Personnel: Octa Clark (vocals, accordion); Michael Doucet (guitar); Hector Duhon (fiddle).
Recorded at Michael Doucer's, Lafayette, Lousiana. Includes liner notes by Chris Strachwitz.
Personnel: Hector Duhon (fiddle); Octa Clark (accordion).
Editor: Chris Strachwitz.
A self-descriptive album title if there ever was one, as Octa Clark, Hector Duhon, and Michael Doucet go through a standard Cajun repertoire that gets into polkas, dance tunes, waltzes, and the (overdone) classic "Jolie Blonde," with Clark singing in French. It's well-done traditional Cajun music with that identifiably regional catch-cry in Clark's vocals, which sound as though they belong to a man a good deal younger (Clark was in his mid-sixties at the time of this recording). However, variety or distinctiveness that would set this apart from many other Cajun recordings of this type are absent. The CD reissue adds four additional songs not on the original LP release, recorded on the same day as the other tracks were. ~ Richie Unterberger
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Dirty Linen (4-5/00, p.77) - "...A reissue of some of the nicest and enduring fiddle and accordion work you can hope to hear....it's a terrific glimpse of the age-old Cajun sound played the way it was supposed to be heard."
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Old time Cajun music is right, and these two old pros Octa Clark & Hector Duhon knew exactly how to play it right, as Octa always said it "you can't go wrong if you play it right", Clark rocks on accordion & vocals, Duhon is sure-fire on fiddle, also filling in the gaps on guitar is Michael Doucet. The traditional sound of this genre is the best and without hesitation I'd rank this recording on top with the likes of The Balfa Brothers, Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire etc...Clark and Duhon recorded this album, their first in 1981, the original recording is thirteen tracks, the last four on this disc were added and recorded in the same time frame at Doucet's home in Lafayette,La...The Arhoolie co. seems to be fairly consistent in releasing rare and "old timey" recordings, similar to Smithsonian Folkways, the audio is excellent including a few liner notes by guitarist Michael Doucet. Take my advice, don't miss this one baby, you're liable to miss the train.
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