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04 Aug 06 - 02:11 PM (#1801594) Subject: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: GUEST Doing some research into the history of this classic Cajun waltz for a page on our site @ http://snipurl.com/jolie_blonde I found the following, on the renowned Cajun artist George Rodrigue's website: > "A prisoner in Port Arthur wrote a song based > on the legend "Jolie Blonde" in the 1920s. > It tells the story of a pretty blonde woman > who left her Cajun lover for someone else." Does anyone here know any more about this Cajun legend - or have any additional information about the song's authorship/ background that I can add to the above page. best to all Paul Castle The Rosinators http://www.soundclick.com/therosinators ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to 'Joli Blon' by The Rosinators broadband / dial-up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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04 Aug 06 - 04:34 PM (#1801710) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: Q (Frank Staplin) Amedee Breaux first recorded "Ma Blonde Est Partie (Jolie Blonde) in 1929. Some say his sister Cleoma wrote it. What evidence is cited that it did not originate with the Breaux's? Did this artist invent the story of 'a prisoner ...'? The original is included in "Cajun Early Recordings," 4 CD set, JSP Records, B, Track 12 . The later version "Jolie Blonde" by the Hackberry Ramblers (1936) is in disc C, track 5. |
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04 Aug 06 - 05:11 PM (#1801726) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: Dead Horse I thought all cajun waltz lyrics were about faithless women leaving their poor blameless husbands/boyfriends. :-) (and all the two-steps are about going to the dance and getting drunk) |
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04 Aug 06 - 05:24 PM (#1801747) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: Scoville I once heard a Cajun version of "Achy-Breaky Heart". Vast improvement--good dance beat and I couldn't understand a word of it. |
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18 Jun 10 - 07:02 PM (#2930821) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: GUEST I like the song but don't understand a word of it. I have been looking for the words. I would like it in both English and French |
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18 Jun 10 - 07:49 PM (#2930842) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: Q (Frank Staplin) Both posted in the thread at the top of the links above. |
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05 Jul 12 - 02:32 AM (#3372187) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: GUEST,Songwriter of Jolie Blonde Who is claiming to be the author of this song? |
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05 Jul 12 - 04:23 AM (#3372208) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: GUEST,999 http://archive.org/details/Breaux |
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05 Jul 12 - 04:28 AM (#3372214) Subject: RE: Origins: The Legend of Jolie Blonde From: GUEST Guest 'Songwriter etc.' La seule personne ici qui prétend être l'auteur-compositeur, c'est vous, idiot. |