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The song is told from the point of view of the "Cajun Queen" that drove John away – her search for him, then discovering about his death. The song follows the same format as "Big Bad John" except that the chorus intoning the title periodically is made up of male voices and is sung in a different key; unusually for "answer songs", the composer of the original - Jimmy Dean, in this case - is ...
Williams began writing the song while listening to the Cajuns talk about food on the Hadacol Caravan bus. [4] With a melody based on the Cajun song "Grand Texas", some sources, including AllMusic, claim that the song was co-written by Williams and Moon Mullican, with Williams credited as sole author and Mullican receiving ongoing royalties.
"Tit Galop Pour Mamou" (English: either Canter to Mamou or Giddy-Yap to Mamou) is a Cajun folk song with words and music by Dewey Balfa. The tune behind Joe South's "Games People Play" resembles the tune of "Tit Galop Pour Mamou" to some extent. A recording of the song by Mamou Master was used on the soundtrack of the 1991 film Scorchers. [1]
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Vol. 2 (1974) J'ai Vu le Loup, Le Renard et la Belette (1976, re-released Rounder Records, 1988) The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire: The 1970 NYC Cajun Concert (Field Recorders Collective, 2008) The Balfa Family: A Retrospective - Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 1977-2010 (Valcour Records, 2012) [3]
The Hackberry Ramblers (also known as the Riverside Ramblers) is a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana and formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music.
In 1987, Chenier followed in his father's footsteps and led his father's band as an accordion performer and singer of zydeco, a blend of cajun and creole music. With five previous albums to his credit, by 1994, Chenier began to record for Chicago-based Alligator Records .
Cajun: Louisiane 1928-1939 (Frémaux & Associés FA 019, 1994) [8] Cajun Vol. 1 - Abbeville Breakdown: 1929-1939 (CK 46220 Columbia Records, 1990) Cajun: Early Recordings (JSP7726 JSP, 2004) Cajun - Rare & Authentic (JSPCD77115 JSP, 2008) Anthology of American Folk Music (FP 252, Folkways Records, 1952, 1997) [9]
Miller was born in Iota, Louisiana, on May 5, 1922, [1] and spent many childhood years in El Campo, Texas. [2] He lived most of his life in Crowley, where in the late 1930s he played guitar with several Cajun bands, including the Four Aces, the Rice City Ramblers, and the Daylight Creepers.