Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music by Brasseaux, Ryan Andre

Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780190628444)

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Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music by Brasseaux, Ryan Andre

Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music

$45.99
Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music by Brasseaux, Ryan Andre

Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music

$45.99
Format: Paperback
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In 1946, Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddle virtuoso, changed the course of American musical history when his recording of the so-called Cajun national anthem "Jole Blon" reached number four on the national Billboard charts. Cajun music became part of the American consciousness for the first time thanks to the unprecedented success of this issue, as the French tune crossed cultural, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic boundaries. Country music stars Moon Mullican, Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, and Hank Snow rushed into the studio to record their own interpretations of the waltz-followed years later by Waylon Jennings and Bruce Springsteen. The cross-cultural musical legacy of this plaintive waltz also paved the way for Hank Williams Sr.'s Cajun-influenced hit "Jamabalaya."

Author: Ryan Andre Brasseaux
ISBN-10: 0190628448
ISBN-13: 9780190628444
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2016
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
By Ryan Andre Brasseaux
By Ryan Andre Brasseaux
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Louisiana native Ryan André Brasseaux is the Dean of Davenport College and Lecturer in American Studies at Yale University. A former Research Associate for public radio's American Routes hosted by Nick Spitzer, Brasseaux has served as a Cajun cultural expert for the National Council for the Traditional Arts, Associated Press, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, and the Food Network. He lives on Yale's campus with his wife Jessika and their two children Anne Elise and Joseph Emile.

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