Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
My take on Émile Vacher's musette classic, recorded in 1931. Vacher was considered the father of the bal-musette genre, a sound we know and associate with French sidewalk cafes. While popular during the 1920s and early 1930s, he was later supplanted by other accordionists within the musette genre such as Gus Viseur and Tony Murena, and by the time he passed he was largely forgotten.
This little clip is from my Thanksgiving show (you can find the program in its entirety here on my channel), but I wanted to highlight the piece as a standalone upload. The accordion is a rare Flowtone model, built by now defunct General Accordion Company in Detroit.
For more information check out MattTolentino.com
My take on Émile Vacher's musette classic, recorded in 1931. Vacher was considered the father of the bal-musette genre, a sound we know and associate with French sidewalk cafes. While popular during the 1920s and early 1930s, he was later supplanted by other accordionists within the musette genre such as Gus Viseur and Tony Murena, and by the time he passed he was largely forgotten.
This little clip is from my Thanksgiving show (you can find the program in its entirety here on my channel), but I wanted to highlight the piece as a standalone upload. The accordion is a rare Flowtone model, built by now defunct General Accordion Company in Detroit.
For more information check out MattTolentino.com
