On Wednesday, October 2, 1929, Douglas Bellard and Kirby Riley became the first rural Afro-Creoles from Southwest Louisiana to commercially record Louisiana Creole music on Vocalion and Columbia Records.
On Wednesday, October 2, 1929, Douglas Bellard and Kirby Riley became the first rural Afro-Creoles from Southwest Louisiana to commercially record Louisiana Creole music on Vocalion and Columbia Records. Bellard and Riley recorded the Creole "La La" classic "La Valse de la Prison" and "Les Flammes d'Enfer." Amede' Ardoin followed Bellard and Riley two months later when he entered the Columbia Studios to record with Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee.
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