Annotation:Perrodin Two Step

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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 and was first recorded by Angelas LeJeune, Dennis McGee and Ernest Fruge. John Lomax, working for the WPA, made a field recording of the tune played by accordion player Oakdale Carrière in Angloa, Louisiana, in July, 1934. A related tune is Merlin Fontenot's "Pas de Deux a Elia," according to Raymond Francois.

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).

See also listing at:
See/hear the tune played by Kevin Wimmer, Steve Riley & Chris Stafford on youtube.com [1]



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