Early Cajun Music / JOLLY BOYS OF LAFAYETTE 1937 Shellac 78 RPM / See Des. Below
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Description
Many thanks to WF of Early Cajun Recordings on the www for his wonderful verbiage below :
The Jolly Boys got their start in 1937 with their only recording session with Decca. Joe Fabacher led his group during the late 1930s through the 1950s. It included his brother Red and Leon "Crip" Credeur". Francis "Red" Fabacher was a brilliant guitar player. By 1940, Red was playing radio shows on KVOL along with Nason Guidry and the Sons Of Acadians. However, soon after, he was drafted into WWII.
The song was their version of Amede Ardoin's "Eunice Two Step". It spawned other post-war versions such as Virgil Bozman's "Tell Me If You Love Me" and Lee Sonnier's "Chere Ici Et Chere La-Ba". The phrase chère ici et chère là bas eludes to a lover's quarrel, where in the love interest acts differently when her man is at her side versus when he's away. While Red got his start playing Cajun swing music, he also was adept to playing country and rock in the later years. By the time he got out of the service, he had joined Harry Choates band, playing full rhythm guitar and occasionally filling in for Happy Fats.
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