Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band Live! At The Dance CD

Recorded live at Ashkenaz, Berkeley, California on November 5, 1993; Synod Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1994; The Birchmere, Alexandria, Virginia on January 28, 1994. Includes liner notes by Dirk Richardson and Ann Allen Savoy.

Any album featuring Michael Doucet's fiddle playing is a treat. But here in the bare-bones company of Marc Savoy on accordion, Anne Savoy on acoustic guitar and vocals, and string bassist Billy Wilson on seven tracks performing live before enthusiastic dancers, we get a true slice of the real thing without the commerical studio overlay. Featuring 18 tracks that total over a 76-minute running time, this one's a delightful toe tapper every note of the way. ~ Cub Koda

Engineers: Phil Edwards (tracks 1-4, 16-18); Scott Johnson (track 6); Bill Wolf (tracks 5, 7-15).

Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band: Ann Savoy (guitar, vocals), Michael Doucet (fiddle, vocals), Marc Savoy (accordion, vocals).

Additional personnel: Billy Wilson (bass).

Down Beat (8/95, p.56) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band] unleashes raw and unbridled two-steps and waltzes, featuring Doucet's reeling fiddle flights and the powerful tones and swelling notes of Savoy's syncopated squeezebox pumping..."