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Dennis McGee

Dennis (Denus) McGee (born January 26, 1893, Eunice, Louisiana, USA – October 3, 1989) was one of the earliest recorded Cajun musicians.

A fiddle player, he recorded and performed with Creole accordionist and vocalist Amédé Ardoin, with accordionist Angelas LeJeune, and with fiddlers Sady Courville (McGee's brother-in-law) 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.

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 26, 1893, Died October 3, 1989 (Mamou)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, vocalist, songwriter, composer, tenor vocal

Notes: Name appears as Denus McGee on Bluebird disc labels and in U.S. Copyright Office records.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-83854 10-in. 8/8/1934 Les blues de voyages Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion songwriter, instrumentalist, violin  
Victor BVE-83855 10-in. 8/8/1934 La valse de amitiés Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion songwriter, instrumentalist, violin  
Victor BVE-83856 10-in. 8/8/1934 Les blues de Crowley Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion songwriter, instrumentalist, violin  
Victor BVE-83857 10-in. 8/8/1934 Oberlin Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion instrumentalist, violin, composer  
Victor BVE-83858 10-in. 8/8/1934 Sunset Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion instrumentalist, violin, composer  
Victor BVE-83859 10-in. 8/8/1934 Tout que reste c'est mon linge Amede Ardoin ; Denus McGee Male vocal solo, with violin and accordion songwriter, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO108 10-in. 3/5/1929 Madame Young, donnez moi votre plus jolie blonde Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO109 10-in. 3/5/1929 Mon chérie bébé Créole Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO110 10-in. 3/5/1929 Myself Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO111 10-in. 3/5/1929 Vous m’ avez donne votre parole Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO112 10-in. 3/5/1929 Allon a Tassone Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO113 10-in. 3/5/1929 Disez goodbye a votre mere Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO114 10-in. 3/5/1929 Courville and McGee waltz Sady Courville ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO115 10-in. 3/5/1929 Happy Sady Courville ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO234 10-in. 9/30/1929 Valse du puit d’huile Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO235 10-in. 9/30/1929 One step de Manou Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO236 10-in. 9/30/1929 Valse de la penitencier Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO237 10-in. 9/30/1929 One step de Chupic Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO248 10-in. 10/2/1929 Valse des vachers Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO249 10-in. 10/2/1929 Jeunes gens campagnard Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO250 10-in. 10/2/1929 La valse des Reid Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO251 10-in. 10/2/1929 Adieu Rosa Dennis McGee Male vocal solo, with 2 fiddles (violins) instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6703 10-in. 11/19/1930 La valse de lange au paille Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6704 10-in. 11/19/1930 Two step du Grande Maraist Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6713 10-in. 11/19/1930 La rille Cajen Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with calls instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6714 10-in. 11/19/1930 La danse carre Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with calls instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6717 10-in. 11/19/1930 Amadie two step Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6718 10-in. 11/19/1930 La valse a Austin Ardoin Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6719 10-in. 11/19/1930 Blues de Basille Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6720 10-in. 11/19/1930 La valse a Thomas Ardoin Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6721 10-in. 11/19/1930 Two step d’Elton Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6722 10-in. 11/19/1930 La valse de Gueydan Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6729 10-in. Nov. 1930 Lanse des Belaire Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6730 10-in. Nov. 1930 Les blues du Texas Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6731 10-in. Nov. 1930 La valse de Rosalie Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6732 10-in. Nov. 1930 One step des McGee Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6733 10-in. 11/20/1930 Valse a Pap Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6734 10-in. 11/20/1930 Two step de la Ville Platte Ernest Fruge ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick NO6735 10-in. 11/20/1930 Valse a Alcee Poulard Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6736 10-in. 11/20/1930 One step d’Oberlin Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6737 10-in. 11/20/1930 Valse des Opelousas Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick NO6738 10-in. 11/20/1930 One step des chameaux Amadé Ardoin ; Dennis McGee Fiddle (violin) and accordion duet, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Gramophone 2339L 10-in. 1904 Stelle d'oro Silvano Isalberti Tenor vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McGee, Dennis," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105064.

McGee, Dennis. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105064.

"McGee, Dennis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105064

External Sources

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: McGee, Dennis - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85244964

Wikidata: Dennis McGee - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3023181

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12493674

MusicBrainz: Dennis McGee - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e5f7e2e-766a-4343-98a1-ef1118630649

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/174300

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