Kaplan Waltz - Nathan Abshire and the Balfa Brothers

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

My favorite of all time .. RIP Nathan Abshire , Now somebody play the Pine Grove Blues !

[@christopherfothergil]

I just wish i could see this music being played live, I live in the UK and alas at 69 year of age. I am unable due to health to fly so who ever put these vids on here I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@charlesleatherman6685]

I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I never heard Cajun Music until I was in Louisiana in the military. Fell in love with it the first time I heard it.

[@judymcvey9005]

Never ever get tired of that wonderful Cajun music! (Food's good too! :)

[@madisonoquain9398]

I never got to meet my great great uncle but i still listen to his music 💙💙

[@mavjimbo]

Enjoy

[@MitchVincent]

That's good old and still good

[@snnetteachexnayder63]

Music for the heart and soul 🎶

[@evanbenjamin4578]

Sitting on The Bank of Cane River Bowing my Fiddle to this tune Under A Magnificent Full Moon . You are Missed Nathan Abshire and Dewey Balfa but the Heart and Music from both of you remains beating .

[@jefflewis6666]

Love this Cajun music can't get enough.

[@mavjimbo]

Doesn't get any better than this

[@MDCB1]

GOOD!!!

[@jacquesbrouyer8687]

i was Lucky enought to see them all in my little town in France during a tour .probably one of the best concert of all my life . at the end of the concert they standed at the door to shake hands of every body...!

[@josephlee9700]

Since my parents are gone , listening to French is very hard I. Miss them old Cajuns so mutch my dad was a great Cajuns

[@davepaterson935]

So he was born in 105 years ago. and we still love his music, and him. respect.

[@nickconsole5035]

My mother was born and raised in Kaplan Elda Guidry may she RIP 🙏

[@archieclement2977]

Couple of days ago. Couple days from now?

[@hijodesumatter]

Why do I feel like crying when I listen to this music, and yet joyful?

[@jerrylmoody3822]

because it's from the heart

[@robertguilbeau1705]

I don't know; but I'm with you.

[@tabbyfritsch4426]

If they taught in school the history of cajun people you would understand.

[@joefronti6901]

This is the best I have ever heard.

[@Johnwhite-bk5et]

This Yorkshire man agrees 😁😁🏏🏉🌟✨

[@nascarmikeb]

I love this, it warms my heart!!! I love our heritage!!!

[@kristinallbright4600]

Me too buddy me too

[@africadreamin]

I have just realized why I love these series so much, it's not just the music which is awesome but the scenes that remind me so much of my time in Africa where similar images are still there today.

[@johnradcliffe9472]

Something about this music is togetherness & heart rending.

[@bettymeintzer3710]

John Radcliffe p

[@pelican201]

Have always loved how you put music to those old films. Used to go to Kaplan in the early 70's and have danced to this great song. Thanks for sharing.

[@cedricprim]

Proud to be born and raised in Kaplan Louisiana sha

[@jimtrahan2800]

I was also born in Kaplan, and lived my first eleven years of life there. In November 1963, our family moved north to Pineville, then later, further north, and an hour west of Shreveport, into Texas. I still have some fond memories of my early years in Kaplan, and the school classmates I left behind.

[@Dutchgalego]

J' adore!

[@laag638]

I lived around eunice,la, and was friends with Dewey.

[@richardh.k.pohlmann7465]

I love the music and ofcourse the combination of the old footage and thew original music.

[@KenDodd1317]

They don’t make em like that anymore. Aren’t we lucky we can call upon these amazing videos to reminisce. Something to be said for modern technology!! 😉😁❤️

[@kristinallbright4600]

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[@jimmyprice2664]

Jimmy price Cajun and Creole music is moving and tranquil I just love it,,

[@patrickdecou4441]

One of my favorite Cajun songs. Patrick Decou. Sweeny, Texas.

[@dannyblack4629]

this is great,do not understand the words but love the music. nice video

[@robertjeffrey5560]

Kaplan is a small town in southern Louisiana, it is named for Abrom Kaplan who bought the property in the early 1900's. Nathan worked and lived in nearby Gueydan. The song lyrics changed a lot through the decades but mostly refer to a girl (the love of the singer) going away and if she goes too long he worries that he will not want her to return. It's very heartwrenching and sad.

[@chazlopresti]

Thanks, making my day better with each note.

[@Kiki6259]

Trés belle vidéo ! J'adore cette musique de nos "cousins "cajuns !

[@michelforet4790]

Nos frères Cajuns !

[@farmhand6524]

Song and pictures smile thank you

[@JRCinKY]

This is my favorite of all the videos you have put together, sad to think that all these folks have now passed on. Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire were the best ever.

[@stbricesday]

+JRCinKY This is my favourite Nathan Abshire/Balfa Brothers song too, I had an earlier version, but I seem to have lost the record, it was better than even this. Sorry late reply, I come here not very often. My next project here, will be putting together a Kitty Wells live, at her prime vid, including all her songs showing her actuially perform back in the day, not modern, God rest her soul, before I go back to the good old Cajun.... and that is when I find time......

[@shanemouton2585]

stbricesday

[@shanemouton2585]

pl q

[@DancingOwl]

Check out the Dave Robicheaux novels set in Cajun Southern Louisiana.. written by James Lee Burke... very evocative and sympathetic account of life on the bayou... Great stories too!

[@michaelplowman4960]

Big big fan of James Lee Burke never been to Louisiana and at 80 not likely to but I can imagine my self there,great writing.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Magnificent.

[@cypriencoon8744]

1:16 to 1:23 That's the second Crowley courthouse; I recognized it immediately. Who knows what the gathering was about, but I'm reminded of the Children's Prohibition gathering. Several of these clips, actually, are of Crowley.

[@Birdlives247]

Which direction is the camera looking? It could be any of four directions, if I'm correct. I would love to have been there.

[@CajunLady333]

Beautiful

[@brnolebreton3609]

La vidéo, plus la musique me rendent nostalgique comme quand je regarde des actualités d'avant guerre sur le monde paysan et ouvrier français. Nostalgie oui mais surtout tendresse pour une certaine joie de vivre éclatante. Ce monde disparu éclatait d'espoir.

[@cajunkuto]

The best!!

[@jimmyprice2664]

Very intriguing I think I will learn the beautiful French language

[@michelvansteenberge571]

oui bien sûre, le Français est une très belle langue. Un bon conseil, ne t'occupe de l'orthographe. Je suis Belge de langue Française et je peux te dire que je fais encore beaucoup de fautes !!!! Parle comme tu en as envie. Cela vient de toi et l'on te comprendra. Bonne chance, c'est la vie ! En Belgique, nous avons un accent différent mais on s'en fout !!

[@pedrocuervobarrera7985]

@@michelvansteenberge571 ca vas Michel?je suis Colombian,de l'Amérique du Sud,je parle la jolie langue Francaise.Bonne anné 2020.

[@pishquet]

The Best. !!!

[@patrickdecou4441]

I love this KZbin music. Listen to it every morning. GEAUX LSU TIGERS

[@Birdlives247]

You might listen to KBON radio from Eunice, LA. Every weekday they play. Cajun music (See schedule for time) for an hour and all morning on Saturday and Sunday. Their app is free. Great station for all Louisiana music.

[@patrickdecou4441]

@@Birdlives247 KBON IS one of the best CAJUN music stations. GEAUX TIGERS

[@Phoenotype]

Bravo!

[@amiesherman9595]

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[@eugenehorner3722]

I can not understand a word of the song but I like the song.

[@stbricesday]

Well noted Mr. Thibodeaux, it is indeed Crowley.

[@meemawpapa-juan8998]

The best

[@michelforet4790]

C'est beau et triste comme musique

[@Stefanostevecross]

yea!

[@leolahuval4185]

Stefano stevecross gi

[@dokomodro]

Love the historic video footage, as well as the music. I wondered if you might share where the video footage was found?

[@rockereb]

I too would like to know. Is it in Kaplan?

[@stbricesday]

@@rockerebIt is of Crowley, but sorry it was some years ago, I forget where I got the footage. Some footage, is of unknown location. Sorry late reply....

[@michel2101]

Vive la Louisiane !

[@darlapremeaux7006]

Nathan Abshire was my mother in law brother

[@stbricesday]

" See also the several related versions of "Valse de Kaplan [1]" (Kaplan Waltz). Source for notated version: Angelas LeJeune (La.) [Francois]. Ye Yaille Chere 1990; pgs. 260-261. Old Timey Records OT-114, Angelas LeJeune. Iry LeJeune Cousin. Valse De Pointe Noire - Angelas LeJeune Le Jeune Le Jeunne . Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning. A(Vocal)AA(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)A(Vocal)ABB(Vocal)ABB. Raymond Francois (1990) The song predates blues, it is Acadian in origin.

[@jimgaspard578]

Another very good version of this was recorded be Andrew Cormier W/Dallas Roy on vocals .Late 50`sr early 60`s

[@mr.wizard2974]

Now I know where the 2 step came from. lol

[@darlapremeaux7006]

She was from Louisiana

[@pentelikos]

Hurricanes are tragedies wherever they strike but for poor New Orleans to be facing yet another devastation is a really dreadful thought. New Orleans always feels like one of the great cultural cities of the World. This song and its film are so poignant.

[@henryreimer4822]

any one noticed the buggy crash at 3:12

[@styrbjornful]

french women rock

[@aclark8636]

Does anyone know what towns or places are in this footage?

[@ellardyow5692]

killer

[@baseballfanatixx1]

Does anyone know where the video was filmed?

[@TheFlite29]

I love this music, and the Balfa brothers and Nathan Abshire, but this was recorded in 1949...IT DOES NOT PREDATE BLUES MUSIC.

[@TheFlite29]

Check artists like Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, Bukka White etc...

[@stbricesday]

It most certainly does, I forget the origin and will post it here when I remember or find it again. For the toon derives from an much earlier Cajun song. Sorry, you are wrong, Cajun music derives from Acadian and predates the blues by many decades in it's style..

[@mavjimbo]

Oh well,so what

[@davepaterson935]

A) this does not per-date blues. B) it isn't even blues... it's a simple two-step waltz. And very good it is too.

[@stbricesday]

Hi Dave, it is lovely! Well, I believe that it does, the Blues is late 19th c at the very earliest and most likely manifested in the 1920's. This song is Acadian and predates that by half a century, at least in this form, I don't believe that French Canadians lived without music or did not take it to Louisiana. I never said it was a blues tune, I know my waltzes. I do believe Cajun music, existing in a well preserved form, is one of many examples of how music actually progressed into the modern era through many sources. From my experience only, I'd guess that it is possible, in this case, that this beautiful song is derived from a Creole tune, but I often show parallels to support the fact that modern music, rock and roll etc., has holartic origin. xx

[@jimtrahan2800]

Strange...I always thought two-steps and waltzes are two different types of music, given that there are a number of Cajun two-steps which are definitely NOT waltzes. Silly me. LOL

[@chefmitch4731]

Vive La Cajun

[@wadefalcon7344]

Read more: earlycajunmusic.blogspot.com/2015/05/kaplan-waltz-nathan-abshire.html

[@stbricesday]

+Wade Falcon What an interesting, well informed and wonderful Cajun site you have Wade. Just spent a couple of hours there! A must see for anyone that enjoys these remarkable sounds from the past.

[@stbricesday]

+Wade Falcon .....and I love Leo Soileau's version of Hip Et Taiau as well as Cleoma's. There is Nathan's also....

[@snnetteachexnayder63]

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