Description
Release Year: 2014
Label: Proper Records/JSP Records
Track List
Disc 1
- Married Life – Cookie & The Cupcakes
- My True Life – Leroy Washington
- Ooh! Wee Baby! Ooh! Wee! – Charles Sheffield
- Family Rules – Guitar Jr.
- Train Came Down The Track – Clarence Garlow
- Chicken Stuff – Hop Wilson
- Don’t Bring No Friend – Blue Charlie
- Early Morning Blues – Boogie Jake
- Paper In My Shoe – Boozoo Chavis
- I Had The Blues – Shelton Dunaway
- Congo Mombo – Guitar Gable
- They Call Me Mr. Calhoun – Mr. Calhoun
- Hoo-wee Pretty Baby – Joe Hudson
- Can’t Hardy Keep From Cryin’ – Juke Boy Bonner
- Sugar Bee – Cleveland Crotchet
- Bop Cat Stomp – King Charles
- I Stood By – Lonesome Sundown
- Scorched (By The Torch Of Love) – Tal Miller
- Isabella – Charles Sheffield
- Crazy Mambo – Classie Ballou
- Fuss Too Much – Ivory Lee Semien
- San Antonio – Big Walter Price
- I Need Your Love – Jimmy Dotson
- Gonna Boogie – Boozoo Chavis
- Bayou Shuffle – Boogie Ramblers
Disc 2
- Gonna Stick To You Baby – Lonesome Sundown
- The Crawl – Guitar Jr.
- You’re Too Late Baby – Silas Hogan
- Let Me Hold Your Hand – Big Chenier
- Cool, Calm and Collected – Guitar Gable with King Karl
- Naggin’ – Jimmy Anderson
- Call Me Juke Boy – Juke Boy Bonner
- It’s Your Voodoo Working – Charles Sheffield
- Loaded Down – Boogie Jake
- Bye Bye Catin – Boozoo Chavis
- Be Kind – Leroy Washington
- Close Up The Back Door – Cookie & The Cupcakes
- Broken And Hungry – Hop Wilson
- Confusion – Classie Ballou
- I’m Ragged And Dirty – Mr. Calhoun
- Catch That Train – Elton Anderson
- Sound The Bell – Clarence Garlow
- Looking For My Baby – Jimmy Dotson
- I Don’t Know Why – Boogie Jake
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Train – Charles Sheffield
- Oh Ramona – Big Walter Price
- Who Would Have Thought It – Shelton Dunaway
- Rockin’ In The Coconut Top – Hop Wilson with Ivory Lee
- Make Up My Mind – Good Rockin’ Bob
- Won’t Be Me – King Charles
- Calcasieu Zydeco Blues – Boozoo Chavis
- Don’t Say A Word – Lonesome Sundown
Disc 3
- Whole Lotta Drinkin’ On The Block – Left Hand Charlie
- Please Try To Realise – Big Chenier
- Irene – Guitar Gable with King Karl
- Keep Livin’ – Shelton Dunaway
- Boozoo Stomp – Boozoo Chavis
- Learn To Treat Me Better – Lonesome Sundown
- Mean Old Kokamoo – Tal Miller
- You Move Me – Charles Sheffield
- Wild Cherry – Leroy Washington
- I’m Goin’ – Boogie Ramblers
- Oh Baby – Jimmy Dotson
- Bon Ton Roule – Clarence Garlow
- Bad Luck And Trouble – Boogie Jake
- If I Don’t See You – Elton Anderson
- Merry Christmas Darling – Hop Wilson
- I Got It Made – Guitar Jr.
- Got The News This Morning – Ivory Lee Jackson
- This Should Go On Forever – King Karl with Guitar Gable
- But You Thrill Me – King Charles
- Leave My Money Alone – Lonesome Sundown
- I’m gonna Kill That Hen – Blue Charlie
- Nights Of Misery – Charles Sheffield
- That Wouldn’t Satisfy – Hop Wilson
- Forty One Days – Boozoo Chavis
- Nothin’ In This World – Jimmy Anderson
Disc 4
- Guitar Rhumbo – Guitar Gable
- Pretty Little Dollie – Clarence Garlow
- Lost Without Love – Lonesome Sun Down
- I’m Twisted – Cookie & The Cupcakes
- Be Careful With The Blues – Hop Wilson
- Trouble At Home Blues – Silas Hogan
- Cool Cat – Charles Sheffield
- If I Only Had A Chanc – Boogie Jake
- Long Black Curly Hair – Boozoo Chavis
- Walking In the Park (With Sally) – Guitar Gable with King Karl
- Carry On – Charence Garlow
- My Poor Heart In Pain – Jimmy Dotson
- Roll, Roll, Roll – Guitar Jr.
- Miss My Lagnion – Blue Charlie
- Juke Joint – Ashton Savoy
- Say You Remember – Good Rockin’ Bob
- Life’s Journey – Tal Miller
- Honey Bee – Left Hand Charlie
- Always Be In Love With You – Hop Wilson
- I Would Be A Sinner – Charles Sheffield
- No Use To Worry – Lonesome Sundown
- Oh! Babe – Boozoo Chavis
- Hello Friends, Hello Pals – Mr. Calhoun
- My Chinatown Gal – Leroy Washington
- Don’t You Want A Man Like Me – Jay Nelson & The Jumpers
Notes
In Louisiana music is an important part of daily life. And in Arcadiana it’s a compulsion. Often a whole family play and are ready to entertain themselves and their neighbours when the mood takes them.
It’s got something to do with the ancestors. The first significant arrivals – in 1755 – were French-speaking Acadians, from Nova Scotia who brought their musical traditions with them.
Fast forward to the 20th century. The first accordion-based Cajun records were recorded in 1929. Things changed with the advent of amplified instruments. Black bands in Texas added a contemporary edge to the tradition, calling it ‘zydeco’.
But Louisiana, of course, is famous also for Blues and R&B and no Swamp compilation would be complete if those styles were left out.
Here’s a vibrant, living selection of tracks from a state famous for music.
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