Louisiana Dance Hall presents:
We’re going to a town in Louisiana called Natchitoches, the subject of a very popular ballad. We’ll hear six different treatments of the song. Like sampling 6 chefs’ take on cornbread – wide variety and all delicious.
Natchitoches was established in 1714 by French explorer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. It is the oldest permanent European settlement within the borders of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Natchitoches was founded as a French outpost on the Red River for trade with Spanish-controlled Mexico; French traders settled there as early as 1699. The post was established near a village of Natchitoches Indians, after whom the city was named. Early settlers were French Catholic immigrants and creoles (originally meaning those ethnic French born in the colony). French creoles acquired lands that were developed in the antebellum years as cotton-producing plantations.
Thanks for tuning in.
Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band, “Tous les jours”
from In New Orleans
GNP Crescendo - 1988
Jeffery Broussard, “Off Time Zydeco (feat. Creole Cowboys)”
from Keeping the Tradition Alive (feat. Creole Cowboys)
Maison de Soul Records - 2007
Blind Uncle Gaspard, “Natchitoches”
from Blind Uncle Gaspard, Delma Lachney, John Bertrand Early American Cajun Music from the 1920s
Yazoo
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, “Aux Natchitoches”
from Best Of Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys
New Rounder - 2008
Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds, “You'll Never Break My Heart”
from Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds
Swallow Records - 1993
Joe Bonsall & Orange Playboys, “Petite ou grosse”
from Allons Au Fais Do Do
Swallow Publications Inc dba Flat Town Music Compa - 1967
Jesse Lége, Joel Savoy & The Cajun Country Revival, “Wondering”
Valcour Records - 2011
Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse, “Heartbreaker”
from Old Man's Sweetheart
Maison de Soul Records - 1997
Talia Louisiana Dance Hall September 10th, 2019
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