskey River Landing

by Balfa Toujours

Overview

Angelle's Whiskey River Landing, a modest but regionally famous bar and dancehall on the levee of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, almost deserves credit as a bandmember on this thrilling live album. Angelle's is Balfa Tourjours' favorite place to play, and you can hear it on every song; the band is completely relaxed, laying down a stomping, rolling rhythm under the constant ripple of fiddle and accordion and Christine Balfa's wailing vocals. The band members laugh and compliment the dancers between songs and lapse from English into French and back again apparently without thought. The tunes range from the soaring "La Chandelle Est Allume" to down-and-dirty stompers like "The Towing Truck Blues" and "Le Two-Step du Platin" without much variation in mood; this isn't a concert, it's a dance party, so the music is there to serve a higher purpose. You might expect that fact to make the music less interesting, but it doesn't. Instead, what's consistently amazing is the sheer force of humor and goodwill that permeates every note. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	08/15/2000
Label:	Rounder
UPC:	0011661609624

Tracks

1. La Chandelle est Allumee
2. Whiskey River Special
3. La Valse des Pins
4. Le Reel Fruge
5. Le Two-Step de Bon Cafe
6. The Tow Truck Blues
7. Mon Vieux Wagon
8. La Valse de Belizaire
9. Le Two-Step de Platin
10. Casse Pas Ma Tete
11. Frank DuPuis a Pris Ma Femme
12. Tu Peux Cogner Mais Tu Peux Pas Rentrer
13. C'Est Tout Perdu
14. Keep Your Hands Off of It
15. Chez Geno

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Balfa Toujours   Primary Artist
Christine Balfa   Guitar,Vocals,Triangle
Geno Delafose   Drums
Kevin Wimmer   Fiddle,Vocals
Dirk Powell   Fiddle,Vocals,Accordion
Craig Guillory   Bass

Technical Credits

Tony Daigle   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Balfa Toujours   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Christine Balfa   Composer
Lawrence Walker   Composer
Dirk Powell   Composer,Liner Notes
Will Balfa   Composer
Jean Wilcox   Design
Robley Dupleix   Photography
Dewey Balfa   Composer
Nathan Abshire   Composer