Zydeco Legend!

1. Shake It, Don't Break It

2. Oh, My Lucille

3. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

4. Nonc Helaire

5. You Can't Sit Down

6. Road Runner

7. You Used to Call Me

8. Hot Tamale Baby

9. Je Me Fu-Pas Mal

10. Johnny Can't Dance

11. My Baby She's Gone to Stay

12. Driftin' Blues

13. Love Me or Leave Me

14. Old Time Waltz

15. What'd I Say

16. Zydeco Jazz

17. Mama Told Papa

18. Tires If Being Alone

Tracks:

Just Remember
Your Picture
Angel Love
Heaven Sent
Family Rules
Lonely Days and Lonely Nights
South to Louisiana (North to Alaska)
Cry Foolish Heart
What'cha Do
Somewhere on Skid Row
Promised Land
I'm Missing You
I Cried
You Got Me Whistling
Let's Do It
Please Accept My Love
Let's Go Get Drunk
Today I Started Loving You Again
Little White Cloud
Do You Love Me So
One More Chance
Whispering Winds
Mama and Daddy
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Unfaithful One

The Cajun Legend: Best of Nathan Abshire

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If this doesn't make you dance, you're dead.
Funky, Blue, and Dancehall Fantastic
One of the Best Cajun Musicians Ever

The Cajun Legend: Best of Nathan Abshire
Nathan Abshire & the Pinegrove Boys
Manufacturer: Swallow Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Pine Grove Blues - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Musician's Life
Sur le Courtableu
Belisaire Waltz
Fee Fee Poncho [Instrumental]
Service Blues
French Blues [Instrumental]
Valse de Bayou Teche
Choupique Two Step
Valse de Holly Beach
J'Etais au Bal - Nathan Abshire, Rodney Balfa
Kaplan Waltz - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Lemonade Song - Nathan Abshire, Thomas Langley
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Shamrock [Instrumental]
Tracks of My Buggy - Nathan Abshire, Rodney Balfa
Dying in Misery - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Games People Play - Nathan Abshire, Don Guillory
Tramp Sur la Rue
Partie a Grand Basile

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If this doesn't make you dance, you're dead........2006-03-08

As far as I can remember, I can vividly recall seeing those blue Swallow records spinning on the turntable and hearing the words, "Heyyyyyyyy Negreeeeeeeeessee!" being shouted out by the singer. This isn't meant to be a slight towards African-American women. This is the chorus to one of the coooolest cajun songs ever, Pine Grove Blues. Top that with first class accordion playing backed up with the Balfa Brothers and you have a milestone hit on your hands.

Nathan Abshire is known as "Mr. Accordion" and he earned that name through 50+ years of playing music.

This CD is THE one if you want to hear Nathan. It contains the Swallow sides and while not as raw as the Khoury's and not as smoothed out as the La Lousianna sides, this fits right in the middle. Just enough to be funky, happy, and sad all in one album. This is an essential CD if you want to hear Nathan at his best.

If you're looking for the Mardi Gras song that starts out with the stomping and the horses clopping, that's on the Fais Do Do cd, Nathan Abshire and his Pine Grove Boys. That's the raw stuff, unpolished cajun music at it's best.

Funky, Blue, and Dancehall Fantastic.......2004-05-07

The very first Cajun album I bought growing up in Southwestern Louisiana was Nathan Abshire's "The Good Times Are Killing Me" on Swallow. My life was never the same. This disc collects the titles on that LP along with some other sides cut for Swallow. Nathan crossed musical boundaries and there are two standout examples of his ability to fuse styles on this disc--check out his rocking version of Joe South's "The Games People Play" and a weeping track of Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore." The Balfa Brothers are backing Nathan up here and the whole album has an easy flow revealing musical relationships forged in Louisiana's dancehalls. Great renditions of Cajun classics are here, I have never been able to purge the burning version of "Choupique Two Step" from my mind. If you can only own one Abshire album, this would be it. But who can own only one Nathan Abshire recording.

One of the Best Cajun Musicians Ever.......2002-05-01

I grew up listening to this music and this man is loved by young and old alike! Awesome album, anyone that is a Cajun music enthusiast should have this in their collection.

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texace on the Swamp Pop/Gumbo Legend - Clint West
SWAMP POP LEGEND

Swamp Pop Legend
Clint West
Manufacturer: Jin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Essential Collection

ASIN: B000002K6D
Release Date: 1997-04-08

Tracks:

Big Blue Diamonds
Mr. Jeweler
Our Love
Twelfth of Never
Try Me
Another Saturday Night
Here Comes My Baby
Mathilda
Tear Fell
Sweet Suzannah
Bayou Pon Bon
Lover Blues
Take a Ride
Teardrops in My Eyes
Shelly's Winter Love
When My Heart Hurts No More
It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'
Hi-Heel Sneakers
I'm Sorry Pillow
It's No Use to Try
Dark Eyed Cajun Woman

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texace on the Swamp Pop/Gumbo Legend - Clint West.......2002-11-04

From Ville Platte to Mamou to Eunice to The Southern Club to The Big Oaks to Lafayette, this was the man in the late 50's in Southwest Louisiana. If you want to know what it was like in those times in that part of the world, get this cd. The original Clint West and the Boogie Kings. Gee Gee Shin and Duane Yates came from this band. This is great gumbo music.

SWAMP POP LEGEND.......2002-01-28

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE AND NEITHER DOES CLINT WEST EXCEPT PERHAPS TO GET BETTER - HIS CLASSICS ARE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE -
I'M SURE BECAUSE THEY TAKE MY BACK IN TIME TO ANOTHER PLACE -
NOT SINCE HIS ALBUM WITH THE ORIGINAL BOOGIE KINGS HAVE I HEARD ANY BETTER - A FAVORITE ?? THAT'S HARD BUT I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TWELFTH OF NEVER - IT'S BEEN MY FAVORITE FOR YEARS - AND LIKE CLINT WEST SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE - A LOUISIANA LEGEND -
LISTEN - ENJOY - AND APPRECIATE -

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Cajun Legend
Dewey Balfa & Friends
Manufacturer: Swallow Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Big Easy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

ASIN: B000001ZM7
Release Date: 1994-08-19

Tracks:

Grand Mamou
Pauvre Hobo
Jolie Blonde
Back Door
Valse de Balfa
Blues a Leo Soileau
Two Step a Nathan Abshire
Chere Tout Toute
J' Al Passe Devant Ta Porte
Veuves de la Coul
Flumes d'Enfer
T'Ai Petite et T'Ai Meon
Perrodin Two-Step
Quand J'is Pauvre
Valse du Canada
Valse de Deux Familles
Cajun Fiddlesticks
J'Ai Pleurer
Reel de Joi
Mauvais Nouvelle
Reel de Melon d'Eau

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The Cajun Legend: Best of Nathan Abshire
Nathan Abshire & the Pinegrove Boys
Manufacturer: Swallow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DELKC
Release Date: 2002-06-18

Tracks:

Pine Grove Blues - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Musician's Life
Sur le Courtableu
Belisaire Waltz
Fee Fee Poncho [Instrumental]
Service Blues
French Blues [Instrumental]
Valse de Bayou Teche
Choupique Two Step
Valse de Holly Beach
J'Etais au Bal - Nathan Abshire, Rodney Balfa
Kaplan Waltz - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Lemonade Song - Nathan Abshire, Thomas Langley
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Shamrock [Instrumental]
Tracks of My Buggy - Nathan Abshire, Rodney Balfa
Dying in Misery - Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa
Games People Play - Nathan Abshire, Don Guillory
Tramp Sur la Rue
Partie a Grand Basile

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Cajun Legend
Vin Bruce
Manufacturer: Mardi Gras Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GI3QHK
Release Date: 2006-08-15

Tracks:

Cadjins du Bayou
He' Jolie
Palmetto Waltz
Beau Bayou l'Ours
Let's Waltz Again
Vin Bruce Song
Papa Joe
Wrong Road of Love
Dream I'll Never Forget
Good Old Days
Where Is Love?
Every Second, Every Minute, Every Hour
Troler
Appelle - Moi Sur le Telephone
Ma Vie de Musicien
Valse de la Belle Riviere
Cle' de Mon Coeur
Delaisse'
Si Janurais des Ailes
Cest Malheureux

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2 ALBUMS ON 1 CD, GREAT ZYDECO

Zydeco Legend!
Clifton Chenier
Manufacturer: Maison De Soul
ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Shake It, Don't Break It
Oh, My Lucille
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Nonc Helaire
You Can't Sit Down
Road Runner
You Used to Call Me
Hot Tamale Baby
Je Me Fu-Pas Mal
Johnny Can't Dance
My Baby She's Gone to Stay
Driftin' Blues
Love Me or Leave Me
Old Time Waltz
What'd I Say
Zydeco Jazz
Mama Told Papa
Tires If Being Alone

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2 ALBUMS ON 1 CD, GREAT ZYDECO.......2004-09-15

THIS GREAT CD IS A 2 FOR 1! THE FIRST 10 SONGS ARE FROM THE LP BOOGIE N ZYDECO AND THE NEXT 8 ARE FROM COUNTRY BOY, NOW GRAMMY AWARD WINNER! THE MUSICIANS ARE DIFFERENT ON THE FIRST 10 SONGS, INCLUDING JOHN HART ON SAX, INCLUDING A PIANO PLAYER AND THE MASTER HIMSELF CLIF, ON HARP! AND THE NEXT 8 SONGS HAVE CJ CHENIER, HIS SON, ON SAX.CLIFTON KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH MUSIC AND THESE COMPILATIONS ARE SO SMOOTH!HE HAS A FEW BLUESY SONGS HERE ALSO, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME AND TIRED OF BEING ALONE!LIKE HE ALWAYS SAID, WHERE WE COME FROM, THE CRAWFISH GOT SOUL!!!!!