I am79 a caiun girl who grew up with this music, going to dances on saturdays in 1956 with aunt and uncle we three girl cousins the same age!!! brings back great memories!!!
This makes this old sod so happy. I'm half Acadiens on me mum's side and have relatives who had to go to Louisiana. Never been, I don't know them but it's on my bucket list. I don't listen to Cajun music everyday but when I do I feel like I belong.
This was one of the three pieces of Cajun music my dad played on his squeeze box. My mom called it Cajun chanky chank. I have memories of him sitting on our porch for hours tapping his feet. Good times in 50s Louisiana.
I'm Irish born and remember the nights we would have the neighbors gather to dance and play music and sing the old songs. The musicians played accordian and fiddle music with my dad a master of an IDENTICAL 4 valve accordian with identical golden keys. This was over 60 years ago but I still love and appreciate the music whether Cajun or Irish. It's all Celtic based. I hope this band is still going strong.
@@procarpenter1788....Actually it is. Cajuns are Bretons which is the Celtic part of France. Now there are other influences, especially African. In Panama' the home of Tipico music , the Azuero Peninsula was originally settled by people from Galicia, (Gallegos) and one can clearly see the thread between Irish, Cajun, and Tipico....its fascinating.
You might think that this regional music would die out with the national influences of pop, rock, country, etc. But it just keeps living on in the younger generations. Great stuff..
Desde España. Me encantan las personas que mantienes vivas estas fantasticas tradiciones de nuestra Historia comun... Muchas Gracias y que Dios les Bendiga :-)
Marc, Ann and the boys know how to do it. This is happy music to smile at and laugh, dance, etc. I have to have a dose of this every day to keep me straight. Its better than any medicine. God is in the scenery somewhere. Thank You Savoy Family!!!
Just recently found this kind of music. I am an old 50's and 60's rock "N" roller. This music has some of that old music in it. Like the Do Wop music I danced to , would be hard to not dance to this music as well. Thank you for this new to me, music.
How I sometimes miss that country road in South Western Louisiana where the Savoy Music Store stands alone in the rice fields. That wonderful family has been for years offering free Cajun boudin to anyone bringing their violin or squeezebox to learn the classic tunes of French Louisiana. Every Saturday a half-mile-long line of parked cars have license plates from all over the country, with entire busses of Japanese or Swedish tourists with instruments in one hand and the good Savoy coffee in the other, a giant grin on their faces. After being cut off from France for 400 years, we still dance with that obsessive "contredanse" two-step straight from Normandie farms of the 17th century. We just spiced up with creole and early rock, something many say we also invented. And the food! Miam miam, hot and hand-licking good! Long live Marc Savoy and his brood.
This family is without a doubt a true piece of work!!! Each member doing his/her part impeccably!! Cajun music at its finest!! Kudos to the Savoy family!
What a joy to be raised in a household filled with music. I would have loved it. Savoy Family has so much talent especially Ann. I wish time would stand still for only once so we could enjoy this a while longer. Merci Beaucoup Marc!
back in the fifties as a young man we used to listen to New Brunswick Canada on Saturday nights in central Maine, we called it jigs and reels but it sounded a lot like cajun music
Gads! I remember listening to Marc Savoy on old KFAT radio shows. 1979 or so, Bought his LP and a squeeze box. Been terrorizing the neighbors ever since.
There's no beating Cajun Sounds. It goes right down to your Soul. The Savoy Family are one of the best. They just love playing. Especially Ann, who we love. Merci Beaucoup.
@@jimreid6370 At one time, Acadian French were settled in eastern Canada , in what is now Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , but was then called Acadia . Even today , there is a university in Wolfville , Nova Scotia , called Acadia University . After the 7 Years War between England and France , ( 1756-1763 ) , the English more or less forced Acadians out of that area . The whole thing was called the Acadian Expulsion .Some went to Louisiana , some to France , some to other places . The Acadians have mixed to a degree with natives , and others . However , the term Cajun comes from the word Acadian . ( I think In Grade 6 we covered it in history , but , it is a long time since I was in Grade 6. It is considered one of the most embarrassing parts of Canadian history .)
I think that same thing each time I watch this video! The obvious look of a proud papa, as he hears his sons getting into the music they all perform so very well.
I don't know the direct translation of the lyrics, but the spirit of the music comes across. I have enjoyed Cajun music for over thirty years. I like it so much that I am thinking about studying French.
I had a friend with a really nice family that had the last name "Savoy", who were also Cajun people with family roots originally from Louisiana, but this family I knew had moved to Houston, and then eventually to the city where I met my friend and the family. Very nice people, really big into Cajun cooking, but none of them played any instruments.
I was once asked why I didn’t enjoy country music when Cajun is so much like it and I returned ;“ because- It’s lacking the most important ingredient- the button box”.
i didn't read all the comments, but, did anyone mention that marc MAKES the accordions he plays?...lafayette is a hotbed of accordion makers...4 high-dollar accordion purveyors in an area you could cover with a dime in the lafayette area...if you live in this area, you can hear this kind of music SOMEWHERE 7 nights a week...
At 1:50 Wilson hits that note on the fiddle and sounded like a good friend of theirs,Mr.Dewey Balfa and I think it touched Dad's soul because he hollered out "Yeah"you could hear a couple seconds later.i know it touched mine 'hey yeah'
Hi from South Africa. Love this music. It is very similar to our traditional country music called "Boere Musiek" which means farmers'music, played in rural areas in early SA.
families of cajuns settled on the louisiana delta in the mid 1600s before the united states was even a country,, the settlers came from Austria, france, nova scotia , canada and other places and thats where alot of the accordian influince came from, germany. They gave my great , great grandfather 3 arpents of land and a mule. It must have been a hardscrabble life, trying to farm that swamp, fighting off the indians, mosquitoss, disease.. IM DAMNED PROUD OF MY ANCESTORS AND MY HERITAGE!!! ON MY MOTHERS side were SAVOIES, OR SAVOY, they came from novascotia.. there were also 7 ships that came from france, with names like doucet, trahan, ect.
you need to do some research, all cajuns are not from french descent. cajun is a heritage, not a nationality or a race. now on my mothers side, they came from nova scotia, and before that france. The traditions, language, beliefs, way of life, is what makes a cajun!! Do some research on " Louisiana s German Coast"!! also where do you think the accordian came from, thats german not french,!!
also the cajun language and mainstream French language are close, but certainly not the same. A French national and a cajun will struggle to communicate.
heres something else that will shock you.. there are black cajuns also. it was a big melting pot, times were too hard for racism, it was a matter of " were all in this together trying to survive" !! like I said, its a HERITAGE.
Now with that said, some cajuns of french descent could argue that they are the true, OG cajuns, and in a way, they have a valid point, but you can go to different parts of louisiana and there are people with the common French names, whose ancestors came from france, but they have no clue what it means to be cajuns. They dont live the lifestyle, practice the customs, speak the language, play the musiccook the same foods, , have the same values, ect.
Man, Marc can make that accordion smoke! How I wish I had been there when this was recorded. My feet won't stop tapping. If I ever get a chance to see The Savoy's live, I will jump on that!! Merci.
