Way Down in Louisiana

Way Down in Louisiana
Title Way Down in Louisiana PDF eBook
Author Todd Mouton
Publisher University of Louisiana
Pages
Release 2015-09
Genre Music
ISBN 9781935754732

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With Clifton Chenier's amazing life and career as the centerpiece, this collection of profiles gathered across two decades unites some of the world's most innovative creative forces.

Clifton Chenier - King of Zydeco

Clifton Chenier - King of Zydeco
Title Clifton Chenier - King of Zydeco PDF eBook
Author Clifton Chenier
Publisher Mel Bay Publications
Pages 37
Release 2010-10-07
Genre Music
ISBN 1609741633

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This collection of 15 accordion arrangements of tunes by Clifton Chenier (1925-1987) clearly demonstrates why he is known as the undisputed King of Zydeco music. Written for the piano accordion as opposed to the Cajun button accordion, all of the selections in this book are transcribed from Chenier's 1965-1987 recordings on Arhoolie Records. the featured tunes are: Ain't No Need of Cryin' Tu le Ton Son Ton, I'm Coming Home, Jole Blonde, Calinda, Louisiana Two-Step, Ay, Ai, Ai, Louisiana Blues, Black Gal, Big Momou, I'm on the Wonder, Zydeco Cha Cha, I'm a Hog for You, Zydeco et Pas Sale, and Black Snake Blues. Dix Bruce con- tributes a fine essay on the colorful life of Clifton Chenier. A delightful companion CD recording is available in the spirit of Chenier's signature cry- Laissez les bon ton roulet! (Let the good times role!) Note: 10 songs out of 15 are on the cd, 96616CD Clifton Chenier 60 Minutes with the King of Zydeco. the other 5 songs are transcribed from other Arhooolie CDs by Clifton Chenier.

Texas Zydeco

Texas Zydeco
Title Texas Zydeco PDF eBook
Author Roger Wood
Publisher University of Texas Press
Pages 336
Release 2006-09-01
Genre Music
ISBN 0292712588

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Zydeco music - Creole music.

Slim Harpo

Slim Harpo
Title Slim Harpo PDF eBook
Author Martin Hawkins
Publisher LSU Press
Pages 353
Release 2016-09-19
Genre Music
ISBN 0807164550

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As Louis Armstrong forever tethered jazz to New Orleans and Clifton Chenier fixed Lafayette as home to zydeco, Slim Harpo established Baton Rouge as a base for the blues. In the only complete biography of this internationally renowned blues singer and musician, Martin Hawkins traces Harpo’s rural upbringing near Louisiana’s capital, his professional development fostered by the local music scene, and his national success with R&B hits like Rainin’ in My Heart, Baby Scratch My Back, and I’m A King Bee, among others. Hawkins follows Harpo’s global musical impact from the early 1960s to today and offers a detailed look at the nature of the independent recording business that enabled his remarkable legacy. With new research and interviews, Hawkins fills in previous biographical gaps and redresses misinformation about Harpo’s life. In addition to weaving the musician’s career into the lives of other Louisiana blues players—including Lightnin’ Slim, Lazy Lester, and Silas Hogan—the author discusses the pioneering role of Crowley, Louisiana, record producer J. D. Miller and illustrates how Excello Records in Nashville brought national attention to Harpo’s music recorded in Louisiana. This engaging narrative examines Harpo’s various recording sessions and provides a detailed discography, as well as a list of blues-related records by fellow Baton Rouge artists. Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge will stand as the ultimate resource on the musician’s life and the rich history of Baton Rouge’s blues heritage.

Zydeco!

Zydeco!
Title Zydeco! PDF eBook
Author Ben Sandmel
Publisher
Pages 200
Release 1999
Genre Music
ISBN

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An inside view of this Louisiana Creole dance music in photos, interviews, & commentary.

Louisiana Rocks!

Louisiana Rocks!
Title Louisiana Rocks! PDF eBook
Author Tom Aswell
Publisher Pelican Publishing
Pages 502
Release 2010-09-23
Genre Music
ISBN 1455607835

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An in-depth history of rock and roll's Louisiana roots. Taking the position that rock and roll started in New Orleans in 1947 when Roy Brown recorded "Good Rockin' Tonight," Aswell provides an expansive history of this beloved American music form. By looking at the Louisianan influences of swamp pop, Cajun, zydeco, R&B, rockabilly, country, and blues music, the author explores the way these musical forms gave birth to rock and roll as we know it today.

Bitten by the Blues

Bitten by the Blues
Title Bitten by the Blues PDF eBook
Author Bruce Iglauer
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 346
Release 2018-10-19
Genre Music
ISBN 022612990X

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It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence’s Lounge, in the heart of Chicago’s South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. A year later, Iglauer produced Hound Dog’s debut album in eight hours and pressed a thousand copies, the most he could afford. From that one album grew Alligator Records, the largest independent blues record label in the world. Bitten by the Blues is Iglauer’s memoir of a life immersed in the blues—and the business of the blues. No one person was present at the creation of more great contemporary blues music than Iglauer: he produced albums by Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Professor Longhair, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Son Seals, Roy Buchanan, Shemekia Copeland, and many other major figures. In this book, Iglauer takes us behind the scenes, offering unforgettable stories of those charismatic musicians and classic sessions, delivering an intimate and unvarnished look at what it’s like to work with the greats of the blues. It’s a vivid portrait of some of the extraordinary musicians and larger-than-life personalities who brought America’s music to life in the clubs of Chicago’s South and West Sides. Bitten by the Blues is also an expansive history of half a century of blues in Chicago and around the world, tracing the blues recording business through massive transitions, as a genre of music originally created by and for black southerners adapted to an influx of white fans and musicians and found a worldwide audience. Most of the smoky bars and packed clubs that fostered the Chicago blues scene have long since disappeared. But their soul lives on, and so does their sound. As real and audacious as the music that shaped it, Bitten by the Blues is a raucous journey through the world of Genuine Houserockin’ Music.