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Nathan Abshire
French Blues
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. Pine Grove Blues
2. Kaplan Waltz
3. French Blues
4. New Orleans Waltz
5. Pine Grove Boogie
6. Hathaway Waltz
7. Step It Fast
8. Jolie, Petite Juilette
9. Choupique Two Step
10. La Valse De Belezere
11. Pine Grove Blues #2
12. La Valse De Holly Beach
13. Iota Two Step
14. La Valse De Bayou Tech
15. Musical Five Special
16. Avalon Waltz
17. Tee Per Coine (Keep A' Knocking, But You Can't Come In)
18. The New Jolie Blon
19. Point De Lou Two-Step
20. Texas Waltz
21. Lu Lu Boogie
22. Carolina Blues
23. Shamrock Waltz
24. Mama Rosin
25. L.S.U. French Waltz
26. Crying Pine Grove Blues
27. Red Rock Waltz
28. Cannon Ball Special

CD Details

All Artists: Nathan Abshire
Title: French Blues
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arhoolie Records
Release Date: 12/1/1993
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop
Styles: Regional Blues, Cajun & Zydeco
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 096297037324

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Nathan Abshire is the king of the bayou accordion. Abshire has proven he still reigns with this 78-minute, 28-track collection of tunes from 1949 and on. These are old tracks, with the rough sound of old 78s, but rough and tumble playing on tracks like "Jolie Blonde" are totally inspired! He gives the music life as he plays with abandon, sings like a banshee, and takes his various bands wandering through Texas tunes, bluesy crossovers, and even some modern surprises (check the rhythmic games they play on "Musical Five Special"). The charm of "Shamrock Waltz" and the 1949 version of "Pine Grove Blues" are reason enough to own this collection. --Louis Gibson

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CD Reviews

Some good old Cajun music

Mac | Houston, Tx United States | 04/03/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nathan Abshire is a legend as far as I am conerded. Here is a collection of great old Cajun tunes. Some are quite old and therefore the quality is poor, but this is history in Cajun music. It is well worth it."

Classic Cajun Accordian

Kevin Fontenot | New Orleans, LA United States | 11/27/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nathan Abshire was one of the finest Cajun musicians to emerge in the years following World War II. Deeply influenced by the Creole musician Amede Ardoin, Abshire's best recordings are in the blues idiom. His "Pine Grove Blues" has receached the classic status. This collection brings together recordings from the 1950s at the height of the Cajun accordian revivial. This is dancehall music, brash and beautiful, and almost defiantly Cajun. Required for Cajun collections and a good introduction to the artist."