Various Artists – Louisiana Swamp Blues (4 CD)

Description

Release Year: 2014

Label: Proper Records/JSP Records

Track List

Disc 1

1. Married Life – Cookie & The Cupcakes
2. My True Life – Leroy Washington
3. Ooh! Wee Baby! Ooh! Wee! – Charles Sheffield
4. Family Rules – Guitar Jr.
5. Train Came Down The Track – Clarence Garlow
6. Chicken Stuff – Hop Wilson
7. Don’t Bring No Friend – Blue Charlie
8. Early Morning Blues – Boogie Jake
9. Paper In My Shoe – Boozoo Chavis
10. I Had The Blues – Shelton Dunaway
11. Congo Mombo – Guitar Gable
12. They Call Me Mr. Calhoun – Mr. Calhoun
13. Hoo-wee Pretty Baby – Joe Hudson
14. Can’t Hardy Keep From Cryin’ – Juke Boy Bonner
15. Sugar Bee – Cleveland Crotchet
16. Bop Cat Stomp – King Charles
17. I Stood By – Lonesome Sundown
18. Scorched (By The Torch Of Love) – Tal Miller
19. Isabella – Charles Sheffield
20. Crazy Mambo – Classie Ballou
21. Fuss Too Much – Ivory Lee Semien
22. San Antonio – Big Walter Price
23. I Need Your Love – Jimmy Dotson
24. Gonna Boogie – Boozoo Chavis
25. Bayou Shuffle – Boogie Ramblers

Disc 2

1. Gonna Stick To You Baby – Lonesome Sundown
2. The Crawl – Guitar Jr.
3. You’re Too Late Baby – Silas Hogan
4. Let Me Hold Your Hand – Big Chenier
5. Cool, Calm and Collected – Guitar Gable with King Karl
6. Naggin’ – Jimmy Anderson
7. Call Me Juke Boy – Juke Boy Bonner
8. It’s Your Voodoo Working – Charles Sheffield
9. Loaded Down – Boogie Jake
10. Bye Bye Catin – Boozoo Chavis
11. Be Kind – Leroy Washington
12. Close Up The Back Door – Cookie & The Cupcakes
13. Broken And Hungry – Hop Wilson
14. Confusion – Classie Ballou
15. I’m Ragged And Dirty – Mr. Calhoun
16. Catch That Train – Elton Anderson
17. Sound The Bell – Clarence Garlow
18. Looking For My Baby – Jimmy Dotson
19. I Don’t Know Why – Boogie Jake
20. Rock ‘n’ Roll Train – Charles Sheffield
21. Oh Ramona – Big Walter Price
22. Who Would Have Thought It – Shelton Dunaway
23. Rockin’ In The Coconut Top – Hop Wilson with Ivory Lee
24. Make Up My Mind – Good Rockin’ Bob
25. Won’t Be Me – King Charles
26. Calcasieu Zydeco Blues – Boozoo Chavis
27. Don’t Say A Word – Lonesome Sundown

Disc 3

1. Whole Lotta Drinkin’ On The Block – Left Hand Charlie
2. Please Try To Realise – Big Chenier
3. Irene – Guitar Gable with King Karl
4. Keep Livin’ – Shelton Dunaway
5. Boozoo Stomp – Boozoo Chavis
6. Learn To Treat Me Better – Lonesome Sundown
7. Mean Old Kokamoo – Tal Miller
8. You Move Me – Charles Sheffield
9. Wild Cherry – Leroy Washington
10. I’m Goin’ – Boogie Ramblers
11. Oh Baby – Jimmy Dotson
12. Bon Ton Roule – Clarence Garlow
13. Bad Luck And Trouble – Boogie Jake
14. If I Don’t See You – Elton Anderson
15. Merry Christmas Darling – Hop Wilson
16. I Got It Made – Guitar Jr.
17. Got The News This Morning – Ivory Lee Jackson
18. This Should Go On Forever – King Karl with Guitar Gable
19. But You Thrill Me – King Charles
20. Leave My Money Alone – Lonesome Sundown
21. I’m gonna Kill That Hen – Blue Charlie
22. Nights Of Misery – Charles Sheffield
23. That Wouldn’t Satisfy – Hop Wilson
24. Forty One Days – Boozoo Chavis
25. Nothin’ In This World – Jimmy Anderson

Disc 4

1. Guitar Rhumbo – Guitar Gable
2. Pretty Little Dollie – Clarence Garlow
3. Lost Without Love – Lonesome Sun Down
4. I’m Twisted – Cookie & The Cupcakes
5. Be Careful With The Blues – Hop Wilson
6. Trouble At Home Blues – Silas Hogan
7. Cool Cat – Charles Sheffield
8. If I Only Had A Chanc – Boogie Jake
9. Long Black Curly Hair – Boozoo Chavis
10. Walking In the Park (With Sally) – Guitar Gable with King Karl
11. Carry On – Charence Garlow
12. My Poor Heart In Pain – Jimmy Dotson
13. Roll, Roll, Roll – Guitar Jr.
14. Miss My Lagnion – Blue Charlie
15. Juke Joint – Ashton Savoy
16. Say You Remember – Good Rockin’ Bob
17. Life’s Journey – Tal Miller
18. Honey Bee – Left Hand Charlie
19. Always Be In Love With You – Hop Wilson
20. I Would Be A Sinner – Charles Sheffield
21. No Use To Worry – Lonesome Sundown
22. Oh! Babe – Boozoo Chavis
23. Hello Friends, Hello Pals – Mr. Calhoun
24. My Chinatown Gal – Leroy Washington
25. 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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