Various Artists
20 Best of Swamp Pop from Louisiana (CD)

EUCD2701

Swamp Pop, going down memory lane. Indigenous to South Louisiana, this music is marked by highly emotional, plaintive vocals, simple, unaffected lyrics backed by a honky-tonk piano, bellowing sax sections and a strong R&B backbeat. Upbeat pieces often possess the bouncy rhythms of Cajun and Creole two-steps. Slow melancholic ballads exhibit the heart-broken ‘what’s-the-use-of-living’ laments common to many Cajun and black Creole compositions. Info about the groups and pieces.

Track listing:

Johnnie Allan : South to Louisiana (North to Alaska) (Mike Phillips, Johnny Horton / EMI Hastings Catalog) - 2:15
Lil Bob & The Lollipops : You’re Pouring Water (Drew Baker, Danny McCormick / Warner-Tamerlane obo Pronto Music) - 2:48
Kenny Tibbs : (Holly Beach) Under the Boardwalk (Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young / Alley Music, Trio Music) - 3:53
Rod Bernard & Clifton Chenier : Shake, Rattle & Roll (Charles Calhoun / Hill & Range Songs) - 3:16
Cookie & The Cupcakes : Mathilda (George Khoury, Huey Thierry / EMI Blackwood Music obo Combine Music) - 3:09
Johnnie Allan : Promised Land (Chuck Berry / Arc Music, NY) - 2:04
Rufus Jagneaux : Opelousas Sostan (Benny Graeff, Victor Palmer / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:34
Rod Bernard : This Should Go on Forever (Jay Miller, Bernard Jolivetto / Jamil Music) - 2:47
Cookie & The Cupcakes : Trouble in My Life (Huey Thierry, George Khoury / Su-Ma Publishing) - 2:39
Lee Martin : There Goes That Train (Roy Hammond, McGill / Selma Music Corp) - 2:11
Shelton Dunaway & the Cupcakes : Betty and Dupree (Chuck Willis / Hill & Range Music, Tideland Music) - 2:33
Rockin’ Sidney : Jalapeno Lena (Sidney Simien / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 3:34
Randy & The Rockets : Genevieve (Dennis Norris / Fort Knox Music, Trio Music) - 2:42
Warren Storm : Prisoner’s Song (G. Massey / Shapiro Bernstein Pub.) - 2:19
Darby Douget : Mathilda Finally Come Back Home (Ernest Jacobs, Huey Thierry / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:10
Rod Bernard & Clifton Chenier: My Jolie Blonde (trad., arr. Rod Bernard, Clifton Chenier / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:55
Herbie Stutes : I Love My Saturday Night (Herbie Stutes, James Edwards / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:28
Johnnie Allan : Lil’ Fat Man (Leroy LeBlanc, Oran Guidry / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:14
Cookie & The Cupcakes : Belinda (Huey Thierry, George Khoury / Flat Town Music, BMI) - 2:30
Lil Bob & The Lollipops : Nobody but You (Dee Clark / Sunflower Music) - 2:41

Published: 2017

Genre: Blues & Jazz & USA
Label: Arc Music