Dewey Balfa - Jai Ete Au Bal - Awesome Fiddlesticks
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- Опубліковано 6 лис 2024
- Clip is taken from Yasha Aginsky's documentary "Les Blues de Balfa". It is an AWESOME film I would HIGHLY recommend. Dewey Balfa and his nephew Tony Balfa preforming Jai Ete Au Bal (I Went To The Dance).
I'm 27, a Swedish/Hungarian crossbreed, can't play an instrument for the life of me and this music speaks to me on a level I can't find in any other genre. Tres bien!
Jag håller med dig 😁
dewey was hands down the best fiddle player ever
R.I.P Dewey Balfa
1927-1992
It is good to know so many people around the world appreciate Cajun music.
Ho Yes, bien sûr ! La musique Cajun c'est la vie !
Salut à vous amis Cajun ! 🌞🌞🌞
I sure miss Dewey after all these years. I was sitting right in front of that stage at Port Townsend watching that performance. A magic moment, for sure.
I am soooo homesick. Its tough to be a coonass in Hawaii
"J'ai été au bal hier soir"
" tout habillé en noir"
" les seuls habits que moi j'aime"
"pour courtiser ma belle"
Nice language and song, thanky Dewey BALFA.
i keep coming back to hear this again and again and again...have shared it with my anybody i thought would appreciate it. Amazing. So much good music. Amazing. I am totally awed
merci pour présenter cette belle musique.....
The Balfa Freres helped to shape my understanding of rhythm and meaning in music...i am forever indebted
I am Acadian. I play guitar, spoons, bones, drum, and sing in a duo called "FiddleStix." I'm going to teach myself how to do this with my fiddle partner and add it to my repertoire in honor of my Cajun cuzzins. It's amazing!
fiddlesticks now i get it
J'ai été au bal, c'est super bon comme rythme. C'est de la très bonne musique, j'aime beaucoup
To się nazywa zabawa muzyką :)
Rewelacyjne wykonanie...
j'adore la musique de la louisianne . tres beau morceau , merci pour le partage
ooft what a fantastic idea. inginuity of people amazes me(whoever came up with this frist)
Bloody brilliant. That deserves nothing but respect from a wee Scot who can only tinkle on the piano. My Dad always said I should learn the accordion, my twin brother should learn the bagpipes & my older brother & sister already learnt the violin & viola, so we could form a quartet. After listening to this I think maybe we should give it a go!
Two people playing the same instrument at once -- what a cool technique. Love it :D
Fiddlesticks? I love it ... thanks for sharing this ... two musicians, one instrument ... all you need.
I have never seen a fiddle played like this, it is amazing.
Incredibile !! mai vista una cosa così !!!
Mr. Balfa was a wonderful man. Bless his soul..mighty fine
Gosh, I'm French but without subtitles I couldn't understand what he's saying x)
The nephews name is Tony. Being from Mamou, we grew up listening (and seeing) these guys!!
So glad I came across this gem. What a treat!
One of the best movies. Terrible underrated!
The vid. quality is bad due to original quality of the VCR tape I had. Get the DVD, it is for sale online in numerous places.
Thanks Alan! I could listen & dance to Cajun music every day! SO IN LOVE WITH IT! These two are terrificly talented! Great share! Scrambler390...kudos!
Wow! That's cool. A really unique and original idea! I've never heard/seen this before!
this is probably one of the most awesome things i've ever seen (or heard for that matter)
What a gem!
great music i love this again and again
cajun is an awesome melting culture from cultures troughout almost the whole world.
Thanks for posting, ya got me grinin from ear to ear !
C'est Bon! Merci Monseur Balfa, Merci!
Have you ever been to the Port Townsend Fiddle Tunes Festival?
Love that sound!
Awesome!
Thanks for posting this.
Just awesome. Love some great fiddlin'. Makes you wanna get up and dance.
MDR, suddenly I have a craving for a bowl of Jambalaya.. LOL! This is just great and you're right... It's SO CAJUN! Thanks for sharing this gem! JJ : )
Now that's raw talent!!
Absolutely brilliant. I'll check out the Balfa familyCheers
What a nice sound.
Great! Beautiful!!
Dewey, we miss you brother
Pure magic! Love it!
Oh, fiddlesticks!
geez, it's like having a fly buzz around your face while you try and fiddle
I flippin' LOVE this!!!
cool to hear that here ,in Europe!!
absolute amazing!!! cajun-music is a very great!
Une bien belle invitation à danser !
Amazing musicians!
That's awesome.
The middle part sounds a lot like Indian on a Stump.
Damn amazing...!!!!!!!!!!
When you're so poor the band can only afford one instrument. Yet, magic still happens. :)
AWESOME!!!!!
@Francauvergnat
I'm guessing what gazzi means by "indian" is the fact the kid is using the same technique as some traditional indian instruments ("hammering" on the strings, etc). The african influence, through the creole population in Louisiana, is also almost always part of the cajun music, albeit stronger within the zydeco stuff, I find.
By the way, anyone out there ever thought about american indian harmonic influence in delta blues scales? Think about it...
Formidable !!!
By the way, brand new #2 wooden pencils are not bad to use for fiddlesticks, with the erasers pointed DOWN, you don't damage the surface of the fiddle. Otherwise, use knitting needles.
Does anyone know if he is in standard tuning or a variation tuning, like AEAE?
Heh, Heh, Heh !!!
Listen to C & Z, that rocks my boat.
God Bless Balfa !
SUPERRRRRRR!
Wanna go back to Grand Mamou !
great entertainment.......
Dewey's nephew is Tony. Rodney's son. Great video.
j'adore la musique de lNouvelle France
Ya, he was one of the best. And actually that is his nephew, but his name is Tony (not Todd). Tony is Rodney Balfa's son; Todd is the youngest Balfa brother, and I don't believe he ever made it up to the Port Townsend Fiddle Tunes Festival.
mais cher....dats some good stuff there !
du cajun authentique;merci
Nice
lol, oui tu t'es planté, c'est 'seul habit que mon j'aime" lol
i love balfa
Is there a longer version of this recording? Amazing stuff!
@TheGazzernator I am most certainly not taking the piss (and curious how you got that out of my post, lol). I bow down to players like this. As for my fiddle player, you can check our youtube channel if you like, particularly the bones and spoons ones if you like the hand percussion stuff. We have now added a variation of "Ja'i ete au bal" with fiddlesticks (I use fat plastic knitting needles) to our set, but it's not on youtube yet. Cheers!
(Just search "talktofiddlestix" on here).
@gazzi22 yup..wonderful culture
that's where the phrase ' Fiddlesticks' comes from ...!!
Definitive.. Cajun ..!
@stonemanherny The Cajuns (Acadiens, as we call them here in Canada) have a healthy dose of native blood in their veins, and they traditionally got along with the Indians better than the English did.
dat's a spicy ia fiddle ya'll!!!!
That's a lot of Rosin on that bridge..
SOOPER DOOPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony was young
Vive les Acadiens et leur music.
Jes suis acadian!
C'est la premiere fois que je vois le truc des batons..j'crois pas qu'on fait ca en Acadie.
@Francauvergnat c'est du cadien, "arrêtons de dire ils ont un accent, ils parlent bizarre, etc...." c'est leur langue, un vieux langage français comme ont pouvais le parler dans le saintongeais au 17eme siecle!
cool
@nonotc en effet!!
C'est bon. Musique des Cadiens des Chevaux...
yeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ah tiens?
Ben écoute je viens de réentendre la chanson et franchement j'entends bien "sans l'habit qui vaut rien" mais je me suis peut-être planté...En tout cas c'est bien agréable d'entendre du français d'Amérique...
Allez, bien à toi!
what language
cajun french
French cajun music are the roots of American bluegrass.... If you think the
Japanese rip off our music think twice .. we did the same thing
"J'ai été au bal
hier soir
tout habillé en noir
c'est ça l'habit
que moi j'aime
pour courtiser ma belle. "
that's not Todd, his name is Tony Balfa.
Isn't this the one that goes "Oh, ya, donnez-moi les haricots, hé mama les haricots son pas salés" ?
I knew a guy who played fiddle and his wife played "the straws."
Man, and am I the only one who thought "oh fiddlestick's" was just an old saying? I guess it has new meaning now.
j'ai été au bal hier au soir, tout habillé en noir, sans l'habit qui vaut rien, pour courtiser ma belle
(I've been to the ball on yesterday's evening, all dressed in black, without the suit that's worth nothing, to court my beloved one)
jay aytay oh bahl year'oh swar, too ahbiyay en'war, san(nasal) lahbee kee voh ryin(nasal, like "chopin"), poor coortisay mah belle
ericmarseille2 Merci becoup!
J’ai été-z-au bal hier au soir
Elle était tous habillée.z.en noir,
J’ai fait serment jamais de boire
Pour courtiser ma fille
J’ai été.z.au bal à soir
Elle est tous habillée.z.en bleu,
C’est ça l’habit que moi j’aime
Pour courtiser ma belle.
J’ai été-z-au bal hier au soir
Je va’s retourner encore à soir
Si l’occasion se présente
Je va’s retourner demain au soir.
’Gardez donc les jolies filles,
Personne qui veut m’aimer
Gardons voir si ça c’est pas
Mais misérable pour moi
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa Eeeeeeeey! (-: