For those who like a little Cajun Two steppin

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 10 Jan 2010 10:59 am

My BMI and my son on the drums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h09qoW578A

Richard Comeaux Steel & Murnel Babineaux Fiddle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mwN6QvOuY

Murnel Babineaux Steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7nULpEQT0

Danny Cormier Steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2E34znMmMw

Issac Miller Steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18QcEC3AfkM

Bryan Daste · Post by **Bryan Daste** » 10 Jan 2010 2:13 pm

Richard Comeaux Steel & Murnel Babineaux Fiddle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mwN6QvOuY

What's with the guy holding the mic up to the steel on this video? Doesn't he realize it's an electric instrument?

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 10 Jan 2010 3:06 pm

Sharp eye Bryan! I didn't notice it. It just appears that he's holding it up to the steel. He is actually sitting in front of the steel and holding the microphone in his hand. He is the MC of the show and speaks between songs.

Ricky Thibodeaux · Post by **Ricky Thibodeaux** » 11 Jan 2010 4:35 pm

Hey David, How yall are down dare in Lake Charles. I tell you what Jr. Miller sho got bald and fat since last time I saw him some 15 years ago but still plays a mean cajun steel. enought tee boot....Take care....

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 11 Jan 2010 8:12 pm

Your right Ricky, but I got his hair style also so I can't throw any stones.

I haven't seen your Dad in a while and sure miss his singing. Heard one on the radio the other day that he did with Robert Bertrand back in the 60's singing "no salt in the beans"
Geno is definitly one of my all time favorite singers!

Edward Efira · Post by **Edward Efira** » 12 Jan 2010 10:20 am

Great!!!!
C'EST BON

Ed

Daniel J. Cormier · Post by **Daniel J. Cormier** » 13 Jan 2010 10:06 am

Good Job Dave. Who is playing the Accordian on that cut. Your son did a fine job on the drums also

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 13 Jan 2010 6:07 pm

Bradley Venable...Hope you are feeling better Buddy!

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 18 Jan 2010 1:51 pm

Daniel J. Cormier wrote:Good Job Dave. Who is playing the Accordian on that cut. Your son did a fine job on the drums also

You did an outstanding job,Danny. Was on the C6 neck?
Tommy Shown

Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) · Post by **Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)** » 19 Jan 2010 8:37 am

David, good job and thanks for posting these ... when I was a kid in Louisiana back in the early '60s, my dad would often end a good day of fishing on Bayou Barbara by taking me to shows like this in the evenings ... sometimes we'd also go to see shows like these at a small opry house at Denham Springs. Brought back a lot of fond memories.

In the first video with you on your BMI ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h09qoW578A ) I couldn't get a very good look at the bass player, but he really looked familiar ... was that, by any chance, a guy named Clint McInnis playing bass?

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 19 Jan 2010 9:38 am

Great posting of great music. Thanks!

Daniel J. Cormier · Post by **Daniel J. Cormier** » 19 Jan 2010 12:04 pm

Hey Tommy
Yes I did play that on C-6th. Held the 6th pedal and retuned the 6th sting to F to get and open F using strings 2346789&10. I get G tuning holding the &th pedal and using strings 1345.
It's really a chore to tab this stuff since we semldom play the same pattern twice in a row.
Mostly played from the heart.

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 19 Jan 2010 4:45 pm

Jim, the Bass player's name was Tom and I can't recall his last name at the moment. This was the first time I played with him and the guitar player.

Thanks for the compliment. I'm certainly not in the same league as the heavy weights on the other clips, but I have fun. Just trying to get back into playing after nearly two years away from it.

Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) · Post by **Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)** » 19 Jan 2010 5:24 pm

Thanks, David ... for a moment, I thought the bass player was someone I'd worked with before. When I was in Alexandria, LA during the early '80s, I worked with a bass player named Clint McInnis who played left handed bass and looked remarkably like the bass player, Tom, in your video.

I know how it is to be getting back into it. I started back into steel this past summer after a long nine year layoff.

John Groover McDuffie · Post by **John Groover McDuffie** » 25 Jul 2013 11:55 am

Nice clips! Thanks, David!

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 26 Jul 2013 4:07 am

Fantastic stuff! The rhythm section was great in that first clip, just outstanding. your son can really swing. a young guy, too! The accordion lead and steel weren't bad, either.

I haven't been to the gulf in a while, where I first was exposed to a mean mixture of good Cajun and Tex-Mex accordion. Not an easy instrument! I'd say it's up there with the pedal steel easily.
Thanks for posting all the fine clips!
-Dan

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 26 Jul 2013 4:22 am

David H.,I couldn't help but go to your son's YouTube channel and I found a fantastic song sung by your father, "last Year's Waltz". That was something very special and excellent. Do you recall who played the steel on that?
Great musical family.
-Dan

David Cook · Post by **David Cook** » 26 Jul 2013 12:35 pm

Great stuff!! thanks for posting. It's great seeing these guys with open tunings.

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 26 Jul 2013 3:15 pm

Guy, thanks for the kind words! Daniel, last years waltz was recorded in 1969 and my Dad wrote it about personal experience. The steel player on the recordings my Dad sang on in the late 60's and 70's was Larry Miller. He played on a Fender 6 string with three legs and is an amazing player to say the least! He is still picking these days in his 80's now. He was my first teacher on steel and the Godfather of fellow forum member Daniel Cormier. Daniel was the bass player on these songs in his teen years and is a master bassist in addition to a master steel player!

My Dad composed and sang the majority of the songs that he recorded and was an amazing vocalist to say the least! He was a heavy smoker and died of lung cancer in 1995 at the age of 56. I have attached a couple more clips of his singing and Larry's playing. In fact, the song Saturday Night Special was featured in the movie "Sister Sister" in 1987 starring Jennifer Jason Leigh. Music runs in my family and my son is keeping with the tradition. I have a brother who is a talented musician and vocalist.
Thanks,
Dave

Amazing vocals by my Dad and classic Fender sound on the steel. (Sundown Waltz interpreted to English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVGl13iejeY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxoKXswjyDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ejmfq3KHk
(Waltz of no hope interpreted to English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHKXD8rB7g

Charlie Moore · Post by **Charlie Moore** » 2 Aug 2013 6:40 pm

Thanks for this post David,you boys are all over it,i mean great,wish I could play that way....Charlie......

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 2 Aug 2013 7:31 pm

Thanks for the youtube links and background, David. I am liking this music very much!

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