Balfa Brothers - Les veuves de la coulee'

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The Balfa Brothers could not escape the sounds of a fiddle when they were growing up in Grand Louis, Louisiana. Papa Charles Balfa was a farmer and an enthusiastic performer of the Cajun songs and tunes familiar to everyone in French Louisiana.

In 1937, Dewey Balfa was ten years old when he started joining his father and older brother in the family band. A few years later, he convinced his brothers to take their act on the road, a few miles down the road to Hick's Wagonwheel Club. Dewey persuaded his brothers Will, Harry, Rodney, and Burkeman to perform eight dances a week. But the number of performances dwindled as the popularity of rock and roll started to climb in the 1950s.
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