Doug Kershaw & Steve Riley: Face to Face
Doug Kershaw & Steve Riley: Face to Face
Released in 2014
Imagine two of Cajun music’s most prolific ambassadors sitting down across from each other in a small, cozy room, making music together for the very first time. The performance, the repertoire, and even the instruments are timeless – filling the room instantly with a joyous, spontaneous energy that is remniscent of the historic recordings of Cajun masters Amédé Ardoin, Dennis McGee, and Amédé Breaux. Brought together by a shared affinity for vintage Cajun accordions, Doug Kershaw and Steve Riley are captured here for their first time in a duo setting to pay tribute to the old masters who first introduced their music to the world in the 1920s. The result is simply magical.
Sample Tracks
I never left my Cajun roots. I took them around the world with me and we have reached unbelievable heights. After seventy eight years I brought them home. Steve Riley and Joel Savoy, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for welcoming us back home.
- Doug Kershaw
It was a delight to bring these fabulous old songs to life on these instruments so rich with Cajun music history and to do it with one of Cajun music’s most legendary musicians! Doug Kershaw has taken his Cajun roots farther than just about anyone I know! It was good to bring him home! Thanks to Joel Savoy for capturing it all in the perfect vibe of his lil studio in the country in Savoy, LA! Enjoy tout le monde!
- Steve Riley
Tracks
- Petite ou la grosse
- J’ai une Bonne Femme
- Jolie Blonde
- Saute Crapaud
- Crowley Two-Step
- Louisiana Man
- Midnight Waltz
- Mon Chapeau
- Feed It To The Fish
- Evangline Waltz
- Chère Mom
- Lake Arthur Stomp