The more or less complete recorded works (between 1929-'34) of the singer/accordionist who's generally conceded to be the father of Zydeco. Ardoin, along with his frequent partner, Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee, was certainly among the first to fuse the older French folk tradition with American country blues, and many of the songs captured here eventually made their way into the electrified modern Zydeco pioneered by Clifton Chenier. The sound here is surprisingly good, with far less surface noise than you'd expect from 78s recorded under primitive circumstances. Amede Ardoin, the Pioneer of Louisiana French Blues... Released in November 1995, 24 tracks, including:
01- Amadie Two Step
02- La Valse A Austin Ardoin (Austin Ardoin's Waltz)
03- Blues de Basile
04- La Valse A Thomas Ardoin (Thomas Ardoin's Waltz)
05- Two Step d'Elton (Elton Two Step)
06- La Valse de Gueydan (The Gueydan Waltz)
07- Valse de Opelousas (The Opelousas Waltz)
08- One Step des Chameaux (Chameaux One Step)
09- Les Blues de Voyage (Traveling Blues)
10- La Valse de Amities (The Friendship Waltz)
11- Les Blues de Crowley (The Crowley Blues)
12- Oberlin
13- Tostape de Jennings
14- Le Midland Two Step
15- La Valse des Chantiers Petroliperes
16- Valse Brunette
17- Tortope d'Osrun
18- La Valse du Ballard
19- La Turtape Se Saroied
20- Valse de La Pointe d'Eglise
21- Les Blues de La Prison (The Prison Blues)
22- Valse de Mon Vieux Village (Waltz of the Old Village)
23- Si Dur d'Etre Seul
24- Aimez-Moi Ce Soir