Various Artists - Boppin' By The Bayou More Dynamite (2013)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Boppin' By The Bayou More Dynamite
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Ace
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:04:10
Total Size: 187/315 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Boppin' By The Bayou More Dynamite
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Ace
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:04:10
Total Size: 187/315 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Peto Marlow & The Rhythm Kings - Rock And Roll Beat
02. Wiley Jeffers - My Love Is True aka My Love Is Just For You
03. Ken Lindsay - Crazy Dreams
04. Vince Anthony & The Blue Notes - Clarabel
05. Bobby Charles - Teenagers
06. Gene Terry & The Down Beats - Cinderella Cinderella
07. Jay Richards - Wiggle Rock
08. Rocket Morgan - Gonna Walk Back Home aka Walkin' Home
09. Johnny Jano - Oh Baby, Where Can My Baby Be
10. Pee Wee Trahan - Store Bought Mama
11. Burnell Martin - Burnell's Boogie
12. Merton Thibodeaux - Big Basile
13. Joe Bonsall & His French Accordion - Linda Lee (What You Do To Me)
14. Pee Wee Trahan - I'm A Mojo Man
15. Rick Johnson - Eenie Meenie Minie Mo
16. Rocket Morgan - Medley: Sweet Love On My Mind / Baby, Let's Play House
17. Dayward Penny - I'm Coming Home
18. Jim Oertling - Louisiana Gambler
19. Tommy Strange - Nervous And Shakin' All Over
20. Doug Charles & The Boogie Kings with Skip Morris - Talk To Your Daughter
21. Warren Storm - Come Back To Me Baby
22. Unknown - I'm In Orbit
23. Johnny Jano - You're The Only Girl
24. Al Ferrier - Blues Stop Knockin'
25. Port Arthur Band - Do Baby Do
26. Warren Storm - I'm A Little Boy Looking For Love
27. Johnny Bass - Rockin' And Reelin'
28. Larry Hart - Oh Nellie
Ace spent a good chunk of 2013 boppin', bouncin', and rockin' on the bayou, and their autumn release, Boppin' by the Bayou: More Dynamite, is one of the liveliest of their excavations of the vaults of Louisiana music moguls Eddie Shuler, Charles "Dago" Redlich, J.D. Miller, and Carol Rachou. Once again, this is hardly reliant on recognizable names. There is the New Orleans giant Bobby Charles, rocking & rolling with the previously unreleased "Teenagers," but that's about it. The rest of this is jumping New Orleans R&B and rock & roll recorded during the late '50s and early '60s but sitting unreleased until this 2013 collection. Think Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, anybody associated with Dave Bartholomew and, yes, the sly Charles, and that's the baseline for this collection: cheerful, big-boned swagger accentuated by loose yet precise rhythms and robust vocals. Sometimes, the proceedings swing so hard they get stuck in the murk of the bayou -- there are a few cuts, like Johnny Jano's "Oh Baby, Where Can My Baby Be" that have pure blues power, while Burnell Martin's "Burnell's Boogie" ratchets up the zydeco -- and these keep the album stuck in the bayou, leaving the outright rockabilly lifts by Dayward Penny and Rocket Morgan (as shameless an Elvis imitator as you'll ever hear) as blasts of accent color. But that's the fun of the collection: these are the aftershocks of the first blast of rock & roll, when all manners of bluesman, soul shouters, greasers, and backwood hicks tried their hand at boogie and even if they didn't write a memorable song, they had an appealing sound.