Name: Live At Whiskey River Landing
Brand: BALFA TOUJOURS
SKU: 19066
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Live At Whiskey River Landing

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Album: Live At Whiskey River Landing
#	Song Title		Time
1)	La Chandelle Est Allumee (The Candle Is Alight)	More Info...
2)	Whiskey River Special	More Info...
3)	La Valse Des Pins (The Waltz Of The Pines)	More Info...
4)	Le Reel Fruge (The Fruge Reel)	More Info...
5)	Le Two-Step De Bon Cafe (The Good Coffee Two-Step)	More Info...
6)	The Tow Truck Blues	More Info...
7)	Mon Vieux Wagon (My Old Wagon)	More Info...
8)	La Valse De Belizaire (Belizaire's Waltz)	More Info...
9)	Le Two-Step De Platin (Platin Two-Step)	More Info...
10)	Casse Pas Ma Tete (Don't Break My Head)	More Info...
11)	Frankl DuPuis A Pris Ma Femme (Frank DuPuis Took My Woman)	More Info...
12)	Te Peux Cogner Mais Pas Rentrer (You Can Knock But You Can't Come In)	More Info...
13)	C'est Tout Perdu (It's All Lost)	More Info...
14)	Keep Your Hands Off Of It	More Info...
15)	Chez Geno (At Geno's House)	More Info...

Album: Live At Whiskey River Landing
#	Song Title		Time
1)	La Chandelle Est Allumee (The Candle Is Alight)	More Info...
2)	Whiskey River Special	More Info...
3)	La Valse Des Pins (The Waltz Of The Pines)	More Info...
4)	Le Reel Fruge (The Fruge Reel)	More Info...
5)	Le Two-Step De Bon Cafe (The Good Coffee Two-Step)	More Info...
6)	The Tow Truck Blues	More Info...
7)	Mon Vieux Wagon (My Old Wagon)	More Info...
8)	La Valse De Belizaire (Belizaire's Waltz)	More Info...
9)	Le Two-Step De Platin (Platin Two-Step)	More Info...
10)	Casse Pas Ma Tete (Don't Break My Head)	More Info...
11)	Frankl DuPuis A Pris Ma Femme (Frank DuPuis Took My Woman)	More Info...
12)	Te Peux Cogner Mais Pas Rentrer (You Can Knock But You Can't Come In)	More Info...
13)	C'est Tout Perdu (It's All Lost)	More Info...
14)	Keep Your Hands Off Of It	More Info...
15)	Chez Geno (At Geno's House)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Balfa Toujours: Christine Balfa (vocals, guitar, banjo, ukelele, washboard, triangle); Dirk Powell (vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, accordion); Kevin Wimmer (vocals, fiddle); Craig Guillory (bass); Todd Aucoin, Geno Delafose (drums).
Recorded at Angelle's Whiskey River Landing, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. Includes liner notes by Dirk Powell.
Angelle's Whiskey River Landing, a modest but regionally famous bar and dancehall on the levee of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, almost deserves credit as a bandmember on this thrilling live album. Angelle's is Balfa Tourjours' favorite place to play, and you can hear it on every song; the band is completely relaxed, laying down a stomping, rolling rhythm under the constant ripple of fiddle and accordion and Christine Balfa's wailing vocals. The band members laugh and compliment the dancers between songs and lapse from English into French and back again apparently without thought. The tunes range from the soaring "La Chandelle Est Allume" to down-and-dirty stompers like "The Towing Truck Blues" and "Le Two-Step du Platin" without much variation in mood; this isn't a concert, it's a dance party, so the music is there to serve a higher purpose. You might expect that fact to make the music less interesting, but it doesn't. Instead, what's consistently amazing is the sheer force of humor and goodwill that permeates every note. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson