Varise Conner (1906-1994) has been called the “greatest unrecorded Cajun musician.” With this ground-breaking 72-minute collection of previously unavailable songs and stories featuring liner notes by Michael Doucet, David Greely, Carl Brasseaux and Barry Jean Ancelet, we now have an opportunity to hear masterful renditions of waltzes, two-steps, blues, a mazurka, a polka and even “Lake Arthur Stomp” as performed by its originator in his own home. The source recordings for this project were made between 1975 and 1977 and are part of the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Recorded by Barry Jean Ancelet
Edited and Mastered by Tony Daigle
Associate Producers: Barry Jean Ancelet and David Greely
Photos by Elemore Morgan, Jr.
Art Direction: Megan Barra
Executive Producers: John Laudun and Todd Mouton

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