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• W801936691 abstract "Dennis McGee--Himself. Valcour Records VAL-CD-0011. Few people can be justifiably regarded as both an originator of a particular style of music and also as a conveyor of an older style of folk music in its own right. Fewer still are those who were aurally documented in the 1920s and 1930s and in the 1970s and 1980s who showed little loss of skill or recollection of repertoire. One such artist was the unique Cajun, Dennis McGee (1893-1989). Not only did McGee record from 1929 to 1934 with such artists as Amede Ardoin, Sady Courville, Wade Fruge, and Angelas Le Jeunne, but he also later recorded two studio albums in 1972 and 1977 with Sady Courville for Morning Star and Swallow, respectively. Every recording mentioned above was done either with a second fiddler and with McGee providing the vocals, or in the role of the accompanying fiddler behind an accordion player and vocalist. This new CD, Dennis McGee--Himself, presents McGee in the role of solo fiddler, playing mostly previously unheard instrumentals without the company of a second fiddler or an accordion player. It is a revelation on par with discovering a stack of unknown and unissued test recordings by one of the most majestic and unique fiddlers ever to draw a bow. Since McGee was one of the earliest Cajun artists to record commercially most musicians, collectors, and scholars regard him, along with the black accordion player, Amede Ardoin, as the source of most traditional Cajun tunes and the techniques developed to play them; the true vine, as it were. What has been lacking, up until the present release of this material recorded in 1975 by Gerard Dole, were recordings of McGee performing unaccompanied and, perhaps more importantly performing the more archaic and obscure types of Cajun fiddle tunes that were popular in the 19th Century. This release is essential since mazurkas, polkas, gallopades, varsoviannas, and cotillions held a strong place in the early Cajun fiddle and dance repertoire but became less popular with the introduction of the diatonic accordion. One of the most revealing aspects of this collection, though not explicitly stated, is that traditional Cajun fiddle music is defined more by its repertoire than by its style. When contemporary Cajun musicians and aficionados play fiddle tunes identified with McGee, they mainly play the waltzes, two-steps, one-steps, and occasionally a reel, that McGee either recorded in the early part of the 20th Century with Ardoin or Courville, or, more likely recorded in the early 1970s with Courville when they were rediscovered. Although these popular pieces in the McGee (and subsequently traditional Cajun) tune-body possess an irresistible charm, it is interesting to hear and observe how the earlier dance tunes such as the mazurkas or the gallopades bleed into the more popular, and easier to play waltzes and two-steps, coloring certain strains of the melody. Students and teachers nowadays try to play these early waltzes and two-steps with the melody constantly being complemented with a drone, i.e., playing simultaneously the prime note with a first or third note an octave below. However, listening to McGee on this collection, one notices how cleanly McGee plays the melodic line, with only subtle and measured use of the drone notes. Indeed, when one listens carefully to McGee's masterful fiddle duets with Courville and Fruge, one can discern McGee carefully and forcefully playing the melodic line while the second fiddler tastefully supports the melody with chords, harmony and atmospheric drones. What this collection reveals clearly is how sophisticated and emotive McGee's playing was when he had no second fiddler or accordion player by his side. It also gives us a breathtaking glimpse at what the earliest Cajun fiddle music and social dances must have sounded like before the introduction of various outside elements such as the diatonic accordion, the electrification and amplification of instruments, and the rapid assimilation of other styles such as Western Swing and classic Country & Western music. …" @default.
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