Bayou X

Downhome Music From the Bayou & Beyond

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by Lil Orphans Cajun Express

Released 2011... Before there was Bayou X, there was Lil Orphans Cajun Express. This CD was recorded summer 2009, released early 2011. Linda Simoneaux, accordion & vocals. Pete Simoneaux, fiddle & vocals. Daniel Kasnitz, electric bass. Jonathan Reinhardt & Stephen Frankel, electric guitars. Richard Mayer, drums. Recorded July 27, 2009, Northern Track Studios, Wilmington VT. Recording Engineer, Gary Henry.

Back O’Town Cajun Band plays classic, acoustic Cajun music, straight up. Pete & Linda Simoneaux on fiddle, accordion(s) and vocals, with Michael Pattavina on acoustic guitar on vocals. Augmented as needed by Bayou X mainstays Steve Frankel on electric bass, and Ben Carr on drums. Back O’Town’s repertoire encompasses the work of artists such as Amadee Ardoin & Dennis McGee, Joe & Cleoma Falcon, Leo Soileau with Mayeuse LaFleur and Moise Robin, Angela LeJeune, Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Lawrence Walker, the Balfa Brothers, and more, from from the legendary recordings of late 1920s and early 1930s, through the postwar periods of the 1940s and 50s, and the great Cajun music revival of the 1960s and 70s. Pete & Linda & Mike each bring over three decades experience playing and studying and dancing to this music. Dance instruction at all levels is also a staple of their repertoire.