Michael Doucet and Beausoleil - Parlez Nous A Boire (1992)

These hard-edged swamp tunes go right down to your toes! Cajun music has the intriguing capacity to express foot-stomping joy and heart-felt grief from one note to the next.

Undoubtedly one of the most respected performers and interpreters of contemporary Cajun music today, violinist Michael Doucet preserves the authenticy of Louisiana Cajun music while constantly seeking to renew it with fresh blood. Beausoleil’s repertory runs the gamut from medieval Celtic songs to the latest Cajun hits. With his introduction of rock’n’ roll, blues, funk, calypso, and Zydeco, a black variant of Cajun, Beausoleil explodes all previously known boundries of Cajun music without once questioning his integrity as a traditional performer. Beausoleil is a true godsend, but watch out! It’s heady, addictive stuff!

Release info:

Performers: Michael Doucet (fiddle, lead vocals) & Beausoleil (vocals, acoustic guitar, acadian accordian, triangle, bass, mandolin, drums, percussions)
Recorded: at the WDR-Funkhaus, at the Folkfestival, Cologne, and at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, 1983

Tracklist:

01. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Madame Sousthène
02. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Parlez Nous À Boire
03. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Zydeco Gris-Gris
04. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - La Valse À Beausoleil
05. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Two-Step À Will Balfa
06. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Le Blues À Morse
07. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Les Petits Yees
08. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Midland Two-Step
09. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - J'ai vu le loup
10. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Quoi Faire
11. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Plus tu tournes
12. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - La Bétaille
13. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil - Cajun Groove (Scott Playboy Special)