Celebrating 50 Years of BeauSoleil Live
This week, we look back on a live concert celebrating the music of the legendary Cajun band BeauSoleil, led by fiddler Michael Doucet, with family and friends in their 50th year of playing Louisiana French folk and popular music locally and globally, all in front of a packed hometown house in Lafayette, Louisiana.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Sugarfoot Rag Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
Acadian Two-Step BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Travailler c’est trop dur BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Je m’endors (French Blues) BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Instrumental: Attrape Mes Larmes (Pour Dewey) BeauSoleil
La Danse De La Vie, Rhino
Zydeco Gris-gris BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
La Fille de Quatorze Ans BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
It’s You I Love BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Tasso/McGee’s Reel BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Instrumental: La Valse Des Jonglemonts (The Pensive Waltz) BeauSoleil
Allons a Lafayette & More, Smithsonian Folkways
Les Barres de la Prison BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Courtableau BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Chez Seychelles BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
End Bed: Les Blues de Chaleur - Hot Blues BeauSoleil
Cajunization, Rhino
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Bons Temps Rouler BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
La Terre de Mon Grandpere (My Grandfather’s Land) BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Carencro BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Instrumental: Pauvre Hobo (Poor Hobo) BeauSoleil, Canray Fontenot
Allons a Lafayette & More, Arhoolie
L’Amour ou la Folie BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Fais pas ça BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Rouler et Tourner BeauSoleil|
American Routes original recording
Instrumental: Chanson Pour Tommy - Song for Tommy BeauSoleil
Cajunization, Rhino
La Chanson De Cinquante Sous (The 50¢ song) BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
End Bed: Bamako BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording
Encore: Flames D’Enfer BeauSoleil
American Routes original recording