Rodney Balfa

"... wouldn't let us get off stage.” Three years later, it was the Balfa Brothers band that j Newport. Dewey Balfa was joined by brothers Will on fiddle and id Rodney on guitar. Will and Rodney Balfa died in a 1978 car accident. Helms released from hospital two weeks after heart surgery RALEIGH, (AP) Sen. Helms was released from a hospital Wednesday, two weeks after quadruple bypass ..."

"... Dewey and Rodney Brothers, from south cen-' tral Louisiana. Cajun ls a French language- music of thc Louisiana who originally were French settlers ln. Eastern Canada. WUI, Dewey and Rodney Balfa utilize the sound of two and triangle or guitar. Savoy and Young will round out the group on fiddle and accordion. The group will perform thc older waltzes, breakdowns and ..."

"... store ln Eunice, sending them out to all comers of the globe. Some ot the first bands Savoy played with in the early were Austin Pitre, and Will and Rodney Balfa. Later he played the Texas Cajun Triangle dancehalls with Andrew Cormier and Rodney Lejeune. At this time he cut hls first records with recording enterpreneur Huey Meaux and hls Crazy ..."

"... of thu group's songs. "Wc do a variety of authentic Cajun songs, but most people don't know the difference." Lang dedicated onc of hls songs, "Waltz to Rodney," to Rodney Balfa. "He was one of the early Cajun musicians to inspire me," said Long, adding Balfa and his brother were killed in an automobile accident several years ago. The two other charter members of how's Bayou are Karen England, who works at a Seattle bookstore, and ..."