Dennis McGee visite Bois-Sec Ardoin

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13 жыл бұрын

Film "Le Reel du Pendu" (Hangman's Reel)
André Gladu, 1972
Monsieur Ardoin joue à sa maison avec ses fils
et Dennis McGee, le bon ami de son nonc Amédé Ardoin.
Sady Courville was also present but doesn't play on this number.
In the film the song is cut short so to fade it out is not my choice.
«Qui c'est ça? D'la poudlatte? Oh da's good...»
Poudlatte is not the actual word, but what is it
and why is it dat good?
- Before they start playing "Petite ou la Grosse"
they discuss which type of girl they prefer! -
(Petite ou grosse / Thin or chubby)

Пікірлер: 41

@hilmarwensorra1215 6 ай бұрын

In VERY loving memory of Mr. Dennis McGee (1893 - 1989 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).

@vikkimcgee1 13 жыл бұрын

Whoever posted Thank you soooo Much I love seeing my heritage like this I am Dennis' Great Grandaughter! I loved being a part of these get togethers when I was a kid This is truly beautiful History!!

@patricias5122 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful music from fine, beautiful people.

@MrTigre6 5 жыл бұрын

Vikki, I met your dad, and I am now 64 years old. And your dad was a great man. He didn't care about race, or color. He promoted music in the hope that all people could be friends. And he succeeded!!

@hatchertiger 5 жыл бұрын

You should be proud of him. He helped preserve our culture, our language. @@MrTigre6

@darioussmith3450 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats. I know your great grandfather was Cajun but is Bois Sec Ardoin singing in Cajun or creole here is this video ?

@SeanChristopherMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

Dennis McGee my grandfather! Glad these Videos are being posted!

@darioussmith3450 2 жыл бұрын

Is he singing in Kouri Vini (Louisiana Creole) or Louisiana French? Please answer for this Floridian. Also In the beginning of the video they are conversing in French but are they conversing in Cajun or creole ? I know that Bois Sec was creole ?

@daviddoyle4516 3 жыл бұрын

This is the face of humanity guys. God Bless these folks and their music,

@jean-paulraillat3293 Жыл бұрын

bravo, mr boisec ardouin que DIEU veille sur vous super musique et merçi pour l'alto de denis mc ghee, hasta louego!!!!!! de royan en saintonge-maritime aquuitaine france

@philippevolo8327 2 жыл бұрын

Formidable, merci pour la vidéo.

@MrLearningMan1 12 жыл бұрын

Encore, je veux dire que j'aime ca tellement le musique de les cajun. Merci, beaucoup.

@cwg1982 12 жыл бұрын

That made my heart happy. Miss you Bois!

@hatchertiger 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get better than this.

@SuperGTRman 11 жыл бұрын

my dad and "bios"..sec'....are these guys having a good time?? yu see the joy they get out of .."music!!

@darioussmith3450 2 жыл бұрын

Is Bois Sec singing in Cajun (Louisiana French) or Kouri Vini (Louisiana Creole )?

@nealpomea2836 Жыл бұрын

@@darioussmith3450 Cajun. That is, Louisiana French. See the lyrics I posted

@darioussmith3450 12 күн бұрын

@@nealpomea2836So he was a Creole who was able to speak and sing in Cajun, right? Can Creoles and Cajuns communicate with each other in their own language?

@cabinfever7262 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice music ! ty for the upload.

@charlie1pipes 12 жыл бұрын

Two Great legends

@nealpomea2836 Жыл бұрын

Here is how I can make out the lyrics Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin sang this time for the first few verses: Petite ou grosse, Madame Edouard Ça m'fait d'la peine Petite ou la grosse, chère Ils sont tout l'même prix Donne moi, mama, chère Quoi moi j'vas faire? Rien pas j'ai fait, chère Sont tout l'même prix Petite ou grosse, chère Ça m'fait d'la peine Tout l'même prix, chère Ils est pour moi même (?) Moi, j'ai demander, chère Moi, j't'ai demander Cette la j'voulais, chère Dans ma maison Small or big, Madame Edouard It gives me pain Small or big, dear They're both the same price Give me, mama, dear What am I going to do? Nothing I do, dear They're both worth the same price Small or big, dear It gives me pain Both the same price, dear They're both for me Me, I ask, dear Me, I ask you That one I want, dear, At my house (Word for word translations don't capture the idioms very well. If it's not grammatical in English, it IS in the French he's using!) Excuse the spelling! I am not the best with French. But I am pretty sure I am real close to it. This is Louisiana French, Cajun I guess you would say, not Creole. Denus and Bois Sec, white and black, would have had no trouble understanding one another. My impression of Creole French as spoken by blacks around Breaux Bridge and St. Martin parish is that the grammar and word order is more different. McGee was from Eunice and Ardoin was from L'Anse Prien Noir near Basile and Oberlin, NOT where I would associate speaking Creole French but I might be wrong. I am not a linguist, historian, French scholar --- just a native fan of the music. The story is basically the same in most versions you will hear. It's a young man calling out to a mother (Madame Edouard, Madame Entelle, I have heard different names but it does not affect the basic story) who has a little daughter (petite) and a fat one (grosse). The young man asks her to give them to him. It doesn't matter which one, they're both worth the same to him (Ils sont tout la même prix _ they're both the same price). I don't know why Bois Sec sings Ca m'fait d'la peine (It gives me pain) when what makes better sense in the story is C'est PAS d'la peine (It's no use, it doesn't matter which girl). At the beginning of the video the 2 men are teasing each other. Which one are you going to have? The small one or the fat one?

@smithstickney6728 Жыл бұрын

The way I’ve always been explained and understood was she’s a whorehouse madame and he’s picking which girl to take.

@larrybroussard4217 2 жыл бұрын

Love love this video,

@francaisemichif 13 жыл бұрын

good stuff!two legends!

@nozecone Жыл бұрын

Looks like a National Film Board of Canada production. Btw, Dennis McGee looks like he could be a brother of the late Metis fiddler, Frank Desjarlais, of Manitoba - even holds his fiddle the same way ... !

@TheBluesmanBlue Жыл бұрын

That was serious I'm telling you sometime playing live music right inside the living room is better than being on a stage and is any of their recordings is available this day 2022 please let me know I can listen to that group all day long great post thanks for posting 🎶🎶🎶🎶👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@smarion100 10 ай бұрын

Long live humanity!🥰

@francaisemichif 13 жыл бұрын

i wish there was more video of these two together!

@Istaysmoking 11 жыл бұрын

so thankful to have seen this!

@meloderon 13 жыл бұрын

Fantastico awesome. Thanks for posting.

@qgill778 3 жыл бұрын

Allons en bas fete !

@redhairedlad 13 жыл бұрын

great post!!

@michelvansteenberge571 4 жыл бұрын

@beaujocquemouton1293 3 жыл бұрын

My cousin Anders j espree who they called Beaujocque but Beaujocque Mouton is my real name good music

@francaisemichif 13 жыл бұрын

can anyone please translate this song,it sounds great!

@Hughesbayou 3 жыл бұрын

The videographer is obviously more interested in showing the emotions of the players than in the playing itself. Too bad. There aren't enough videos of either one of them playing and for those who are interested in their styles there is a lot to learn from seeing how they handle their instruments etc. What I can ascertain is that Denis is putting a strong upbow on the offbeats to match the rhythm of the accordion. His bow grip, what little of it I could see, is quite interesting as well. It looks like he has a pretty tight grip on the bow and his action is more in his wrist and arm more that his fingers.