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Friday, November 22, 2019

"La Valse De Louisiane" - Walker Brothers

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Introducing Louisiana-based Cajun music to outsiders was a risky endeavor.  It could have gotten you boo-ed off stage or worse.  Texa...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

"La Valse Du Grande Chemin (The Waltz Of The Big Road)" - Iry Lejeune

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By the late 1940s, almost all commercially recorded Cajun music was little more than Texas swing music sing in French.  But in 1948, Iry...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

"Chuck's Waltz" - Chuck Guillory

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Murphy "Chuck" Guillory learned to play from his father, Mady Guillory. He first picked up the instrument at the age of seven in...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

"Silver Star Stomp" - Hackberry Ramblers

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By the late 1940s the Hackberry Ramblers had evolved from a small string band into a large western swing ensemble, complete with a horn s...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

"The Death of Oswald" - Dixie Ramblers

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The popular Lafayette-based Cajun string band group called the Dixie Ramblers had a large popular following in the mid 1930s.  They played...
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Friday, October 25, 2019

"Dans La Platin" - Happy, Doc and the Boys

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After the wartime sojourn with Leo Soileau and Harry Choates in Lake Charles, Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc had been invited to to...
Monday, October 21, 2019

"Chere Meon" - Jimmy Choate

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Jimmie Choate was born in Bancker, Louisiana, not far from Abbeville.  He grew up playing music at an early age, similar to many of his si...