- BeauSoleil【 3 albums 28 lyrics 】
- BeauSoleil (French, beautiful sun) is an American Cajun band from Louisiana.
BeauSoleil is an American band of Cajun music from Louisiana founded in Lafayette in 1975. Their repertoire is composed of traditional cadjins and zydeco on lyrics in Cajun French but also in English.
Historical
The members of BeauSoleil are the Doucet brothers, Michael Doucet (violin and vocals) and David Doucet (guitar and vocals), Jimmy Breaux (accordion), Billy Ware (percussion), Tommy Alesi (percussion), and Mitchell Reed (double bass and violin) ).
The group has opened up to other influences, jazz, rock 'n' roll, blues ... which is worth their admiration because it gives an energy to the songs or the contrary of the critics because it denatures the genre.
Prizes and awards
In 1998, BeauSoleil won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album for Love or Madness.
In 2005, BeauSoleil won the Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Cajun Band.
In 2005, Michael Doucet received a National Heritage Fellowship.
In 2008, BeauSoleil won a Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for his album Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Discography
Albums
1976 La Nuit (Released only in France)
1977 The Spirit of Cajun Music (Swallow)
1984 Michael Doucet with BeauSoleil (Arhoolie)
1984 Parlez-Nous a Boire (Arhoolie)
1986 Allons a Lafayette (Arhoolie) with Canray Fontenot
1986 Belizaire the Cajun (soundtrack) (Arhoolie)
1987 Bayou Boogie (Rounder)
1988 Hot Chili Mama (Arhoolie)
1989 Bayou Cadillac (Rounder)
1989 Zydeco Gris Gris (Swallow)
1989 Live from the Left Coast (Rounder)
1991 Cajun Conja (Rhino)
1991 Déjá Vu (Swallow)
1993 La Danse de la Vie (Forward)
1994 Cajun & Creole Music (Music of the World)
1994 L' Echo (Rhino/Forward)
1995 Vintage Beausoleil (Music of the World)
1997 L' Amour Ou la Folie (Rhino)
1997 Arc de Triomphe Two-Step (Hemisphere) - recording of 1976
2001 Looking Back Tomorrow: Beausoleil Live! (Rhino)
2004 Gitane Cajun (Vanguard)
2006 Live in Louisiana (Way Down in Louisiana)
2008 Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet (MunckMix)
2009 Alligator Purse (Yep Roc)
2013 From Bamako to Carencro (Compass)
Compilation albums
1997 The Best of BeauSoleil (Arhoolie)
1999 Cajunization (Rhino)
2001 Best of Crawfish Years 1985 - 1991 (Rounder)
2003 Their Swallow Years (Ace)
2003 Encore, Encore!! The Best of BeauSoleil 1991 - 2001 (Rhino) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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From Bamako To Carencro
2013
1.Two-Step De Port Arthur (Provided)
2.La Douceur (The Sweetness) (Provided)
3.Bamako (Provided)
4.Carencro (Provided)
5.Chanson De Cinquante Sous (Provided)
6.Les Barres De La Prison (Provided)7.Bessie's Blues (Provided)
8.I'll Go Crazy (Provided)
9.You Got To Move (Provided)
10.Le Jig Creole (Provided)
11.Guilbeau Pelican & Napoleon's Reel (Provided) -
Alligator Purse
2009
1.Reel Cajun (Provided)
2.Rouler Et Tourner (Provided)
3.Cariere Zydeco (Provided)
4.Little Darlin' (Provided)
5.Marie (Provided)
6.Valse A BeauSoleil (Provided)
7.Bosco Stomp (Provided)8.Theogene Creole (Provided)
9.I Spent All My Money Loving You (Provided)
10.Les Oignons (Provided)
11.The Problem (Provided)
12.Alligator Purse (Provided)
13.Valse A Thomas Ardoin (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.Chanson D'Acadie
2.It's You I Love3.Tasso/McGee's Reel
4.Midland Two-Step
【Correction of errors in the album information】