Geno Delafose's guest appearances

Geno Delafose

ARTSEDGE: The Kitchen Sink

Gulf Coast Highway

Cajun and Creole Talk

Nanci Griffith

Michael Doucet

Marcia Ball

Daniel Pink

John Legend

Leonard Bernstein

Samuel Beckett

Marvin Gaye

August Wilson

Richard Thomas

Stephen Schwartz

Diane Ravitch

David Ives

Ben Burtt

Marian Anderson

OwlTail

Recorded before the pandemic, Geno Delafose talks about his loyal fans, cattle farm, a car-hauling service, a new wife and a “content” life.  "The world doesn't owe me a thing." Hear the entire conversation in this episode of Cajun and Creole Talk.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nicholas-poulos/message

Recorded before the pandemic, Geno Delafose talks about his loyal fans, cattle farm, a car-hauling service, a new wife and a “content” life.  "The world doesn't owe me a thing." Hear the entire conversation in this episode of Cajun and Creole Talk.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/nicholas-poulos/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/nicholas-poulos/message</a>

Beloved Creole cowboy Geno Delafose 'content' with farm and music life

In 1920s rural Louisiana, ten cents granted admission to hours of rollicking music at a "La La" house party. La La party music‚Äîcharacterized by the use of accordions, fiddles, triangles, and washboards or rub-boards called frottoirs‚Äîformed the basis of zydeco. The French-speaking Creoles of southwest Louisiana added elements of blues and jazz to the party mix. The result was zydeco, a musical style dominated by the accordion, frottoir, and heavy syncopation (a rhythmic technique of shifting accents to weak beats). Accordion player and singer Clifton Chenier was credited with naming this musical genre. After a  long history of hits like "Zydeco Sont pas Sale," Chenier was dubbed the "King of Zydeco."  Zydeco is often linked with Cajun music, but it has a harder, faster sound and employs more electric instruments. In dance halls today, elements of soul, disco, rap, and reggae can be heard among the rhythms of the frottoir.

In 1920s rural Louisiana, ten cents granted admission to hours of rollicking music at a "La La" house party. La La party music‚Äîcharacterized by the use of accordions, fiddles, triangles, and washboards or rub-boards called frottoirs‚Äîformed the basis of zydeco. The French-speaking Creoles of southwest Louisiana added elements of blues and jazz to the party mix. The result was zydeco, a musical style dominated by the accordion, frottoir, and heavy syncopation (a rhythmic technique of shifting accents to weak beats). Accordion player and singer Clifton Chenier was credited with naming this musical genre. After a long history of hits like "Zydeco Sont pas Sale," Chenier was dubbed the "King of Zydeco." Zydeco is often linked with Cajun music, but it has a harder, faster sound and employs more electric instruments. In dance halls today, elements of soul, disco, rap, and reggae can be heard among the rhythms of the frottoir.

Gulf Coast Highway: Zydeco: Geno Delafose

Zydeco: Geno Delafose