Old-Style Cajun Music

by Wade Fruge

Overview

Fruge fiddled in what he called a "yokedy-yokedy" style, described in the liner notes as one which "consists of delicate grace notes, piercing chords, and a rocking of the bow from treble to bass strings and back to treble." He plays traditional Cajun standards and some songs he picked up from Cajun Black fiddlers on this 1988 recording, which features some vocals from Vorance Barzas and Ann Savoy (the latter of whom also plays some guitar). Originally issued on LP as Arhoolie 5044, the 1998 CD reissue adds ten bonus cuts recorded in 1979, 1983, and 1989 at the home of renowned local musicians Ann & Marc Savoy; Marc Savoy and Michael Doucet add some guitar and fiddle on these. It's traditional Cajun fiddle music for diehard fans of that idiom. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/1998
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297047620
Rank:	59091

Tracks

1. 'Tit Mamou
2. La Valse de Choupique
3. La Vieille Chanson de Mardi Gras (The Mardi Gras Song)
4. Port Arthur Blues
5. La Valse de Bayou Tech
6. You Used to Have Some
7. La Valse Criminel
8. Grandfather's Tune
9. La Valse ¿¿ Wade Frug¿¿
10. Evangeline Playbo Special
11. The Crowley Waltz
12. Galope
13. The Milk Cow Is Dead
14. Wade's Blues (The Chill of a Saturday Afternoon)
15. Catch My Hat
16. La Vals de Grand Bois
17. Viens Me Chercher
18. Chere 'Tite Fille
19. Orphan Waltz
20. Cemetery Waltz
21. Fond de Culotte, Nonc Adam
22. Gumbo Waltz
23. The Chill of a Saturday Afternoon
24. La Vals ¿¿ Wade Frug¿¿
25. Frug¿¿'s Waltz

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wade Fruge   Primary Artist,Accordion,Fiddle,Vocals
Michael Doucet   Guest Artist,Fiddle,Guitar
Ann Savoy   Guitar,Vocals
Marc Savoy   Fiddle,Guitar,Accordion
Vorance Barzas   Vocals
Tina Pilione   Bass,Fiddle

Technical Credits

Wade Fruge   Composer
Ann Savoy   Liner Notes,Transcription
Chris Strachwitz   Engineer,Producer,Photography
Public Domain   Composer
Morgan K. Dodge   Graphic Design