Dennis (Denus) McGee (born January 26, 1893, Eunice, Louisiana – October 3, 1989) was one of the earliest recorded Cajun Musicians. is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Eunice is a city in St. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada. ...

A fiddle player, he recorded and performed with black Creole accordionist and vocalist Amédé Ardoin, with accordionist Angelas LeJeune, and with fiddlers Sady Courville and Ernest Frugé. The recordings with Courville and Frugé are among the few surviving examples of Cajun music as it existed before the influence of the accordion became prominent. Amédé Ardoin (march 11, 1898 to 1941? or 1950?) was a black creole Louisiana musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on the 10-button (diatonic or Cajun) accordion. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ...

McGee's repertoire included not only the waltz and the two step common to Cajun music but also such dances as the one step, polka, mazurka, reel, cotillion, the varsovienne, and others. A waltz (German: , Italian: , French: , Spanish: , Catalan: ) is a ballroom and folk dance in   time, done primarily in closed position. ... Street musicians in Prague playing a polka Polka is a type of dance, and also a genre of dance music. ... The mazurka (Polish: mazurek, named after Polands Masuria district[1]) is a Polish folk dance in triple metre with a lively tempo, containing a heavy accent on the third or second beat. ... For other uses, see Reel (disambiguation). ... Cotillion is a formal presentation of young ladies, debutantes, to polite society. ...

Songs associated with him include:

• Chere Mama Creole (My Sweet Creole Mama, Vocalion 5319)
• Madame Young, Give Me Your Sweetest (aka Colinda, Vocalion 5319)
• Courville and McGee Waltz (Vocalion 5315)
• Happy Two Step (Vocalion 5315)
• Jeunes Gens Compagnard (Jeune Gens de la Campagne, Vocalion 15848)
• Adieu Rosa (Vocalion 15840)

In the 1970s and 80s, McGee continued to perform with Sady Courville at festivals and special concerts and recorded for various American and French labels including Morningstar, Cinq Planetes, Swallow, and Music of the World. 1921 Vocalion label Vocalion Records was a record label historically active in the United States and in the United Kingdom. ...

His records are contemporary with Joe and Cleoma Falcon's. Joe Falcon and Cleoma Breaux on their wedding day April 27th, 1932[1] Joseph Falcon (1900-09-28–1965-11-19) was a Cajun accordion player in southwest Louisiana, best known for the first recording of a Cajun song entitled Allons à Lafayette in 1928 . ...

References

• J’ai Été Au Bal[1] (documentary film) 1989 Brazos Films/Arhoolie Records, El Cerrito CA
• "Dennis McGee" at AllMusic.com[2]
• "Dennis McGee" at CajunCulture.com[3]
• Recording Activity in New Orleans in the 'Twenties [4]
• Brasseaux, Ryan, and Kevin Fontenot, eds. Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2007.