Anthology of American Folk Music
Volume 2: Social Music, Track 38

ACADIAN ONE-STEP
Joe Falcon

Recorded Atlanta, GA: April 19, 1929
Joe Falcon, accordian; Cleoma Breaux Falcon, guitar; Ophy Breaux, fiddle; unknown, triangle
Originally released on Columbia 40513F

Joe Falcon (1900-1965) and his wife Cleoma Breaux (d. 1941) made the first Cajun music record for Columbia in 1928, recording the song "Allons a Lafayette." Falcon and Breaux's recordings were extremely popular in Louisiana and opened up the Cajun market. Cleoma was the vocalist on their recordings. Falcon spent most of his life playing accordion for dances and Cajun fais do-dos in his home area. Born to a musical family, Cleoma also recorded with her brothers: The Breaux Freres (track 39). She died in an automobile accident in 1941.

FOR ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS of Falcon see the collections:
Le Grand Mamou: A Cajun Music Anthology (CMF 013c); Raise Your Window (CMF 017c); Abbeville Breakdown (COL 46220c); Cajun Dance: Fais Do Do (COL 46784c); Roots 'n Blues (COL 47911c); The Cajuns: Songs, Waltzes  and Two-Steps (FW RB21c); That's My Rabbit (NW 226a); Old Time Southern Dance Music: The String Bands (OT 100a); Pioneers of Cajun Accordion (OT 128a); and Louisiana Cajun Music, Vols. 1-3 (OT 108-110a).