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!