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Joseph Falcon
12+ albums
cajunfolkAnthology of American Folk Musicamericanalouisiana
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Joe Falcon (September 28, 1900 – November 19, 1965) was a Cajun accordion player in southwest Louisiana, best known for the first recording of a Cajun song entitled "Allons à Lafayette" in 1928 . He and his wife Cléoma Breaux left for New Orleans to record as Joe & Cleoma Falcon the first Cajun record and went on to perform across southern Louisiana and Texas. Joe was the fifth child of Pierre Illaire Falcon and Marie Arvilia Boudreaux. He was born near a small German community north of Rayne, Louisiana known as Roberts Cove, located by Bayou Plaquemine Brule. He began playing accordion at the age of seven. His career as a professional musician began some years later at a fais-do-do hall called the "Blue Goose" (Oneziphore Guidry's dance hall) in Rayne, Louisiana when the regular band didn’t show up and the dance hall owner insisted that Joe take their place. As a young man, Joe was friends with accordionist Amédée Breaux of the legendary Breaux family and sometimes accompanied him on triangle. Amédée’s sister, Cléoma, a gifted guitarist and singer, became Joe’s frequent accompanist and they married not long after the onset of their recording career. In April 1928, a jeweler, George Burrow, from Rayne, Louisiana persuaded Columbia records to record Joe and his wife Cléoma by agreeing to purchase the records. Recorded on April 27, 1928 in New Orleans, "Lafayette" caused a sensation when it was released by Columbia Records in the summer of 1928. Thousands of copies were sold
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Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2A: Social Music
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Classic American Folk: Mountain Music Essentials Volume 1
Cajun Music Pioneer
Anthology Of American Folk Music
American Folk Music
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Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Ghost Capital IV
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Anthology of American Folk Music (disc 2a)
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Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2: Social Music
Baby, How Can It Be? (Songs Of Love, Lust And Contempt From The 1920s And 1930s)
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Anthology of American Folk Music Volume 2 Disc 1 Social Music
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Baby, How Can It Be?
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American Epic: The Soundtrack