LA-BAS CHEZ MOREAU
Created on 30/11/2018Latest update on 15/02/2024
Artist: Cleveland Benoit & The Mighty Darby Hicks
Author: Cleveland Benoit/Darby Hicks
Label: L.o.C./Rounder
Year: 1934
Alan Lomax recording in Jennings, LA. Chez Moreau was ill reputed (candy store, drugs, prostitution). Father John A. Lomax delegated this French Louisiana leg of their field trip journey to his 19 year old son, who's school French was still fresh. Alan also recorded Jimmy Peters in Jennings (see: J'ai fait tout le tour du pays). Issued on Deep River Of Song - Louisiana (2004).
Covers:
- 1934:
Jimmy Peters [as S'en aller chez Moreau]
- 1965:
Bois Sec Ardoin & Canray Fontenot [as Bonsoir Moreau]
- 1985:
- 1994:
Geno Delafose [as Bon soir Moreau (Goodnight Moreau)]
- 2001:
