Title: Louisiana Swamp Blues / Various
Artist: Louisiana Swamp Blues / Various
Label: JSP Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 788065718022
Genre: Blues

In Louisiana music is an important part of daily life. And in Arcadiana it's a compulsion. Often members of a whole family play and are ready to entertain themselves and their neighbours when the mood takes them. It's got something to do with the ancestors. The first significant arrivals - in 1755 - were French-speaking Acadians, from Nova Scotia who brought their musical traditions with them. Fast forward to the 20th century. The first accordion-based Cajun records were recorded in 1929. Things changed with the advent of amplified instruments. Black bands in Texas added a contemporary edge to the tradition, calling it 'zydeco'. But Louisiana, of course, is famous also for Blues and R&B and no Swamp compilation would be complete if those styles were left out. Here's a vibrant, living selection of tracks from a state famous for music.

Tracks:
1.1 Married Life
1.2 My True Life
1.3 Ooh! Wee Baby! Ooh! Wee
1.4 Family Rules
1.5 Train Came Down the Track
1.6 Chicken Stuff
1.7 Don't Bring No Friend
1.8 Early Morning Blues
1.9 Paper in My Shoe
1.10 I Had the Blues
1.11 Congo Mombo
1.12 They Call Me Mr. Calhoun
1.13 Hoo-Wee Pretty Baby
1.14 Can't Hardly Keep from Crying
1.15 Sugar Bee
1.16 Bop Cat Stomp
1.17 I Stood By
1.18 Scorched (By the Torch of Love)
1.19 Isabella
1.20 Crazy Mambo
1.21 Fuss Too Much
1.22 San Antonio
1.23 I Need Your Love
1.24 Gonna Boogie
1.25 Bayou Shuffle
2.1 Gonna Stick to You Baby
2.2 Crawl
2.3 You're Too Late Baby
2.4 Let Me Hold Your Hand
2.5 Cool, Calm and Collected
2.6 Naggin'
2.7 Call Me Juke Boy
2.8 It's Your Voodoo Working
2.9 Loaded Down
2.10 Bye Bye Catin
2.11 Be Kind
2.12 Closed Up the Backdoor
2.13 Broke and Hungry
2.14 Confusion
2.15 I'm Ragged and Dirty
2.16 Catch That Train
2.17 Sound the Bell
2.18 Looking for My Baby
2.19 I Don't Know Why
2.20 Rock 'N' Roll Train
2.21 Oh Ramona
2.22 Who Would Have Thought It
2.23 Rockin' in the Coconut Top
2.24 Make Up My Mind
2.25 Won't Be Me
2.26 Calcasieu Zydeco Blues
2.27 Don't Say a Word
3.1 Whole Lotta Drinkin' on the Block
3.2 Please Try to Realise
3.3 Irene
3.4 Keep Livin'
3.5 Boozoo Stomp
3.6 Learn to Treat Me Better
3.7 Mean Old Kokamoo
3.8 You Move Me
3.9 Wild Cherry
3.10 I'm Goin'
3.11 Oh Baby
3.12 Bon Ton Toule
3.13 Bad Luck and Trouble
3.14 If I Don't See You
3.15 Merry Christmas Darling
3.16 I Got It Made
3.17 Got the News in the Morning
3.18 This Should Go on Forever
3.19 But You Thrill Me
3.20 Leave My Money Alone
3.21 I'm Gonna Kill That Hen
3.22 Nights of Misery
3.23 That Wouldn't Satisfy
3.24 Forty One Days
3.25 Nothin' in This World
4.1 Guitar Rhumbo
4.2 Pretty Little Dollie
4.3 Lost Without Love
4.4 I'm Twisted
4.5 Be Careful with the Blues
4.6 Trouble at Home Blues
4.7 Cool Cat
4.8 If I Only Hade a Chance
4.9 Long Black Curly Hair
4.10 Walking in the Park (With Sally)
4.11 Carry on
4.12 My Poor Heart in Pain
4.13 Roll, Roll, Roll
4.14 Miss My Lagnion
4.15 Juke Joint
4.16 Say You Remember
4.17 Life's Journey
4.18 Honey Bee
4.19 Always Be in Love with You
4.20 I Would Be a Sinner
4.21 No Use to Worry
4.22 Oh! Babe
4.23 Hello Friends, Hello
4.24 My Chinatown Gal
4.25 Don't You Want a Man Like Me

Audio Sample:
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