Nathan Abshire - A Cajun Legend... The Best Of Nathan Abshire

Nathan Abshire was born in 1913 near Gueydan, Louisiana. His love of the accordion began at the age of 6, when he'd sneak his uncle's accordion away to practice. And practice he did - by the time he was eight, he had become accomplished enough to begin his long career as a regular musician. Years later, accompanying the Balfa Brothers to the Newport Folk Music Festival in 1967, he was one of the early representatives of Cajun music on the national scene. A Cajun Legend... The Best of Nathan Abshire (with guest musicians, the Balfa Brothers) is probably the most complete collection available of Nathan's most popular recordings, compiled from the early Swallow recordings from 1965 to '73. Released in 1986, 20 tracks, including:

01- Pine Grove Blues
02- A Musician's Life (La Vie de Musicien)
03- Sur le Courtableu
04- Belisaire Waltz (Phil's Waltz)
05- Fee Fee Poncho (instrumental)
06- Service Blues
07- French Blues (instrumental)
08- Valse de Bayou Teche (The Bayou Teche Waltz)
09- Choupique Two-Step
10- Valse de Holly Beach (The Holly Beach Waltz)
11- J'etais au Bal
12- Kaplan Waltz
13- Lemonade Song
14- I Don't Hurt Anymore
15- Shamrock (instrumental)
16- Tracks of My Buggy
17- Dying In Misery
18- Games People Play
19- Tramp Sur La Rue (Tramp On the Street)
20- Partie a Grand Basile

*volume 3 in the Swallow Cajun Pioneer Series