How did Dewey Balfa become interested in the Cajun music sound?
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Balfa's band became wildly successful. They often played eight gigs a week—one every night, plus one on Sunday afternoon—and they released a regional recording in 1951. At the same time, Balfa was in demand for his solo skills. He performed and recorded with the legendary Cajun accordionist Nathan Abshire, and although Cajun music was virtually unknown to the wider world at the time, he began to attract the attention of folk music collectors and promoters from the Northeast. Folklorist Ralph Rinzler made field recordings of Balfa in the mid-1950s.
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