Anthology of American Folk Music
Volume 2: Social Music, Track 39

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The Breaux Freres

Recorded San Antonio, TX: October 9, 1934
Bob Coleman, guitar; unknown, harmonica and jug
Originally released on Vocalion 2961B

The Breaux Freres (Breaux Brothers) were the brothers of Cleoma Breaux (Tracks 38, 68, 77). They names were Amadee (b. 1900), Ophy, and Clifford. Their father Auguste was a legendary Cajun accordionist, but his career predated the Cajun recording industry (Chris Strachwitz, notes to Old Timey 114). Amadee Breaux was the best known of the brothers having recorded the first version (as Ma Blonde Est Partie) of what has been frequently called the cajun national anthem: the song Jolie Blon in April 1929. The brothers recorded for Vocalion in 1934 and entertained audiences by switching instruments from song to song (Larry Cohn, notes to Columbia 47911). On this track, they arranged the popular American song "Home Sweet Home" into waltz time. It was written by John Howard Payne and Henry Bishop in 1823.

FOR ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS of the Breaux Brothers (Breaux Freres) see the collections: Cajun Fais Do-Do (AH 5004a); Abbeville Breakdown (COL 46220c); Cajun Dance Party: Fais Do-Do (COL 46784c); Louisiana Cajun Music, Vol. 5: The Early Years 1928-1938 (OT 114a); and Roots 'n Blues (COL 47911c).

OTHER RECORDED VERSIONS include:
Cajun: Boi Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot (AH 1070a).
Other versions are far too numerous to list.