Battle of New Orleans - Doug Kershaw (Fiddlers Three)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2012
- YEEEHAWWW!
The Ragin' Cajun is back! Earlier this year, I inadvertently deleted my You Tube account and lost all my videos. Among them were several rare Doug Kershaw songs from an old PBS show called "Fiddlers Three" which starred Doug, Jean Luc Ponty and Itzhak Perlman. I dug for the VHS tape but never could find it so I assumed I had tossed it after my initial transfer to digital. Just last week, while cleaning my work room, I found the tape! I will upload the 4 Kershaw songs as well as the show finale that starred all three fiddlers. This was Doug's second song, "The Battle of New Orleans".
Doug is my godfather and my dad was his manager through the good years late 60s early 70s... he's my family.. this song is especially important to us <3
My dad in the early 70s would wake us kids up on the weekend playing the broom and Doug Kershaw blasting from downstairs as he made his way to each one of our bedrooms!! Great memories!!!
I'm the steelplayer in this vid.
Y'all might not know, but Doug Kershaw can play ANY instrument.
Back in the 70's, I dealt blackjack at Harrah's in Tahoe. Doug played the little showroom that had large windows so people playing or passing by could see the show inside. His show got so wild that crowds gathered and blocked the casino floor. Customers stopped playing to watch. Doug left the little stage, came out to the casino floor, jumped up on a craps table, and played for the crowd. It was incredible, but they never booked him for that room again. He interfered with business at the tables.
I saw him at the halftime of a Saints game in the Superdome back in the 80s, that was my favorite halftime show ever. The Man is Cajun Electricity. Did you know he grew up in a Cajun speaking family & learned the fiddle 3 years before learning English.
Doug Kershaw is truly the King of Cajun!!
He's as crazy as Nicole Paganini ! A serious fiddler, a speed demon! Wonder if he drives a car as fast as he plays that fiddle ? Quite the power in those fingers ! 😀
The greatest cajun fiddler that ever lived!!! Love his style of playing!!
He is truly amazing. He sings as well as is wild on the fiddle. Love him.
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Paul Parker, I have a cool story for you. I come from a family of musicians also & Doug has played with them. Back when Lake Charles Civic Center used to host concerts (sometime in the 70's I think), we went to see Reba and Aaron Tippin I think. Whoever the introductory singer was did not show up so Doug stepped in.
I sat on the front row center when he recorded his Alive & Pickin' live album
Just when I thought I had seen it all, I discover Doug Kershaw.
My mom liked him since 1958 i used to listen to those old 45's!
Look at that Neru Jacket and Bellbottoms! Must be 60s/70s - that is when I used to watch him on TV. I have seen him live as well!
This man is extraordinary with his fiddle
I have a autographed picture of Doug Kershaw my mom and dad got when he played at Patio Brien's in New Orleans. Love his music!!!!
That has to be one of the all time great performances!
I'm from and live in Ireland from me and my family doug kershaw is a legend this song is one us Irish relate to a lot