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In the mid ’60s, Cajun music was in danger of stagnating, having become heavily influenced by country, western swing and pop stylings. Dewey Balfa persuaded Floyd Soileau to record him and his three brothers performing a more traditional form of the music from several decades earlier. The result was Play Traditional Cajun Music in 1965, with a second volume, Play More Traditional Cajun Music, following in 1974. This release contains both of the genre’s most famous albums freshly packaged together with four non-LP single sides, new photos and sleeve notes by Cajun music expert Ann Savoy, and lyrics in French with an English translation. 28 tracks in all!