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Louisiana Folk Masters: Varise Conner CD

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 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.

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 "Louisiana Folk Masters: Varise Conner" CD track listing
36 songs, three stories, total time 72 minutes

1. Valse à Milton (2:10)
2. Polka à Varise (1:46)
3. Drunkard's Waltz (1:15)
4. Kentucky (1:31)
5. La Caroline (:53)
6. Lake Arthur Shuffle (1:07)
7. Jimmy Bryant's Waltz (1:33)
8. Aguillard Two-Step (:50)
9. Andy's Waltz (1:07)
10. L'Histoire du violon de Varise (2:20)
11. St. Louis Blues (1:46)
12. You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama at All) (1:34)
13. Creole Waltz (1:10)
14. Chère Bouclette (2:19)
15. La Mazurka d'Eugene Michon (:56)
16. Rêve du Diable (1:23)
17. Hobson (1:30)
18. Down South (2:59)
19. Lake Arthur Stomp (2:06)
20. Sawmill Two-Step (1:57)
21. Lake Arthur Two-Step (1:44)
22. Valse à Abe (1:32)
23. Valse à Elise Mallet (1:19)
24. La Malheureuse (1:57)
25. Sabine Blues (2:22)
26. Perrodin Two-Step (1:23)
27. Old Cajun Waltz (2:22)
28. Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin (2:53)
29. Bascom Mouton Remembered (2:11)
30. J'ai été au bal (1:19)
31. Grand Mamou (2:04)
32. Grand Basile (1:33)
33. Chère Bassette (1:35)
34. Goodnight Waltz (2:25)
35. Sawmill Rag (1:02)
36. Varise Conner Rag (1:12)
37. Memphis Blues (1:37)
38. Chacoter (1:13)
39. Varise Remembers (8:13)