 In the same year, they recorded their first album, "Les Blues Du Bayou", on the Melodeon label.In the early 1970s, Bois Sec formed the Ardoin Family Orchestra (sometimes also known as the Ardoin Brothers Band or the Ardoin Family Band) with three of his sons and Canray Fontenot.The popular band played at many folk festivals, made a number of recordings, and appeared in two films, "Dry Wood" (1973) and "J'ai Été Au Bal" (1989).