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L'Echo (CD)

By: Beausoleil (Artist)

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DISC 1 for L'Echo (CD) Album By Beausoleil (Artist)
1   Chez Denouse McGee
2   O Bebe Waltz
3   Freeman's Zydeco
4   Quel Espoir
5   La Ville Des Manteau
6   Lizzette La Douce
7   Evangeline Waltz
8   One Iota
9   Joe Falcon's Waltz
10   La Cravate A Ziggy Zag
11   Chere Petite Blond
12   Cajun Crawl
13   Angela's Waltz
14   Hip Et Ti-Yeaux
15   La Belle De Bayou Teche
 

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Review

Q (10/95, p.109) - 3 Stars - Good - "...one of the hottest musical gumbos in the Louisiana cookbook...[Beausoleil] brim with the vitality of the contemporary while retaining the spirit of cultural celebration..."
Down Beat (8/95, p.56) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...an exceptional collection of standards written in the '20s and '30s by seminal Cajun composers....[Beausoleil] celebrate the masters by rejuvenating their tunes with a steamy gumbo undergirded by non-stop cadences and steeped in the two-step/waltz tradition..."

Title Note

Beausoleil: Michael Doucet (vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle); David Doucet (vocals, guitar); Al Tharp (vocals, tenor guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass); Jimmy Breaux (accordion); Tommy Alesi (drums); Billy Ware (vibraphone, percussion).

Additional personnel: Tommy Comeaux (guitar, mandolin); Murnel Babineaux (steel guitar).

Producers: Michael Doucet, Carter Al Tharp, Beausoleil.

Recorded at Dockside Studio, Milton, Louisiana in April 1994. Includes liner notes by Michael Doucet.

L'ECHO was nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.

L'ECHO delivers what Beausoleil fans have come to expect--spicy, vigorous music steeped deeply in the traditions of the Louisiana bayou country. Though the band's long discography features frequent modernizations of the Cajun and zydeco styles, L'ECHO finds it returning, once again, to its roots. As group founder, vocalist, and master fiddler Michael Doucet claims in the liner notes, the album is meant as a tribute to some of Louisiana's forgotten musical leaders, including the Alley Boys ("Chere Petite Blond"), The Hackberry Ramblers ("Cajun Crawl") and the Breaux Freres ("Hip Et Ti-Yeaux).

Unlike other Beausoleil efforts, zydeco takes something of a backseat here, as the rich vein of French folk comes to the fore in cuts like "O Bebe Waltz" and the almost cabaret-like "Quel Espoir." Which isn't to say that a zydeco flavor is entirely absent, as the infectious, rhythmically insistent "One Iota" gleefully reiterates. Keen musicianship from guitarist David Doucet, accordionist Jimmy Breaux and Al Tharp on second fiddle and banjo keeps things lively as always, lending both precision and spice to this rich traditional music.

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