When I heard Amadee's story i was shocked,i hold a deep deep respect for this genius, for me when i hear his accordion and voice he is right here with us, bless him
Thank you for sharing. Important to know the history of our wonderful people, especially those unseen greats like Ammadee Ardoin. Thank you very much Mr. Ardoin and God Bless you.
Even though I got mad at you about the Michael Doucet comments, I still respect you for all of these wonderful Cajun music videos you post on here, Falcan, and thank you for this beautiful commentary by Canray Fontenot about our great,lost hero, Amede. Canray was a pure soul.
@mairabella People from Louisiana say bad things about Michael Doucet because he goes right on singing regardless of the fact he can't sing. I don't think that many people from here complain about his fiddle playing, just the horrible, out of tune caterwauling...
yes sad, the injustice of it & losing such a great singer/songplayer/keeper of songs who cannot be replaced; all because of ignorance!! those people do not know what they did to their own history!
People from Louisiana say bad things about Michael Doucet because he goes right on singing regardless of the fact he can't sing. I don't think that many people from here complain about his fiddle playing, just the horrible, out of tune caterwauling...
The Wikipedia page for him sucks. It says " He was ran over by a Model T car," like the car itself did it. No, someone ran him over. I need to go to Louisiana.
From Wikipedia: "The date and place of his death is uncertain. Descendants [...] tell a story, now well-known, about a racially motivated attack [...] Others consider the story apocryphal. Other versions say that Amédé was poisoned, not beaten, possibly by a jealous fellow musician. Contemporaries said that Amédé suffered from impaired mental and musical capacities later in his life probably from that infamous night. He ended up in an asylum in Pineville, Louisiana."
Either way, opinions differ and you're free to have your own. Personally, i feel Doucet's way overrated, but then again, just my opinion. Glad you enjoy the videos.
This doc was made in the 1980's. Recently, it was found that Ardoin died in a mental hospital. He did get into some kind of accident, but it didn't hurt his singing.
I found a VHS of this series at the NYU library. It's a great documentary on the Cajuns of Louisiana (there's 3 other episodes on Blues, New Orleans music, and the Appalachians). However, I find Lomax's appearances irritating.
falcan,ary: THANK YOU!!! . I was ........priveliged ..to hear ........Bois .Sec and ...Canray . in ......person ....inDC years ago I wish I could have heard Denis M
Why do so many of you in La. not give Michael Doucet the respect and status he deserves? I noticed that most comments that are not great about him are from La. people. You obviously know a great deal about Cajun music and are around a lot of the artists. I just find it strange you don't see how wonderful this artist is. Oh well at least we outsiders adore and praise him.
I don't need to run toward the problem - it's everywhere - I can resist racism right here at home, no need to move to Louisiana to do so. As I grow older I have less time and patience for ignorant people and no room in my life for them if I can avoid it.
@orbis1978 Please tell me you're not serious because I got addicted to him because his voice is the most beautiful, attractive thing about him and I'm saying this after listening to him for over 27 years and comparing him to all kinds of music! No other cajun or any kind of singer compares to him. He's also the greatest fiddler of course!
@masterchiefer123 In case you don't know this, Michael Doucet has taught more people about Amede and Canray than anyone. No one can channel Amede's music and spirit like Michael. Get some respect because we couldn't appreciate Amede without learning all that MIchael taught. He is as much of a talent as Amede.
This disrespectful to the memory of people like General Beauregard who appreciated black, Creole French speakers, and one of his best friends was black, but you had weak egoed white Cajuns who wanted to feel better by being racist, but some tried to be inclusive, but they couldn't predict that cowards would attack when they did.
@CajunCatherine hello...you are right on...i am a cajun who has a mixed daughter...i have spent my whole life spending time with my cajun and creole family and other black family through marriage...by far the most racist folks i have met have been my black relatives...i love them but it is true...and i say that because in their minds they don't think they are racist because as they say to me..."i am being pro-black and that isn't racist"..tell that to the white guy is the one being denied...
@@bootbredda2724 c est Martin Luther King qui avait raison, il disait "Si la haine répond à la haine, comment la haine finira t' elle".Dieu merci, en Louisiane blanc et noir jouent ensemble de la musique Cajun et Zydeco, comme autrefois Amédée Ardoin et Denis Mcghee.
@0311Jackson And don't forget that those Democrats became Republicans by way of the Dixiecrats and that the Republican progressives became Democrats in the mid-20th Century! If you're going to quote history, quote the whole thing!
