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'''PERRODIN TWO STEP.''' AKA and see “[[Ardoin Two-Step]],” "[[Two-Step des Perrodins]]." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Francois): AA'BB' (Reiner & Anick). The song is named for the Perrodin family; according to Marc Savoy the Perrodins were two brothers who requested the tune frequently at dances. It was first recorded in New Orleans in 1929 by Angélas LeJeune, Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé. As the story goes, LeJeune, accompanied by McGee and Frugé, won an accordion contest sponsored by a weekly newspaper, the '''Opelousas Herald''', the grand prize of which was a trip to the city to record for Brunswick Records. John Lomax, working for the WPA, made a field recording [http://www.lomax1934.com/perrodin-two-step.html] of the tune played by Creole accordion player Oakdale Carrière in the Angola State Prison, Louisiana, in July, 1934. A related tune is Merlin Fontenot's "[[Pas de Deux a Elia]]," according to Raymond Francois. See also versions of "Perrodin Two-Step" recorded under the titled "Round Up Hop" (1937, by Miller's Merrymakers) and "[[Jolly Boys' Breakdown]]" (by the Jolly Boys of Lafayette). Wallace "Cheese" Read's "[[Mamou Breakdown]]" is also considered a version. | '''PERRODIN TWO STEP.''' AKA and see “[[Ardoin Two-Step]],” "[[Two-Step des Perrodins]]." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Francois): AA'BB' (Reiner & Anick). The song is named for the Perrodin family; according to Marc Savoy the Perrodins were two brothers who requested the tune frequently at dances. It was first recorded in New Orleans in 1929 by Angélas LeJeune (b.c. 1890-), Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé. As the story goes, LeJeune, accompanied by McGee and Frugé, won an accordion contest sponsored by a weekly newspaper, the '''Opelousas Herald''', the grand prize of which was a trip to the city to record for Brunswick Records. John Lomax, working for the WPA, made a field recording [http://www.lomax1934.com/perrodin-two-step.html] of the tune played by Creole accordion player Oakdale Carrière in the Angola State Prison, Louisiana, in July, 1934. A related tune is Merlin Fontenot's "[[Pas de Deux a Elia]]," according to Raymond Francois. See also versions of "Perrodin Two-Step" recorded under the titled "Round Up Hop" (1937, by Miller's Merrymakers) and "[[Jolly Boys' Breakdown]]" (by the Jolly Boys of Lafayette). Wallace "Cheese" Read's "[[Mamou Breakdown]]" is also considered a version. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Cajun fiddler Wallace "Cheese" Read (b. Eunice, La., 1924) [Reiner & Anick]; Raymond Francois (La.) [Francois]. | ''Source for notated version'': Cajun fiddler Wallace "Cheese" Read (b. Eunice, La., 1924) [Reiner & Anick]; Raymond Francois (La.) [Francois]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Francois ('''Yé Yaille Chère!'''), 1990; pp. 248-249. Reiner & Anick ('''Old Time Fiddling across America'''), 1989; p. 155. | ''Printed sources'': Francois ('''Yé Yaille Chère!'''), 1990; pp. 248-249. Reiner & Anick ('''Old Time Fiddling across America'''), 1989; p. 155. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Arhoolie 5021, Wallace "Cheese" Read - "Cajun House Party" (1979). Brunswick 369 (78 RPM), Angelas LeJeune, Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé (1929). Folkways Records FW08361, "Traditional Cajun Fiddle: Instruction by Dewey Balfa and Tracy Schwarz" (1978). | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Arhoolie 5021, Wallace "Cheese" Read - "Cajun House Party" (1979). Brunswick 369 (78 RPM), Angelas LeJeune, Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé (1929). Folkways Records FW08361, "Traditional Cajun Fiddle: Instruction by Dewey Balfa and Tracy Schwarz" (1978). La Louisianne Records, LLCD-1003, Jimmy Breaux - "Un Tit Peu Plus Cajun." Yazoo Records, Angélas LeJeune - "Times Ain't Like They Used to be: Early American Rural Music, vol. 4" (2006). | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
See/hear the tune played by Kevin Wimmer, Steve Riley & Chris Stafford on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DULF4JucVPE]<br> | See/hear the tune played by Kevin Wimmer, Steve Riley & Chris Stafford on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DULF4JucVPE]<br> | ||
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PERRODIN TWO STEP. AKA and see “Ardoin Two-Step,” "Two-Step des Perrodins." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Francois): AA'BB' (Reiner & Anick). The song is named for the Perrodin family; according to Marc Savoy the Perrodins were two brothers who requested the tune frequently at dances. It was first recorded in New Orleans in 1929 by Angélas LeJeune (b.c. 1890-), Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé. As the story goes, LeJeune, accompanied by McGee and Frugé, won an accordion contest sponsored by a weekly newspaper, the Opelousas Herald, the grand prize of which was a trip to the city to record for Brunswick Records. John Lomax, working for the WPA, made a field recording [1] of the tune played by Creole accordion player Oakdale Carrière in the Angola State Prison, Louisiana, in July, 1934. A related tune is Merlin Fontenot's "Pas de Deux a Elia," according to Raymond Francois. See also versions of "Perrodin Two-Step" recorded under the titled "Round Up Hop" (1937, by Miller's Merrymakers) and "Jolly Boys' Breakdown" (by the Jolly Boys of Lafayette). Wallace "Cheese" Read's "Mamou Breakdown" is also considered a version.
Source for notated version: Cajun fiddler Wallace "Cheese" Read (b. Eunice, La., 1924) [Reiner & Anick]; Raymond Francois (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 248-249. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling across America), 1989; p. 155.
Recorded sources: Arhoolie 5021, Wallace "Cheese" Read - "Cajun House Party" (1979). Brunswick 369 (78 RPM), Angelas LeJeune, Dennis McGee and Ernest Frugé (1929). Folkways Records FW08361, "Traditional Cajun Fiddle: Instruction by Dewey Balfa and Tracy Schwarz" (1978). La Louisianne Records, LLCD-1003, Jimmy Breaux - "Un Tit Peu Plus Cajun." Yazoo Records, Angélas LeJeune - "Times Ain't Like They Used to be: Early American Rural Music, vol. 4" (2006).
See also listing at:
See/hear the tune played by Kevin Wimmer, Steve Riley & Chris Stafford on youtube.com [2]
Hear the Balfa/Schwartz recording on dailymotion.com [3]