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Creole House Dance

by Willie Durisseau

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    Creole House Dance, featuring 101 year-old Creole fiddler Willie Durisseau (1918-2019), is a voyage back in time to the 1930s, in Lebeau, Louisiana, when Creole house music was played every weekend at a different house on fiddle and guitar, no accordion. Though the recordings were made in 2019, in the last months of Willie's long life, the songs came straight from the memories of he and his late brother Jimmy, and the many nights they spent playing music for the community by lantern light. Creole House Dance features two tracks, each comprising three small songs, some of which represent a pre-WWII Creole fiddle style that has never been recorded before. These performances were captured by Louis Michot (singer/fiddler of Grammy winners Lost Bayou Ramblers and founder of NER) on a Zoom stereo recorder at the Durisseau home in Spring of 2019. Creole House Dance will be released as a 45RPM vinyl 7,” digital download and via streaming platforms.
    As Willie and his wife Irma recounted their memories of the Creole house dances of the 1930s to Michot, Durisseau would pick up his fiddle and allow his fingers to recall the songs he and his late brother, Jimmy Durisseau, played back then in their native, Lebeau, Louisiana. In their community, musicians performed exclusively on fiddle(s) and guitar, with no accordion. Creole House Dance provides 21st century music lovers with a vivid snapshot of those celebratory weekly affairs.

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Willie Durisseau was first brought to public attention by J.B. Adams, after Linda Simien, his co-worker at a Houston radio station who was related to Irma Durisseau by marriage, video called J.B. from a family reunion to show him Willie Durisseau playing fiddle. J.B. immediately made it a point to drive with Linda from Texas to the Durisseau house in Opelousas, Louisiana to meet Willie and Irma. He then called Herman Fuselier to come and interview Willie, which marked his first public recognition as Creole fiddle player. Robin Miller saw the article, and called J.B. Adams to ask about visiting Willie and Irma, and they invited Louis Michot and Jo Vidrine to join them at the Durisseau house to help document the visit.

Louis was aided in this project by his Advisory Board: Ryan Brasseaux Ph.D., Josh Caffery Ph.D., and Erik Charpentier Ph.D.

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released June 19, 2021

Recorded April 10 & 12, 2019 by Louis Michot.
Photography by Jo Vidrine.

Louis Michot wrote an article in 2020 for the Louisiana Folklife Program following interviews in April and May 2019, which were supported by a grant to Louisiana Folk Roots from the Louisiana Division of the Arts. The research is archived at the Louisiana Center for Louisiana Studies at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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Willie Durisseau Opelousas, Louisiana

Willie Durisseau (1918-2019) was a Creole Fiddler from St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Willie became a recording artist at the age of 101 years old, recalling music he played with his brother at Creole House Dances in the late 1930s.

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