Guild Sighting - Quebecois!

[Guildmark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWBRfWa6eXs

Fun! Try not to tap your foot.

 

[killdeer43]

Very nice, and summery!!

And you're right about the foot tapping!

Thanks,
Joe

 

[capnjuan]

So ... is that a laxative commercial? The sign in the background at 2:07 says 'Fiber'. :wink:

Hi Mark; long time no post - hope all is well.

 

[avagadro]

lets ask Guild to make us a HURDY GURDY

 

[cjd-player]

That was fun, and a D-50 to boot.
Thanks for posting.

lets ask Guild to make us a HURDY GURDY

Where does one buy one of those???

 

[killdeer43]

Is there a Let's Talk Hurdy Gurdy forum?
Google time! :wink:

Joe

*Love those D50s!

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

Ah, memories... Quebecois folklorique...the unique call and response songs...playing of the feet...the gigue...the maple syrup 8)

The accordian player is Rejean Brunet. I know both he and his brother Andre when they were 14 and 15 years old, competing at gala's in the province of Quebec. The Brunet brothers are quite talented and multi instrumentalists...

Here Rejean plays bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j03tTLBc ... re=related

Here he plays keyboard with Andre on fiddle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNFtnW0 ... re=related

Andre went on to play with La Bottine Souriante, in one of their many configurations over the years. Here he plays the fiddle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0lybyvQ ... re=related

Here Andre plays guitar with his brother:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPRCVR3 ... re=related

Here is fiddles and feet...play your own guitar part. 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIv-T9xCKtY&NR=1

Everywhere in Quebec was music. Here's a taste, though I wasn't on this plane, I did have many opportunities to sit in on sessions with various members of La Bottine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxfRqGiW ... re=related

Here is an example of the gigue, danced by Benoit Bourque, whose house I have been to, and sat in on many sessions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbpJu_q ... re=related

And to end your free Quebecois folklorique introductory tutorial, and my trip down memory lane, a more recent La Bottine Souriante video, with call and response, feet, gigue, etc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwenbu1R ... re=related

Thank you Mark!

 

[dapmdave]

Very nice... a real toe-tapper!

Dave

 

[bluesypicky]

Excellent! On the other side of the pond, we call it the "folkore Breton" (from Brittany) traditional music with Celtic origins.
As I listen to that music, I can smell the crepes Bretonnes cooking, and hear the cider flow in l'auberge de la bottine souriante....

 

[john_kidder]

I loved La Bottine Souriante. They played the Vancouver Folk Music Festival for a number of years. They could get 12,000 people on their feet faster than anyone except perhaps Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band.

 

[spiderman]

Thanks much for the post, I got into traditional Quebecois music in the early 60s listening to Alan Mills Folkways albums, and seeing Jean Carignan at Newport in 1963. Have not listened to much since, have to get back to it. Thank you GuildFS4612CE for the youtubes to click on.

Harmony H-173 bought in 1960 (retired), Alvarez AC60S 2008, Eastman AC320ce 2008 "Hybrid", Guild GAD-JF30E(blonde) 2008, Guild D25M 1974, Martin Grand J35E 2009, Martin D12-20 1970, Martin OM-21 2009, Voyage-air VAOM-06
"I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me."
Richard Thompson

 

[Graham]

Fun! Try not to tap your foot.

Epic fail!

Very nice post Mark, and hey, you're looking good my friend! :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

I must add that I hear strains of the Cajun music of my youth mixed in there as well.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, laissez les bons temps rouler!

Allons a Pont Breaux!
Joe

 

[Graham]

I must add that I hear strains of the Cajun music of my youth mixed in there as well.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, laissez les bons temps rouler!

Allons a Pont Breaux!
Joe

Parlez vous fromage!!

 

[killdeer43]

I must add that I hear strains of the Cajun music of my youth mixed in there as well.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, laissez les bons temps rouler!

Allons a Pont Breaux!
Joe

Parlez vous fromage!!

Oui, I speak cheese, et toi? :lol:

Joe

 

[Ross]

Andre went on to play with La Bottine Souriante, in one of their many configurations over the years.

One of my most memorable concerts was La Bottine Souriante, with Andre Brunet on fiddle. I was in the third row, watching Michel Bordeleau, who sat on an swivel chair and beat out the rhythm with his feet while playing mandolin, guitar or fiddle and singing.
Around 1998, LBS was voted "Best Band Anywhere" by one of the music magazines (don't remember which).

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

Have to add this one in for all those who have never been to Montreal...there might be a Guild hiding in it...you'll have to watch the whole thing and look sharp...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni3x-uwAumo

8)

 

[Guildmark]

Ultra-cool, Jane! I think the only ones not smiling were the flute players.
The Guild was played by the pirate on the wall, yes? In the tricorn hat?

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

Mark wins the eagle eyes award! :mrgreen: It's easier to see if watched full screen.

I watched some of their related stuff and the same guitarist/guitar appears in a few others.

The fascinating thing, which others might not realize, is that when young Andre & Rejean were at the galas, almost all the participants/contestants were 'grizzled old geezers'...really...the wives dressed up and came to cheer on their hubbies. I was almost the only female instrumentalist (I didn't compete, I backed up the contestants). There were a few ladies who entered the song competitions.

Many of the 'champions' are probably not still with us, while, thanks to your posting, I rummaged around a bit on youtube and actually found a clip from 1992 where I was behind the stage playing along...no you can't see me...the fiddler was in his sixties...and I found one more of the same man, from a couple of years ago I think, in his 80's still playing, so he might still be here. And I found one other with a multi instrumentalist I knew well, that appears to be from about 3 years ago, now in his 70's and still playing well. If I could remember more of their names, perhaps a few more will show up. I never thought to even look on youtube as most of the music was before people had anything other than a tape recorder and few people had personal movie cameras. Until now all I had was wonderful memories and a few tapes that the artists mostly made at home.

And here's the punch line...the Montreal video is recent...and the participants are mostly young...I think I recognize a couple of the ones who are not...but they are YOUNG...THE MUSIC DID NOT DIE...another generation has come in and picked it up...just in time...and they are not all men this time. It did mostly skip a few generations...but it will live on! The girls will teach it to their children.

The ONLY music that survives the ages IS traditional, be it Quebecois, Breton, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Acadian/Cajun, American Folk, Traditional. They all share a common thread, and are passed down from generation to generation. None of what many of us consider popular...rock,jazz,pop,k-rap...will be remembered a hundred years from now. None of what has been 'recorded' will probably be able to be played back. As the technology evolves, only that which is appreciated and remembered is transferred to a new media, and the 'old' will not be. Only the folk tradition embraced by the minority will continue.

There is a reason 'Danny Boy' is so popular...the well known song itself is from the 1800's, the winner of a competition to put words to...one of the oldest airs in the world. It's the air that touches the soul down from the mists of time. I'd play it in the Metro on Saint Paddy's day and all the french speaking Haitians would smile like crazy...music is universal.

And it's wonderful how so many of you here actually recognize this music, appreciate this music. Maybe someday when we meet we can actually play some of these tunes!

Merci!

 

[killdeer43]

The ONLY music that survives the ages IS traditional, be it Quebecois, Breton, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Acadian/Cajun, American Folk, Traditional. They all share a common thread, and are passed down from generation to generation. None of what many of us consider popular...rock,jazz,pop,k-rap...will be remembered a hundred years from now. None of what has been 'recorded' will probably be able to be played back. As the technology evolves, only that which is appreciated and remembered is transferred to a new media, and the 'old' will not be. Only the folk tradition embraced by the minority will continue.

That is one profound paragraph, Jane, and I echo your sentiments. I can tell from the way you speak that you have music in your heart.
Those words are suitable for framing!

Thanks,
Joe

*"k-rap" :lol: