Dewey Balfa

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1927-03-20

Active to

1992-06-17

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Dewey Balfa (March 20, 1927 – June 17, 1992) was an American Cajun fiddler and singer who contributed significantly to the popularity of Cajun music. Balfa was born near Mamou, Louisiana. He is perhaps best known for his 1964 performance at the Newport Folk Festival with Gladius Thibodeaux and Vinus LeJeune, where the group received an enthusiastic response from over seventeen thousand audience members. He sang the song "Parlez Nous à Boire" in the 1981 cult film Southern Comfort, in which he ha

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

   · 2011 · cited 19,977x

2. De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

   · 2013 · cited 7,881x

3. Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients

   · 2011 · cited 5,498x

4. Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection

   · 2015 · cited 5,132x

5. Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

   · 2016 · cited 4,453x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Mamou

Child

Christine Balfa

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

Louisiana French

Genre

folk music

Instrument

fiddle

Image

Dewey Balfa Bordeaux 1977.jpg

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