Floyd Leblanc

*17-09-1924 Mermentau, LA, +08-11-1975 Lake Charles, LA

By Wade Falcon, Nicholas Leigh      

SESSIONS also as the fiddle player in recordings with Bennie Hess' Oklahoma Tornadoes, Joe Bonsall, and Virgil Bozman.

1947-1948 Houston, TX -  Floyd Leblanc and His Magic Fiddle (Floyd Leblanc [vcl/fiddle], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [drums])

001 RCO-634 LOUISIANA WALTZ Opera 107              

002 RCO-635 HACKBERRY TWO-STEP 107                

1947-1948 Houston, TX -  Floyd Leblanc and His Magic Fiddle (Floyd Leblanc [vcl/fiddle], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [drums])

003 RCO-636 OVER THE WAVES Opera 108

004 RCO-637 (sic) EUNICE TWO-STEP [label spelled UNIS TWO-STEP]  Opera 108

005 110-A-637 ROSELAND TWO-STEP   110/FLY 604

006 110-B-637 (sic) BREAUX BRIDGE WALTZ [label spelled BROW BRIDGE WALTZ] 110/ Arhoollie F 5008 CD 808

007 RCO-111-A (638) YOU MUSN'T CRY 111/Arhoollie F 5008 CD 808        

008 RCO-111-B (638) THE LEGRANGE WALTZ 111

ARHOOLIE LP 5008  CAJUN MUSIC THE EARLY 50S  (1969); FLYRIGHT FLY 604 THE LEGENDARY JAY MILLER SESSIONS VOL/ 40/CROWLEY TWO-STEP (UK, 1985)

1949 Lake Charles, LA - Floyd Leblanc and His Magic Fiddle (Floyd Leblanc [vcl/fiddle], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [drums])                                            

009 OT-104-A ORPHAN WALTZ  O.T. 104/Arhoolie F5013 CD427 PROPERBOX 91

010 OT-104-B/KH-700-B LOUISIANA STOMP   O.T. 104 Khoury’s 700-B/ F5013 CD427 FLY 604 WLP 2825 PROPERBOX 91

ARHOLLIE LP 5013 AND OTHER CAJUN GEMS (1972); COLLECTOR WLP 2825 BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY VOL. 25 (NED, 1993); PROPERBOX 91 CAJUN CAPERS MUSIC 1928/1954 (UK, 2005, 4CD)

1950s. prob. Lake Charles, LA - Floyd Leblanc and His Magic Fiddle (Floyd Leblanc [vcl/fiddle], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [drums])

011 LH 4580 (sic) LAKE ARTHUR WALTZ [labbel spelled LAKE AURTHOR  WALTZ] O'Day 110

012 LH 4581 (sic) CHÈRE BASSETTE [label spelled CHEA BOSSIT]  110-B             

April 1967 Crowley, LA - Floyd Leblanc and His Cajun Fiddle (Floyd Leblanc [vcl/fiddle], ? [gt], ? [STEEL], ? [bass], ? [drums])                                                                 

013 LH 3207 ROSELAND TWO STEP Cajun Classics CC 2001/ Flyright FLY604

014 LH 3208 TOLAN WALTZ Cajun Classics 2001/FLY604

015 FLOYD'S WALTZ  FLY604                                       

016 JOLE BLONDE FLY604                                            

SINGLES

Opera

107 Louisiana Waltz /  Hackberry Two-Step -48

108 Over The Waves  / Unis Two-Step - 48

110 Roseland Two-Step / Brow Bridge Waltz – 48?

111 You Musn't Cry / The LeGrange Waltz Opera – 48?

O.T. (1949)    

104 Orphan Waltz / Louisiana Stomp - 49   

O‘ Day (19s)

110 Lake Aurthor  Waltz / Chea Bossit – 68

Cajun Classics

CC 2001 Roseland Two Step / Tolan Waltz CC 2001 - 67