Goldman Thibodeaux - La Valse a Austin Ardoin (Amédé Ardoin)  @DavesTrumpet
Goldman Thibodeaux - La Valse a Austin Ardoin (Amédé Ardoin)  @DavesTrumpet
DavesTrumpet | Goldman Thibodeaux - "La Valse a Austin Ardoin" (Amédé Ardoin) @DavesTrumpet | Uploaded May 2016 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Goldman Thibodeaux and The Lawtell Playboys performing "La Valse a Austin Ardoin" by Amédé Ardoin today at the Cane River Music Festival, held on the grounds of the Oakland Plantation, Natchez, LA.

While shooting photographs of a Louisiana roots music festival today, I decided to shoot a little video of Mr. Thibodeaux. He's such a nice gentleman and I wanted to have video of him performing. He's a true living legend.

This is a tune from the La La style of music. Musicians that play this music do not call it Zydeco or Cajun music. Occasionally you'll hear it called Creole, but Mr. Thibodeaux and his musicians always refer to it as "La-La". It comes from the tradition of Amédé Ardoin and is indigenous to the area these musicians are from. As you can tell, it is sung in French, as is most of this style of music.

The setting of the Cane River Music Festival is the Oakland Plantation, which began operating in 1818, though I believe the Prud'homme family started working the land there as early as the late 1600's. The plantation is surrounded by Live Oak trees which were planted in 1820. The stage you see here is placed between two very large 200 year old oak trees!

Please disregard the camera shake. My tripod is outfitted with a heavy duty head which isn't meant to be used with a lot of live panning and tilting movements that shooting video requires. Plus, with the weight of the 300mm lens and camera, there was probably 20 pounds I was having to adjust live during the video.

Enjoy!!!!

Field recording made with Tascam DR-1.
Camera: Nikon D-90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4D IF-ED lens.
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