Various - Cajun And Swamp Pop Super Hits flac album

Swamp pop is a music genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south Louisiana and an adjoining section of Southeast Texas. Created in the 1950s and early 1960s by teenage Cajuns, it combines New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and traditional French Louisiana musical influences.

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Bernard considers swamp pop to be a Creole/Cajun hybrid form unique to southern Louisiana and southeast Texas, whose golden age was from 1958 to 1963. Though much of this music achieved popularity only in the area, several records became national hits, Phil Phillip's "Sea of Love" (1959) being one of the better known examples. A good background primer on Cajun/Swamp Pop music. It is written by the son of Rod Bernard a very popular singer in the late 50's onward. COvers a great deal of detail and many artists. Louisiana musicians have always gone their own way, fusing elements of various styles to create music of stunning beauty. One of the most creative and finely crafted forms is Swamp Pop, a fusion of Cajun, R & B, country, and pop styles.

Various - Another Saturday Night - Cajun/Zydeco/Swamp Pop. 20 Georgie Lou CAJUN GOLD. 12 Another Sleepness Night RICHARD, Belton. Various - Swamp Pop By The Bayou CD Ace Record NEW. Label: Ace Record. Williams, Donnie & The Blue Notes "Cry your heart out". 7 brand new from £1. 6. Style: PopDuration: Album. Various - Swamp Pop By The Bayou-Troubles,Tears and Trains CD Ace Recrds NEW. Label: Ace Recrds. Storm, Warren "Troubles, troubles (Troubles on my mind)".

This third journey into swamp pop territory includes giants of the genre Jivin’ Gene, Rod Bernard and Warren Storm, plus artists such as Gene Terry, Vince Anthony and Doug Ardoin who have knocked on fame’s door without quite breaking through, but still achieved cult status. The collection also features early recordings by blues legend Johnny Winter (under the alias Texas Guitar Slim) and rockabilly icon Rocket Morgan, who both demonstrate a gift for this regional music. So turn the clock back 50+ years, transport yourself to the steamy heat of a South Louisiana night and let the music of this 17th release in the By The Bayou series wash over you. Various Artists - Swamp Pop By The Bayou: Let's Get Together Tonight (2017) {Ace Records CDCHD 1499}.

Bernard, Swamp Pop, pp. 64-65, 106-07. Shane K. Bernard, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1996). John Broven, South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous (Gretna, L. Pelican, 1983). Ryan A. Brasseaux & Kevin S. Fontenot, Accordions, Fiddles, Two-Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader (Lafayette, L. Center for Louisiana Studies, 2006). American roots music.

Listen to the best Cajun & Swamp pop shows. Addanother genre or tag to narrow down your results. Fais Do-Do Vol. 2 :: South Louisiana Saturday Nightby Aquarium Drunkard.

There are three music genres native to the South Louisiana/SE Texas area: Cajun, zydeco and swamp pop. Instantly recognisable, this is music that resonates with the steamy heat of the swamps and bayous, and with the spicy food and goodtime feel of the people and the area. This is the third volume in the By The Bayou series to feature swamp pop – a term that did not exist when the tracks on the CD were recorded.