Artist: Douglas Bellard & Kirby Riley
Author: traditional
Label: Vocalion
Year: 1929
Oldest black creole recording, even older than Amédé Ardoin's. Should have been Valse de la prison of course. Bellard was doing time for murdering a chicken thief he caught red-handed. Douglas on fiddle, Kirby on accordion.
Covers:
Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge [as La Valse Du Penitencier, also for Vocalion]
Joseph Jones [as Blues de la prison; Lomax recording]
Canray Fontenot [as Les Barres de la prison]
Terrance Simien [idem]
Pine Leaf Boys [idem]
Buddy Miller [idem]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)