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The tune was on a 1938 home disk recording that Percy Clerc owned. I am unsure if he recorded it. The fiddler on that recording was Charles Nestor Bise (1863-1956) who was a son of French immigrants Laurent Bise and Henriette Moneron. He was the fiddler for La Gui-annee for 70 years. The most common spelling of the last name I found in the records was "Bise." The disk contained Prairie du Rocher (No. 197 in "Dear Old Illinois," Garry Harrison & Jo Burgess, Pick Away Press, Bloomington, IN , 2007) and another called The Battle of Brewerville (No. 9 in DOI). The Prairie du Rocher La Gui-annee has taken place every year | The tune was on a 1938 home disk recording that Percy Clerc owned. I am unsure if he recorded it. The fiddler on that recording was Charles Nestor Bise (1863-1956) who was a son of French immigrants Laurent Bise and Henriette Moneron. He was the fiddler for La Gui-annee for 70 years. The most common spelling of the last name I found in the records was "Bise." The disk contained Prairie du Rocher (No. 197 in "Dear Old Illinois," Garry Harrison & Jo Burgess, Pick Away Press, Bloomington, IN , 2007) and another called The Battle of Brewerville (No. 9 in DOI). The Prairie du Rocher La Gui-annee has taken place every year 1722 and the song is No. 172 in DOI. I recorded The Battle of Brewerville on my Down in Little Egypt CD.{{DISPLAYTITLE: | ||
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The tune was on a 1938 home disk recording that Percy Clerc owned. I am unsure if he recorded it. The fiddler on that recording was Charles Nestor Bise (1863-1956) who was a son of French immigrants Laurent Bise and Henriette Moneron. He was the fiddler for La Gui-annee for 70 years. The most common spelling of the last name I found in the records was "Bise." The disk contained Prairie du Rocher (No. 197 in "Dear Old Illinois," Garry Harrison & Jo Burgess, Pick Away Press, Bloomington, IN , 2007) and another called The Battle of Brewerville (No. 9 in DOI). The Prairie du Rocher La Gui-annee has taken place every year 1722 and the song is No. 172 in DOI. I recorded The Battle of Brewerville on my Down in Little Egypt CD.