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Friday, December 28, 2018

"Mes Cinquantes Sous (My Fifty Cents)" - Eddie Shuler

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UPDATED! The Reveliers were a backup band for former Hackberry Ramblers guitarist and record producer, Eddie Shuler .  In the late 1940s...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

"Jus Pasque" - Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc

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Cajun swing was perhaps the most dynamic musical expression in the history of Cajun music.  Fiddlers, guitarists, steel guitarists, drum...
Friday, December 14, 2018

"Waxia Special" - Oscar "Slim" Doucet

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Oscar "Slim" Doucet was a native of Opelousas who assembled a group of musicians known as the Accordion Playboys.  For yea...
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Friday, December 7, 2018

"Jole Brun" - Harry Choates

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The main catalyst for exposing interest in Cajun music after the war was fiddle player Harry Choates .  Choates had just recorded his hit ...
Monday, December 3, 2018

"Tu Le Du Po La Mam" - Lawrence Walker

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Melodies played in the cultural-plexes of Vermilion and Iberia parishes produced different themes and titles in the areas around Calcasieu...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

"Hippy Ti Yo" - Abe Manuel

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Abraham "Abe" Manuel was a hillbilly fiddle player that dabbled in both country music and Cajun music, covering popular tunes of t...
Monday, November 19, 2018

"Je Jais Pos C Cannye (Ain't Misbehavin')" - Patrick "Dak" Pellerin

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Je Suis Pas Si Canaille!  In June 1929, the New Drug Store in Opelousas, Louisiana booked a full-page ad in the Clarion News to advertis...