Zydeco Man

1. I'm the Zydeco Man

2. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

3. Lucille

4. Ay-Te Te Fee

5. Party Down

6. Ooh Poo Pah Doo

7. Keep a Knockin'

8. Bad Luck and Trouble

9. Show Me How to Zydeco

10. Tell Me Why

11. Bring Back the Old Time Zydeco

12. How Sweet It Is

13. Listen to the Music

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Average customer rating: Country with a Cajun Heart The obligatory live album and the contractual obligation Two Terrific Albums from the Ragin' Cajun One album of Doug Kershaw Live in 1975, the other a 1978 studio album

Alive & Pickin'/Louisiana Man Doug Kershaw Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Doug Kershaw The Cajun Way Ragin' Cajun - Doug Kershaw in Concert Spanish Moss The Best of Doug & Rusty Kershaw ASIN: B0009RQRME Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Diggy Liggy Lo
3. Battle of New Orleans
4. Medley: Orange Blossom Special/You Are My Sunshine
5. Natural Man
6. Alive & Pickin'
7. Cajun Joe (The Bully of the Bayou)
8. Cajun Stripper
9. Dixie Creole
10. Louisiana Man
11. Uncle Pen
12. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
13. Louisiana Man
14. Marie
15. Pourquoi M'Aimes-Tu Pas?
16. Subterranean Homesick Blues
17. I Just Want to Feel the Magic
18. Hardly Anymore
19. French Waltz
20. If You Don't, Somebody Else Will
21. Sooner I Go
22. Louisiana Sun

Customer Reviews:

Country with a Cajun Heart.......2006-07-22

This is a double purchase which is a real treasure. I used to clean house to the songs from an old cassette, which is all worn out now, but my house was spotless. Thank goodness I was travelling thru Amazon and threw the Kershaw boys name in the search area to see if anything was available. These two CDS came up and I didnt hesitate to purchase. One thing I miss about the CD's of today is not getting a pic of the artist as the years go by. Isnt that why we have family photos? Dont let the opportunity to slip by to own some real Cajun Heart, it also helps in the long drives when ur stuck in traffic to and from work, that is where i get my most play time and I can still see them on the OPry with his brother and on the Hee Haw shows. I Love u Doug wherever you are.

The obligatory live album and the contractual obligation.......2006-04-25

The mid-70's saw a lot of trends unfold in the music business. Certain styles came to the fore that left an indeliable mark on all music. The nation went gaga over disco, and the south, well, decided that was too limp. So, "southern rock" became the Next Big Thing.
Doug Kershaw jumped on the southern rock bandwagon.
"Alive & Pickin'" isn't that bad of an album. Really. "Cajun Stripper" shows that Doug, this time around, can actually handle an accordian somewhat. He even throws in some decent electric violin (I say violin instead of fiddle with great reason), but the overall product leaves a bad taste in your mouth. There's nothing particularly Cajun about the music, it sounds nothing like what Doug had done beforehand (re: the LPs Cajun Way and Spanish Moss, and even the honky fluff that followed in their wake), and it sounds like the backing band is doing a poor man's imitation of the Marshall Tucker Band. On top of that, of course, is that very little of this album is actually live. Much of it was done in the studio, overdubs and edits galore (in that time period, it was common)
Doug went from sounding like a Rebel flag waving bar veteran to a ridiculous Cajun-styled Keith Moon on his next album. Of course, the "Ragin Cajun" album doesn't follow "Alive & Pickin'" on this CD, instead the 1978 album "Louisiana Man" (how many albums bore this title beforehand? Pull out your Rusty & Doug records...) is included.
This album was done to fill up the final slot on his contract with WB. First we start out with the lamest cover of "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" known to man. Yes, the cover by Gerry & The Pacemakers was taken into account. Doug introduces the track with "To the Cajun land, and to my Cajun people". Two things which no longer gave him the time of day, as the Cajuns would take such as an insult. Yet ANOTHER version of "Louisiana Man" follows, but its not the Shakespearean drama-fest that the version on the "Swamp Grass" album was. Moving on, the question is, "who wants to hear Doug Kershaw cover Randy Newman?", unless you want to hear "Marie", the answer would be no. Then we get a Jesse Winchester tune, in French, and Doug once again shows us how horrible his French speaking is, as he sings the number in Canadian French. Then there's the unspeakable Dylan cover. "Don't try No-Doze"? C'mon Doug! "Just Wanna Feel The Magic" is a nice Mel McDaniel cover and its a contender for best track on the LP. "Hardly Anymore" is MOR while "French Waltz" is just as generic as its title. "If You Don't..." is an upbeat tune with a pumping dance beat and gets old fast. The "Sooner I Go" and "Louisana Sun" were better the first time around, back when Rusty & Doug recorded them in the 60's. The latter track previously appeared on the "Devil's Elbow" album.
Bottom line: Doug is a better showman than a recording artist.

Two Terrific Albums from the Ragin' Cajun.......2006-03-03

If you are at all a fan of Cajun country or just a some good fiddlin, then this disc is a real treat. It compiles some of Doug Kershaw's finest work on one disc. Before this, these two records were nearly impossible to find, even on vinyl. When I was growing up, my father had both of these and played them constantly. I was a bit afraid that perhaps my memories were better than the music. But I've listened to this nearly every day since I bought it and can say they hold up remarkably well.

Alive & Pickin' is a recording from a raucous live show in Atlanta in 1974. Kershaw's energy seems unending and his fiddling is the real star here. His Orange Blossom Special medley is a highlight, featuring a blistering fiddle. Favorites Diggy Diggy Lo and Louisiana Man are also featured. The concert recording has no annoying track breaks, so listening to it straight through makes it almost seem like you're there (even though I would've be less than a year old!)

The Lousiana Man I believe is from a few years later and features another recording of Louisiana Man as well as an energetic rendition of Hank William's Jambalaya (On the Bayou). A quality studio album, with a little less emphasis on the fiddle, but a great listen. Of particular interest are a few ballads showcasing Doug's vocal talents, which provide a really nice contrast to some of the more boisterous stuff.

My only quibble would be that the recordings sound more like straight transfers rather than remasters, so the sound comes off a little flat in places. Alive & Pickin' especially suffers a bit from a lack of bass. This is pretty minor, though. The music is still a joy to listen to.

One album of Doug Kershaw Live in 1975, the other a 1978 studio album.......2005-08-29

Doug "Ragin' Cajun" Kershaw's original Warner Bros. albums had never been on CD before Collectables' reissues of "The Cajun Way," "Spanish Moss," "Flip, Flop and Fly," and "The Ragin' Cajun" and this CD on Wounded Bird, a twofer of "Alive and Pickin'," which was recorded live in Atlanta in 1975 and full of the Kershaw style of singing and musicianship and is a great extravaganza, and 1978's "The Louisiana Man," which is a studio album with some traditional cajun songs and lots of mainstream country styled songs and not quite the extravaganza as the live album on this disc, but it is very good nonetheless. As he is much better as a live performer than as a recording artist in the studio although his studio work is great, this disc IS the disc to start with as it contains the bulk of his signature songs live and/or in the studio and flows better than the "Best of" CD that Warner issued in 1989. One track on the live album worthwhile is a medley of "Orange Blossom Special" and "You Are My Sunshine" which Doug performs in the Doug Kershaw style showcasing his fiddling talent.

Average customer rating: A fine selection from one of Nashville's great also-rans 1960's Decca Recordings

The Cajun Country Music of a Louisiana Man Jimmy C. Newman Manufacturer: Edsel Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Zydeco | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music North America | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cajun Classics American Cajun The Very Best of Nat Stuckey The Gumbo Song More Cajun Music ASIN: B0000248TE Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Cry, Cry Darling
2. Daydreamin'
3. Blue Darlin'
4. Let Me Stay In Your Arms
5. God Was So Good
6. I Thought I'd Fall In Love Again
7. Seasons Of My Heart
8. A Fallen Star
9. Come Back To Me
10. Last Night
11. Everybody's Dying For Love
12. Alligator Man
13. Bayou Talk
14. DJ For A Day
15. City Of The Angels
16. Back In Circulation
17. Artificial Rose
18. Back Pocket Money
19. Dropping Out Of Sight
20. Louisiana Saturday Night
21. Blue Lonely Winter
22. Born To Love
23. Tibby Dough & His Cajun Band
24. Louisiana Man

Customer Reviews:

A fine selection from one of Nashville's great also-rans.......2004-02-14

A strong selection of Louisiana country hero Jimmy "C" Newman's hits from the late '50s and '60s, many laced with Cajun-style fiddles and a long Louisiana drawl. Newman worked in obscurity for about a decade before his breakthrough in the mid-1950s; his early hits were musically strong and fairly rough hewn; it's pretty remarkable, though -- and something of a testimony to the former power of regional fan bases -- that a guy with such a pronounced lisp could have done so well on the charts. On his mid-50s singles for the Dot label, Newman's slurred "s" and "st" almost constantly; although by the time he signed to Decca in '61, he'd smoothed his impediment out, along with some of the rougher, more honkytonk edges in his music. This is a pretty nice collection of a well-known Nashville second-stringer; Newman never topped the charts, but he snuck into the Top Ten consistently throughout his career.

The only downside of this disc is that none of his material on MGM (from 1958-60) is included, so there's an unfortunate gap of a few years... (Did he have a lisp then, too... or not??) Overall, though, this is a good collection for fans of hard country as well as the rootsier side of the Nashville Sound.

1960's Decca Recordings.......2003-08-16

A member of the Grand Ole Opry for well over 40 years. Jimmy C Newman has had a long string of hits. This collection features the many hits Jimmy had with Decca records. "DJ for a Day" from 1963 was a song by a then unknown by the name of Tom T. Hall. This is the best single collection you will find on Jimmy C. Newman. The "C" stands for cajun. Good Collection!!!

Average customer rating: The Very Best of Doug Kershaw Live

Louisiana Man: The Very Best of Doug Kershaw Live Doug Kershaw Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Doug Kershaw Alive & Pickin'/Louisiana Man Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits West ASIN: B0000DJYO7 Release Date: 2003-10-28

Tracks:

1. Diggy Diggy Lo
2. Mama's Got the Know How
3. Louisiana Saturday Night
4. Cajun Baby
5. Colinda
6. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
7. Cajun Stripper
8. Toot Toot Man
9. Orange Blossom Special
10. Uncle Pen
11. Louisiana Man

Customer Reviews:

The Very Best of Doug Kershaw Live.......2007-03-11

Lively Cajun music which sets your feet to moving. Songs being sung in both Cajun-French and English provides an excellent flavor to South Louisiana music. This CD is worth the money if you want the pure Cajun style music.

Average customer rating: CD- I'M THE MAN- SHERMAN ROBERTSON ONE OF THE BEST BLUES GUITARISTS AROUND TODAY. This man has a magnificent voice and plays fabulous guitar

I'm the Man Sherman Robertson Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Here and Now Guitar Man Live Going Back Home Otis Rush Live and In Concert from San Francisco Tutu Jones Live ASIN: B000002J2L Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

1. I'm Your Man
2. Somebody's Messin'
3. Am I Losing You
4. Special Kind Of Loving
5. Make It Rain
6. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
7. Linda Lou
8. Home Of The Blues
9. Our Good Thing Is Through
10. Vacating The Blues
11. Helping Hand
12. Take A Message

Customer Reviews:

CD- I'M THE MAN- SHERMAN ROBERTSON.......2004-06-15

FAST,QUICK,EXCELLENT BUSINESS LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU AGAIN.

ONE OF THE BEST BLUES GUITARISTS AROUND TODAY........1999-06-16

SHERMAN ROBERTSON DESERVES TO BE HEARD. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIS EXCEPTIONAL PLAYING. THIS RECORDING IS LIKE A PRECLUDE TO WHAT SHERMAN IS CAPABLE OF . IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, THEN DON'T CHECK OUT HIS 1998 AUDIOQUEST RELEASE "GOIN BACK HOME". IF YOU TRULY ARE A BLUES GUITAR FANATIC AND ARE CONTINUALLY SEARCHING FOR WHO IS MAKING THE BEST BLUES TODAY, YOU WILL FIND THAT SHERMAN DELIVERS SOME KICKASS BLUES AND YOU WILL WONDER WHERE THIS MAN HAS BEEN HIDING. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF A FIRST CLASS BACK UP BAND AND SUPERIOR SOUND QUALITY. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASK FOR. DON'T BELIEVE ME AND DON'T GO OUT AND GET IT.

This man has a magnificent voice and plays fabulous guitar.......1999-05-12

i bought this album mid april 1999 on the offchance and cant stop listening to it

Average customer rating:

Mr. Stranger Man Monk Boudreaux Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Life Is a Carnival The Wild Tchoupitoulas Bury the Hatchet ASIN: B00008O30T Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. In the Morning (Jockomo)
2. Sew Sew Sew
3. Battle of New Orleans
4. Shotgun Joe
5. The Tambourine
6. Katie Mae
7. Speak Your Mind
8. Hold 'Em Joe
9. Firewater
10. Mr. Stranger Man
11. Black Johnny

Amazon.com

Following his 2002 collaboration with guitarist-vocalist Anders Osborne, New Orleans's Big Chief Monk Boudreaux delivers this worthy solo debut. Produced by Osborne and boasting assistance by Crescent City usual suspects Dr. John, Cyril Neville, and Tab Benoit (who anonymously fade into the background), Boudreaux's dusky tribal chants are pumped with simmering funk and swampy, primitive R&B. Less songs than free-form chants, Mr. Stranger Man captures the heart of the New Orleans Indian's musical firewater. The percussion-heavy tracks provide an upbeat yet ominous atmosphere for Big Chief's extemporaneous storytelling and droning, near spoken vocals. Even though some songs follow conventional structure, such as the Meters-styled "Shotgun Joe," Boudreaux improvises like a great poet as the band lays down a boiling, foot-tapping foundation. The rhythms vary, but the authentic, near hypnotic, body-swaying vibe and the chief's moaning vocals resonate like classic reggae, a genre reflected on a couple of tunes. It's not what he says but how he says it, and Boudreaux conjures a groove as pervasive and enveloping as the humidity on a midsummer New Orleans night. --Hal Horowitz

Average customer rating: Wow Great

Guitar Man Live Sherman Robertson & BluesMove Manufacturer: Crosscut Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Stone's Throw Got to Get Over You Working Man Full Circle In the Natural State ASIN: B000F3UO3U Release Date: 2006-06-20

Tracks:

1. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
2. Long Way From Home
3. Guitar Man
4. Dust My Broom (Voodoo Dust)
5. Home Of The Blues
6. Linda Lu
7. Make It Rain
8. Tin Pan Alley

Customer Reviews:

Wow Great .......2006-11-13

I only bought this CD by coincidence and when I heard it properly Wow was more than Impressed great live performance

Average customer rating:

The Alligator Man Jimmy C. Newman Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Cajun & Zydeco | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music North America | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: American Cajun The Gumbo Song Cajun Classics More Cajun Music ASIN: B0000003CC Release Date: 1992-02-14

Tracks:

1. I Made A Big Mistake
2. Chere Tout Toute
3. I Should Have Loved You
4. The Little String
5. The Ring That Shines
6. Hey Madelaine
7. Tennis Shoes
8. Last Night
9. The Back Door
10. All The Word Is Lonely Now
11. Old Lucky
12. A Cajun Tribute: We Will Never Forget Them

Average customer rating:

I'm Your Man Rockin Sidney Manufacturer: Jsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006AAOO Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

1. I'm Your Man
2. Take My Money
3. Live With The Blues
4. Honey Why
5. Blues In June
6. No Blues At All
7. Just Jammin'
8. Hotstepper's Dance Zydeco
9. Take Me To The Zydeco/Joy To The South
10. Oo Poo Pa Doo

Average customer rating: Nice disc for the casual Rusty & Doug listener

Louisiana Man Rusty & Doug Kershaw Manufacturer: Sundown Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001BLA Release Date: 1994-09-13

Tracks:

1. Louisiana Man
2. Diggy Diggy Lo
3. Cheated Too
4. Cajun Joe (The Bully of the Bayou)
5. We'll Do It Anyway
6. Jollon
7. So Lovely Baby
8. Look Around
9. Mister Love
10. Going Down the Road
11. Never Love Again
12. Kaw-Liga

Customer Reviews:

Nice disc for the casual Rusty & Doug listener.......2006-04-24

I'll begin this review by telling you that if you are looking to buy brand-new a compilation covering Rusty & Doug, go for "Lousiana Men" which features all of their Hickory recordings. If you have a chance to get this CD that I am reviewing, by way of used music shops, etc., read on.
For anyone who wants an overview of the recordings of Rusty & Doug at Hickory records, you'd be hard pressed to find another brief compilation that accurately covers this territory. The British import "Louisiana Man" on the Magnum label gives you just enough, so that you may satisfy your curiousity, and decide if you'd like to hear more or not.
Here, you have the original versions of "Diggy Diggy Lo", "Lousiana Man" and "Cajun Joe". Also here is the re-recording of "So Lovely Baby", and some nice hillbilly numbers like "Look Around" and "Mister Love". Doug and Rusty were very much at home doing this kind of music, but its sad that they jumped the trad-country ship in the 60's. Honorable mention is the inclusion of the Roy Acuff cover, "Our Own Jole Blon".
If you find it used, get it. If you want more, for only the price of what this one disc would cost brand new, go for Ace's "Louisiana Men".

Average customer rating: A Happening

Zydeco Man Rockin' Dopsie Jr. Manufacturer: Mardi Gras Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Cajun & Zydeco | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music North America | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Saturday Night Zydeco The Ultimate Collection Bogalusa Boogie ASIN: B00004TXW8 Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

1. I'm The Zydeco Man
2. Jambalaya
3. Lucille
4. Rye Tete Fee
5. Party Down
6. Ooh Poo Pa Doo
7. Keep A Knockin'
8. Bad Luck And Trouble
9. Show Me How To Zydeco
10. Tell Me Why
11. Bring Back The Old Time Zydeco
12. How Sweet It Is
13. Listen To The Music

Customer Reviews:

A Happening.......2001-06-12

This CD is the best one to date and I have all of his. There is a maturity and flow to this album that I've not heard before. He has really grown in his performing as have the Twisters. In his previous CDs there was an ego thing that showed through, but in this one as I said his maturity shows loud and clear. A thoroughly good listen. Anthony is a force to be reckoned with. His accordion is talking through this whole CD. Altogether a terrific musical adventure.

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