Beausoleil: Michael Doucet (vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle); David Doucet (vocals, guitar); Al Tharp (vocals, tenor guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass); Jimmy Breaux (accordion); Tommy Alesi (drums); Billy Ware (vibraphone, percussion).
Additional personnel: Tommy Comeaux (guitar, mandolin); Murnel Babineaux (steel guitar).
Producers: Michael Doucet, Carter Al Tharp, Beausoleil.
Recorded at Dockside Studio, Milton, Louisiana in April 1994. Includes liner notes by Michael Doucet.
L'ECHO was nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.
L'ECHO delivers what Beausoleil fans have come to expect--spicy, vigorous music steeped deeply in the traditions of the Louisiana bayou country. Though the band's long discography features frequent modernizations of the Cajun and zydeco styles, L'ECHO finds it returning, once again, to its roots. As group founder, vocalist, and master fiddler Michael Doucet claims in the liner notes, the album is meant as a tribute to some of Louisiana's forgotten musical leaders, including the Alley Boys ("Chere Petite Blond"), The Hackberry Ramblers ("Cajun Crawl") and the Breaux Freres ("Hip Et Ti-Yeaux).
Unlike other Beausoleil efforts, zydeco takes something of a backseat here, as the rich vein of French folk comes to the fore in cuts like "O Bebe Waltz" and the almost cabaret-like "Quel Espoir." Which isn't to say that a zydeco flavor is entirely absent, as the infectious, rhythmically insistent "One Iota" gleefully reiterates. Keen musicianship from guitarist David Doucet, accordionist Jimmy Breaux and Al Tharp on second fiddle and banjo keeps things lively as always, lending both precision and spice to this rich traditional music.
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