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Swamp Pop

Author : Shane K. Bernard
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604737255
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Swamp Pop written by Shane K. Bernard and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music of Louisiana was at the heart of rock-and-roll in the 1950s. Most fans know that Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the icons, sprang out of Ferriday, Louisiana, in the middle of delta country and that along with Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley he was one of the very first of these “white boys playing black music.” The genre was profoundly influenced by New Orleans, a launch pad for major careers, such as Little Richard's and Fats Domino's. The untold “rest of the story” is the story of swamp pop, a form of Louisiana music more recognized by its practitioners and their hits than by a definition. What is it? What true rock enthusiasts don't know some of its most important artists? Dale and Grace (“I'm leaving It Up to You”), Phil Phillips (“Sea of Love”), Joe Barry (“I'm a Fool to Care”), Cooke and the Cupcakes (“Mathilda”), Jimmy Clanton (“Just a Dream”), Johnny Preston (“Runnin' Bear”), Rod Bernard (“This Should Go on Forever”), and Bobby Charles (“Later, Alligator”)? There were many others just as important within the region. Drawing on more than fifty interviews with swamp pop musicians in South Louisiana and East Texas, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues finds the roots of this often-overlooked, sometimes-derided sister genre of the wildly popular Cajun and zydeco music. In this first book to be devoted entirely to swamp pop, Shane K. Bernard uncovers the history of this hybrid form invented in the 1950s by teenage Cajuns and black Creoles. They put aside the fiddle and accordion of their parents' traditional French music to learn the electric guitar and bass, saxophone, upright piano, and modern drumming trap sets of big-city rhythm-and-blues. Their new sound interwove country-and-western and rhythm-and-blues with the exciting elements of their rural Cajun and Creole heritage. In the 1950s and 1960s American juke boxes and music charts were studded with swamp pop favorites.

Way Down in Louisiana

Author : Todd Mouton
Publisher : University of Louisiana
ISBN 13 : 9781935754732
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Way Down in Louisiana written by Todd Mouton and published by University of Louisiana. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians

Author : Gene Tomko
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807169323
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians written by Gene Tomko and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana’s unique multicultural history has led to the development of more styles of American music than anywhere else in the country. Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians compiles over 1,600 native creators, performers, and recorders of the state’s indigenous musical genres. The culmination of years of exhaustive research, Gene Tomko’s comprehensive volume not only reviews major and influential artists but also documents for the first time hundreds of lesser-known notable musicians. Arranged in accessible A–Z format—from Fernest “Man” Abshire to Zydeco Ray—Tomko’s concise entries detail each musician’s life and career, reflecting exciting new discoveries about many enigmatic and early artists: Country Jim, Henry Zeno, Douglas Bellard, Good Rockin’ Bob, Blind Uncle Gaspard, Emma L. Jackson, and Rocket Morgan, to name just a few. A separate section features musicians from elsewhere who made an impact in Louisiana, such as Mississippi-born blues singer-songwriter-guitarist Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones and celebrated jazz pianist Billie Pierce, a native of Florida. The final section highlights key regional record producers and studio and label owners, like J. D. Miller, Stan Lewis, and Cosimo Matassa, who have enabled future generations to enjoy music of the Bayou State. Written with both the casual fan and the scholar in mind, Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians is the definitive reference on Louisiana’s rich musical legacy and the numerous important musicians it has produced.

Donald Drains the Swamp

Author : Eric Metaxas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621579395
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Donald Drains the Swamp written by Eric Metaxas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cavemen need help. Their King has forgotten all about them, thanks to the swamp creatures who surround the castle. “They’re slippery!”76' " m ujmmmmmtk, “—and scaly!” “and SLIMY!" Donald is just a caveman. But when the people ask for his help, he realizes there’s only one way to save the kingdom: DRAIN… THE… SWAMP! Written by #1 national bestselling author and humorist Eric Metaxas and illustrated by award-winning artist Tim Raglin, Donald Drains the Swamp is a whimsical parable for the current political moment.

Taking the World, by Storm

Author : Warren Storm
Publisher : University of Louisiana
ISBN 13 : 9781946160515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Taking the World, by Storm written by Warren Storm and published by University of Louisiana. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Warren "Storm" Schexnider is a Louisiana musical legend. Know to many as, "The Godfather of Swamp Pop," Now, at the age of 82, Warren's career has spanned over 70 years, and shows no signs of slowing down. Taking the World, by Storm - A Conversation with Warren "Storm" Schexnider, is just that. It is a conversation, accompanied by photographs of Warren's amazing musical career. From meeting Elvis at Graceland, to shaking Hank Williams hand, to sharing the stage with the Robert Plant and his idol, Fats Domino, Warren's endless stories will keep you entertained. Warren's story has been one of his own making. As is the case for many a career musician, it's never been an easy road to travel. But, it is one that allows a man like Warren to carve out his own path and plant his flag in whatever ground he can cover"--

South to Louisiana

Author : John Broven
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780882896083
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book South to Louisiana written by John Broven and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of the music of southern Louisiana and examines the influence of Cajun songs on American popular music

Swamp Souths

Author : Kirstin L. Squint
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807173509
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Swamp Souths written by Kirstin L. Squint and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies expands the geographical scope of scholarship about southern swamps. Although the physical environments that form its central subjects are scattered throughout the southeastern United States—the Atchafalaya, the Okefenokee, the Mississippi River delta, the Everglades, and the Great Dismal Swamp—this evocative collection challenges fixed notions of place and foregrounds the ways in which ecosystems shape cultures and creations on both local and global scales. Across seventeen scholarly essays, along with a critical introduction and afterword, Swamp Souths introduces new frameworks for thinking about swamps in the South and beyond, with an emphasis on subjects including Indigenous studies, ecocriticism, intersectional feminism, and the tropical sublime. The volume analyzes canonical writers such as William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty, but it also investigates contemporary literary works by Randall Kenan and Karen Russell, the films Beasts of the Southern Wild and My Louisiana Love, and music ranging from swamp rock and zydeco to Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade. Navigating a complex assemblage of places and ecosystems, the contributors argue with passion and critical rigor for considering anew the literary and cultural work that swamps do. This dynamic collection of scholarship proves that swampy approaches to southern spaces possess increased relevance in an era of climate change and political crisis.

Southwest Louisiana

Author : Lindsey Janies
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1935377310
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Southwest Louisiana written by Lindsey Janies and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cajun Breakdown

Author : Ryan A. Brasseaux
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195343069
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Cajun Breakdown written by Ryan A. Brasseaux and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social music -- Early commercial era -- A heterogeneous tradition -- Becoming the folk -- Cajun swing era -- The modern Cajun sound -- Cajun national anthem -- A new mental world.

Zydeco!

Author : Ben Sandmel
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578061167
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Zydeco! written by Ben Sandmel and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside view of this Louisiana Creole dance music in photos, interviews, and commentary

Hear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Rich Musical Heritage & Lively Current Scene

Author : Michael Murphy
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581575823
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Hear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Rich Musical Heritage & Lively Current Scene written by Michael Murphy and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of Eat Dat and Fear Dat, a charmingly irreverent guide to the thriving, world-famous music scene in New Orleans One of the first questions visitors to New Orleans often ask is, “Where can I go to hear music?” A better question might be, “Where can I go and not hear music?” Music is everywhere in this city, but to experience the best of it, you need the right guide. In Hear Dat New Orleans, local expert Michael Murphy brings his signature offbeat sensibility to the Big Easy's largest tourist draw. With in-depth recommendations for the greatest venues, the best musicians, and the must-see festivals, Hear Dat New Orleans is an indispensable companion for anyone who wants to really experience the sounds of New Orleans?live and uncensored.

World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific

Author : Simon Broughton
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781858286365
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific written by Simon Broughton and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2000 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to World Musicwas published for the first time in 1994 and became the definitive reference. Six years on, the subject has become too big for one book- hence this new two-volume edition. World Music 2- Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacifichas full coverage of everything from salsa and merengue to qawwali and gamelan, and biographies of artists from Juan Luis Guerra to The Klezmatics to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Features include more than 80 articles from expert contributors, focusing on the popular and roots music to be seen and heard, both live and on disc, and extensive discographies for each country, with biography-notes on nearly 2000 musicians and reviews of their best available CDs. It includes photos and album cover illustrations which have been gathered from contemporary and archive sources, many of them unique to this book, and directories of World Music labels, specialist stores around the world and on the internet.

Inside the NRA

Author : Joshua L. Powell
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 1538720590
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Inside the NRA written by Joshua L. Powell and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking exposé of rampant, decades-long incompetence at the National Rifle Association, as told by a former member of its senior leadership. Joshua L. Powell is the NRA--a lifelong gun advocate, in 2016, he began his new role as a senior strategist and chief of staff to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre. What Powell uncovered was horrifying: "the waste and dysfunction at the NRA was staggering." INSIDE THE NRA reveals for the first time the rise and fall of the most powerful political organization in America--how the NRA became feared as the Death Star of Washington lobbies and so militant and extreme as "to create and fuel the toxicity of the gun debate until it became outright explosive." INSIDE THE NRA explains this intentional toxic messaging was wholly the product of LaPierre's leadership and the extremist branding by his longtime PR puppet master Angus McQueen. In damning detail, Powell exposes the NRA's plan to "pour gasoline" on the fire in the fight against gun control, to sow discord to fill its coffers, and to secure the presidency for Donald J. Trump.

Cajun Country Guide

Author : Macon Fry
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455601752
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Cajun Country Guide written by Macon Fry and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1999-02-28 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's just nowhere else but South Louisiana to find real knee-slapping, crowd-hooting Zydeco music. Even the big-city chefs can't cook up a Cajun meal the way they do at the roadside restaurants deep in the bayous of Acadiana. Likewise, no other guide matches the amount of in-depth information presented in Cajun Country Guide. It's a study of Cajuns that tells visitors how to find the sights, sounds, and flavors of one of America's most culturally unique regions. Take a vacation to a part of our own country that, in some places, didn't even speak English until nearly fifty years ago. While modern technology is weeding out some of the one-of-a-kind qualities of this subculture, not all of them are gone, or even hard to find, if you know how to hunt for them. And there are no better hunters than authors Macon Fry and Julie Posner. With the handy maps, reviews, and recommendations packed into the Cajun Country Guide, a trip to the bayous won't leave one feeling like a visitor, but more like a native who has come back home.

Louisiana Saturday Night

Author : Alex V. Cook
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807144592
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Saturday Night written by Alex V. Cook and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music critic Alex V. Cook uncovers south Louisiana's wellspring of musical tradition, showing us that indigenous music is not an artifact to be salvaged by preservationists, but a living, breathing, singing, laughing, and crying part of Louisiana culture. Louisiana Saturday Nights takes the reader to both offbeat and traditional venues in and around Baton Rouge, Cajun country, and New Orleans, where we hear the distinctive voices of musicians, patrons, and owners -- like Teddy Johnson, born in the house that now serves as Teddy's Juke Joint. Along the way, Cook ruminates on the cultural importance of the people and places he encounters, and shows their critical role in keeping Louisiana's unique music alive.

The Cajuns

Author : Shane K. Bernard
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734965
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Cajuns written by Shane K. Bernard and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana. In the 1940s, when America entered World War II, so too did the isolated Cajuns. Cajun soldiers fought alongside troops from Brooklyn and Berkeley and absorbed aspects of new cultures. In the 1950s as rock 'n' roll and television crackled across Louisiana airwaves, Cajun music makers responded with their own distinct versions. In the 1960s, empowerment and liberation movements turned the South upside down. During the 1980s, as things Cajun became an absorbing national fad, "Cajun" became a kind of brand identity used for selling everything from swamp tours to boxed rice dinners. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the advent of a new information age launched "Cyber-Cajuns" onto a worldwide web. All these forces have pushed and pulled at the fabric of Cajun life but have not destroyed it. A Cajun himself, the author of this book has an intense personal fascination in his people. By linking seemingly local events in the Cajuns' once isolated south Louisiana homeland to national and even global events, Bernard demonstrates that by the middle of the twentieth century the Cajuns for the first time in their ethnic story were engulfed in the currents of mainstream American life and yet continued to make outstandingly distinct contributions.

The Louisiana Field Guide

Author : Ryan Orgera
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807157775
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Louisiana Field Guide written by Ryan Orgera and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Louisiana, every bite of food and each turn of phrase is an expression of cultural literacy. Correctly pronouncing "Tchoupitoulas" or "Atchafalaya," knowing the difference between the first Governor Long and the second one, being able to spot the artwork of Caroline Durieux, and honoring the distinction between a Creole and a Cajun roux serve not just as markers of familiarity; they represent acts of preservation. The Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State expands on this everyday communion of history, delving into the cultural patchwork that makes the Gumbo State both thoroughly American and absolutely singular. An authoritative lineup of contributors reintroduces Louisiana through the lenses of environment, geography, history, politics, religion, culture, language, sports, literature, film, music, architecture, food, and art. Whether describing the archi-tectural details of the Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter or sharing the family history of Bourgeois' Meat Market just outside of Thibodaux, the essays in The Louisiana Field Guide present a fresh and expansive look at the enchanting and perplexing Pelican State. At once an accessible primer and a rich omnibus, this volume explores the well-known destinations and far-flung corners of Louisiana, from Cameron Parish to Congo Square, offering an enlightening companion guide for visitors and a trust-worthy reference for residents.