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I just finished six Casino dates up here with Jo-el Sonnier and had a blast! Jo-el was asking me to play some Rythmic paterns behind him that he had a hard time explaining, but I did some open string stuff that seemed to work. However, my question is: " Are there some particular forms that a guy might play in a situation like this"? If anybody out there can shed some light on this for me I would be grateful as I have some more gigs with him at the end of Aug!

A big Thank you in advance to any of you guy's who can help me with this!!!



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Yes sir two, no three of the best cajun players around and forum mates..are:Murnell Babaneaux,Danny Cormier and Marty Broussard..check um out..
Charlie.....

Listen to Robby Springfield playing Big Mamou with Frenchy Burke. AND, he was only a teenager when he did it!!

I just listened to Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke on iTunes, thats good pickin' on the steel break..and worth a listen.. David

Eat the head of a crawfish....
then you're able to play that cajun-stoff.....

cheers my friend... till soon
Andy

Yea guys but Spring ain't playin the cajun steel i'm talkin about,its a WHOLE different art of steel guitar with a G tuning..its hard to do..
Charlie....'

Ralph Mooney = Cajun steel

That's all you need to know.

hey Robert , check out Rodney Broussard , or any Belton Richard albums , the cajun steel consist of many double stops & strong , in your face dynamics , the old school players mainly used Fender 1000's . also anything from Poppa Cairo , try Swallow Records in Ville Platte , Louisiana for references & listings , good luck ... aaa--eee lez bon ton roulettes .... Fiddlin Keith Junot

Hey, thanks to all you guy's who offered suggestions, I do appreciate it!!! And I will follow up on all of them. Andy, if I get to Louisiana sometime I will eat the head off a crawfish.....but only if you're with me and we drink the appropriate amount of Jack Daniels beforehand!!!
See you in Aug old friend!!



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Andy Zahnd wrote:Eat the head of a crawfish....
then you're able to play that cajun-stoff.....

cheers my friend... till soon
Andy

....no..no..no....monsieur.....you pull off the crawdads head and suck the juices out....that is how it is done.....good flavor...from all the fats/etc that are found in the head...then you done go and and shuck dem tails out...dip in some red sauce and eat em up.....yummy.......and get a tater & some corn along w dat crawdad....

Marty had a book and tape out at one time for Cajun Style Pickin on E-9th tuning. Mostly in the Key off A or E using open string vamps.

Jr. Martin in Lafayette,La. is also a great cajun player and so is Richard Comeaux. Jody.

One of the common ways of playing rhythm on Cajun steel is to play on the "and" of every beat. This is with chords or even single notes.

1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and etc.

Jody's right on the money about Jr and Richard. Will try to work on a tab of the patterns that are most used. I use a C-6th tuning with 1st string tune to G and hold the 7th pedal down to play open G. Will work the tab for both E-9th and C-6th Sometime Next week and post it in the Tab Section of the forum. Marrying off my only Daughter this Saturday so I'll be busy.

hey Robert , when you see Jo-El again , please tell him hello for me . He grew up in Rayne , La. next door to my dad , i have not seen him in over 6 years , since he was here in Anchorage with Eddie Raven . He is a blast to work with . He , Frenchie & I did a package
show together about 10 years ago , lotsa fun .. take care & good luck on the shows , Keith

Daniel, thanks in advance for tabbing some of this stuff out
No doubt there are some other players out there who will get something from it also!!






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Hey Keith, I will certainly say Hi to Jo-el from you!
He and Bobby will be back here at the end of Aug for some more Casino dates! Jo-el is a blast to work with, and I think my cheeks were aching from laughing the whole duration of the last tour!!

And a big thanks again for all the help on this guy's!!!


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Danny,

Does that mean you won't be playing a dance job or working on steel mechanisms Saturday night?


Joe Rogers

Emmylou Harris released a live version of LaCassine Special in 2004 which had been locked in the vaults for over 20 years. You can hear a snippet of the steel at iTunes. We counted the song off a little too fast that night so the track is in over-drive with everyone holding on for dear life. I fell in love with Cajun steel after hearing LaCassine Special on radio station KSIG in Crowley, Louisiana while on tour that year. I stole this solo from a version of LaCassine I taped off the rental car radio while sitting in the hotel parking lot in Lafayette. The sound coming off the radio was unbelievable to me; an announcer named Camey Doucet played the songs and the program was entirely in French. I never knew the player's name on LaCassine, but he sure was red-hot. What great music you have down in Louisiana.

Hey Joe
I'm to poor to buy the gas to play after paying for this wedding. I told the wife and daughter I could of bought a son-in-law cheaper than paying for a wedding.

Fish,

Is Emmylou's version of Lacassine Special on any particular CD?


Joe Rogers

Fish,

Just found it on Amazon.com. It is on the Quarter Moon in a 10 Cent Town remastered CD. Great steel playing!! Who played Cajun Accordion on that?

Joe Rogers

Thanks, Joe. But you should hear the original solo I tried to emulate (steal!). I found the 1981 cassette this morning and made an mp3 of the steel solo. If anyone can tell me how to post this mp3 file, I'd love for the forum to hear this genius play. AND, I'd love to know who he is. His technique and style are awesome. The audio quality is horrible, but hey, I taped it off of a rental car AM radio with a handheld machine.

Barry Tashian, our harmony singer and rhythm guitar player extraordinaire studied the Cajun-style accordian for months just to be able to play that song live.

If you can post the MP3 or send it to me by email I can name the steel player for you. I have recorded this song two or three time , So has Marty Broussard,Pillip Alleman,Jr Martin,and Rodney Miller.
It is a Great song. A real Cajun Standard.

Thanks a lot Daniel. Look for an email.

This may help you identify the player: I think Camey says "Ken/Kevin Broussard and the Cajun Ramblers" as he intros the song.