by Henk Scholts, Praguefrank, Wade Falcon, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
early 1950s
Jay Miller's Studio, 218
North Parkerson Ave., Crowley, LA – Aldus Roger (vcl: Aldus Roger -1, Roy
Morgan -2)
001 THE LAFAYETTE PLAYBOY WALTZ -1 Feature F 1028/Flyright
FLY LP 610
002
HIX WAGON WHEEL SPECIAL –instr.- F 1028 / FLY LP 610
003 LIFETIME WALTZ TNT
106
004 WIDOWS OF THE
VILLAGE TNT 106
005 525 LOVE SICK WALTZ -2
F 2004/FLY LP 610
006 526 MARDI GRAS DANCE
–instr.- F 2004/FLY LP 610
FLYRIGHT FLY 610 ACADIAN TWO
STEP THE LEGENDARY JAY MILLER SESSIONS VOLUME 45 (UK)
Mid
1950s unknown – Aldus Roger
007 AA 100 KLFY
WALTZ Acadian Artists 1000
008 CHANNEL 10 TWO
STEP 1000
009 THE LAFAYETTE PLAYBOYS SPECIAL No. 101
010 LA VALSE D’ENNUI No.
101
ca
Spring 1959 unknown – Aldus Roger
011 DIGA DING DING
DONG Goldband 1084
012 DUSON
WALTZ 1084
early
1960s Crowley, LA – Aldus Roger and The Lafayette Playboys
013 OSON TWO STEP Cajun
Classics 45-102 /LP 1001
014 FAMILY WALTZ 45-102/LP
1001
015 LA VALSE DE
MISERE 45-103
016 NEW MARDI GRASS
DANCE 45-103
017 LAFAYETTE PLAYBOY WALTZ 45-106
018 CROWLEY TWO STEP 45-106
ca 1962
Ville Platte, LA – Aldus Roger
019 LA VALSE A ALIDA
Swallow 3003/LP 6003
020 CAJUN SPECIAL 3003/LP 6001
021 S 1021 BE
CAREFULL, YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART 45-10196
022 S 1022 MARIE 45-10196
023 O.S.T.
SPECIAL LP 6007
SWALLOW LP 6001 THE BEST OF THE CAJUN
HITS/SWALLOW (ca 1962, )LP 6003 CAJUN HITS, VOL. 2 (ca 1962)/ SWALLOW LP 6007
CAJUN RENDEZ-VOUS / PASE PARTOUT (ca 1966)
ca 1963 LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette, LA – Aldus
Roger
024 ONE MORE CHANCE (UN AUTRE
CHANGE) 8039/LL 110 LL 114 LLCD-1007
025 ONE SCOTCH, ONE
BURBON, ONE BEER 8039
026 MEAN
WOMAN 8043
027 NOT LONESOME ANYMORE 8043/LL 110
LL 114
028 NOBODY WANTS
ME 8053/LP 110
LA LOUISIANNE LL 110 CAJUN MUSIC AT HOME
ca 1964 LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette, LA – Aldus
Roger (Aldus Roger [accordion], Johhny
Credeur [gt], Phillip Alleman [steel], Fernice “Man” Abshire [drums/vcl], Doc
Guidry [fiddle])
029 I PASSED BY YOUR
DOOR LL 107
030 LACASSINE
SPECIAL LL 107
031 GRAND MAMOU LL
107
032 FLAMES OF HADES (FLAMES D’ENFER)
LL 107 LLCD-1007
033 STEPPIN’ FAST LL
107 LLCD-1007
034 CHERE TUT-TUT LL 107
035 LAFAYETTE TWO-STEP 8053/LL 107 LLCD-1007
036 FI-FI FONCEAUX (FI FI PONCHO) LL
107 LLCD-1007
037 THE UNLUCKY WALTZ LL 107
038 OVER THE WAVES LL 107 LLCD-1007
039 JAMBALAYA LL 107 LLCD-1007
040 JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE LL 107
LLCD-1007
ca 1965 LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette, LA – Aldus
Roger
041 TRIANGLE
SPECIAL 8076
ca 1965
LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette,
LA – Aldus Roger (Aldus Roger
[accordion], ? [vcl], David Abshire [gt], Phillip Alleman [steel], Harry Lee Mott [drums], Louis Foreman
[fiddle], Doc Guidry [fiddle])
042 LAFAYETTE PLAYBOY WALTZ LL 114
LLCD-1007
043 HICKS WAGON
WHEEL LL 114 LLCD-1007
044 LOVESICK WALTZ LL
114 LLCD-1007
045 MARDI GRASS
DANCE LL 114
046 LA VALSE D’ENNUI LL
114
047 ZYDECO ET PAS SALE
(ZYDECO SONT PAS SALE)
LL 114 LLCD-1007
048 MIDWAY WALTZ LL 114
049 DIGA DING DING DONG LL 114
LLCD-1007
050 LOUISIANA WALTZ 8076/LL 114 LLCD-1007
051 FAMILY WALTZ LL 114
ca 1967 LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette, LA – Aldus
Roger (Aldus Roger [accordion], Clarence Alleman [vcl-1/gt], Phillip Alleman [vcl-2/steel], Gerald Touchet
[bass], Vernon Bergeron [drums], Tony Thiboudeaux [fiddle/fiddle solo-3], Doc
Guidry [fiddle])
052 GRAND TEXAS -1 LL 122
053 THE LAST WALTZ -2 8108/LL 122
LLCD-1007
054 MAMOU TWO-STEP LL 122
LLCD-1007 Rhino R2-70312
055 CHERE PETITE – 1 LL 122
056 KLFY WALTZ -2 LL 122
LLCD-1007
057 WAFUS TWO STEP LL 122 LLCD-1007
058 MULLBERRY WALTZ – 2 LL 122
059 TEE MAURICE -1 LL 122
060 MADAM SOSTAN -2 LL 122
061 PERRODIN TWO-STEP -3 8108/LL 122 LLCD-1007
062 PORT ARTHUR WALTZ -2 LL 122
063 CREOLE STOMP LL 122 LLCD-1007
RHINO
R2-70312 ALLIGATOR STOMP, VOL. 3 (1993)
btw 1963-1967 LaLouisianne Recording Studio, Lafayette, LA –
Aldus Roger
064 SHAMROCK TWO
STEP 8131
065 WHAT WILL I
DO 8131
066 JOLIE
BLONDE LLCD-1007
067 PETITE
AU LA GROSSE LLCD-1007
1998
Master-Trak Sound Recorders, 413 N Parkenson Ave., Crowley, LA - Aldus Roger And The Lafayette Playboys (Aldus
Roger [accordion], David Baudoin [vcl/ld gt], Les Credeur [vcl/rh gt], Dwayne
Michaud [bass], Charles Roger [vcl/drums], Joe Lopez [vcl/fiddle]. Producer:
Mark Miller)
068 JOHNNIE CAN’T DANCE MTE
5060-2
069 MARIE MTE
5060-2
070 LAFAYETTE TWO-STEP MTE 5060-2
071 KLFY WALTZ MTE 5060-2
072 FE FE PONCHO MTE
5060-2
073 LAFAYETTE PLAYBOY WALTZ MTE
5060-2
074 PINE GROVE BLUES MTE
5060-2
075 FAMME MTE
5060-2
076 HICKS WAGON WHEEL MTE
5060-2
077 PRETTY BLOND MTE
5060-2
078 LET’S DANCE MTE 5060-2
079 DRUNKARDS DREAM MTE 5060-2
080 I’M NOT LONESOME ANYMORE MTE
5060-2
081 STEP IT FAST MTE 5060-2
082 LOVE SICK WALTZ MTE 5060-2
083 GRAND TEXAS MTE 5060-2
084 THE MISERES OF THE BALFA’S MTE
5060-2
085 ON MY MIND MTE 5060-2
086 CROWLEY TWO-STEP MTE 5060-2
087 THE WALTZ OF LOVE MTE 5060-2
088 MAMOU TWO-STEP INTRO MTE 5060-2
089 MAMOU TWO-STEP MTE 5060-2
ALBUMS
La Louisianne LL-107 Aldus Roger Plays The
French Music Of South Louisiana: I Passed By Your Door; Lacassine Special; Grand Mamou; Flames Of Hades
(Flames D’enfer); Steppin’ Fast; Chere
Tut-Tut; Lafayette Two-Step; Fi-Fi Fonceaux (Fi Fi Poncho); The Unlucky Waltz; Over
The Waves; Jambalaya; Johnny Can’t Dance - 64
La Louisianne LL-114 King Of The French Accordion Plays
His Old Hits: Lafayette
Playboy Waltz; Hicks Wagon Wheel; Lovesick Waltz; Mardi Grass Dance; La
Valse D’ennui; Zydeco Et Pas Sale (Zydeco Sont Pas Sale); Midway
Waltz; One More Chance (Un Autre Change); Not Lonesome Anymore; Diga Ding Ding
Dong; Louisiana Waltz; Family Waltz - 66
La Louisianne LL-122 Aldus Roger Plays The
Cajun French Classics:
Grand Texas; The Last Waltz; Mamou Two-Step; Chere Petite; KLFY Waltz; Wafus
Two Step; Mullberry Waltz; Tee Maurice; Madam Sostan; Perrodin Two-Step; Port
Arthur Waltz; Creole Stomp - 67
La Louisianne LLCD-1007
A Cajun Legend: Lafayette Two-Step; Steppin’ Fast; Flames
D’enfer; Fi Fi Poncho; Over The Waves; Jambalaya; Johnny Can’t Dance; Lafayette
Playboy Waltz; Hicks Wagon Wheel; Lovesick Waltz; Zydeco Sont Pas Sale; Un
Autre Change; Diga Ding Ding Dong; Louisiana Waltz; Mamou Two-Step; The Last
Waltz; Wafus Two Step; KLFY Waltz; Perrodin Two-Step; Jolie Blonde; Petite Au La Grosse; Creole Stomp - 93
MTE 5060-2 Aldus Roger And The Lafayette Playboys: Johnnie Can’t Dance; Marie;
Lafayette
Two-Step; KLFY Waltz; Fe Fe Poncho; Lafayette Playboy Waltz; Pine Grove Blues; Famme;
Hicks Wagon Wheel; Pretty Blond; Let’s Dance; Drunkards Dream; I’m Not Lonesome
Anymore; Step It Fast; Love Sick Waltz; Grand Texas; The Miseres Of The Balfa’s;
On My Mind; Crowley Two-Step; The Waltz Of Love; Mamou Two-Step Intro; Mamou
Two-Step - 98
SINGLES
Feature
F 1028 The Lafayette Playboy Waltz / Hix
Wagon Wheel Special - 51
F 2004 Love Sick Waltz / Mardi Gras
Dance - 54
TNT (1953,
probably Leased Feature masters)
106 Lifetime
Waltz / Widows Of The Village – ca 12-53
Acadian
Artists
45-1000 KLFY
Waltz / Channel 10 Two Step
No. 101 The
Lafayette Playboys Special / La Valse D’Ennui
Goldband
(1959)
G-1084 Diga Ding Ding Dong / Duson
Waltz - 59
Cajun
Classics
CC 102 Oson Two Step / Family
Waltz
CC 103 La Valse De Misere / New
Mardi Grass Dance
CC 106 Lafayette Playboy Waltz / Crowley Two Step
La Louisianne
8039 One More Chance / One Scotch,
One Burbon, One Beer – ca 63
8043 Mean Woman / Not Lonesome
Any More - 63
8053 Nobody Wants Me / Lafayette Two Step – ca 64
8076 Louisiana Waltz / Triangle
Special - 65
8108 Perrodin Two Step / The Last
Waltz – ca 67
8131 Shamrock Two Step / What Will I
Do – ca 73
Swallow
3003 La Valse A Alida / Cajun
Special
45-10196 Marie / Be Carefull, You’re
Breaking My Heart - 68
