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  Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture - SWAMP POP
Swamp pop appeared during the mid- to late 1950s, when teenage Cajun and fl Creole musicians began to experiment with modern pop music elements.
The swamp pop sound is typified by highly emotional vocals, simple, unaffected (and occasionally bilingual) lyrics, tripleting honky-tonk pianos, bellowing sax sections, and a strong rhythm and blues backbeat.
Slow, usually melancholic swamp pop ballads, however — with their heavy, triplety feel, undulating bass lines, climactic turnarounds, and dramatic breaks — exhibit the heart-broken, what's-the-use-of-living laments common to many traditional Cajun and fl Creole compositions, born generations ago of widespread poverty, hard-living, and the loneliness of a largely rural existence.
www.cajunculture.com /Other/swamppop.htm   (350 words)

  
 Swamp Pop - South Louisiana's Rock 'n' Roll- History, Music Samples and CDs
Swamp pop's classic period was 1958 to 1964, when nearly two dozen swamp pop recordings reached the national charts.
Other important swamp pop records from the mid-1950s include Roy Perkins's "You're On My Mind," Cookie and the Boogie Ramblers's "Cindy Lou," Guitar Gable and King Karl's "Irene," and Guitar Jr.s' "Family Rules"; their popularity however was confined primarily to South Louisiana.
Resistant to change, swamp pop couldn't contend with the new wave of rock music from England or that sweeping the United States.
www.tabasco.com /music_stage/louisiana_music/index.cfm   (818 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Swamp pop
Swamp pop is a musical genre that was born in the honky tonks of southwestern Louisiana.
Swamp pop was spread almost single-handedly by one band, The Boogie Kings.
At the height of swamp pop's popularity, over 100 nightclubs were stocked with swamp pop bands on the weekends.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Swamp-pop   (184 words)

  
  Shane K. Bernard, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Swamp pop is the third major type of popular music invented by the Cajuns and fl Creoles of southwestern Louisiana.
I consider swamp pop to be a rhythm and blues hybrid that is influenced mainly by New Orleans rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and fl Creole music...
Ironically, swamp pop was dealt a near-mortal blow by the British Invasion of the mid-'60s, but like its cousin rockabilly, it survived and has been the subject of numerous revivals.
www.greenmanreview.com /swamppop.html   (836 words)

  
 Twisting at the Fais Do-Do: Swamp Pop in South Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Slow, usually melancholic swamp pop ballads, however with their heavy, triplety feel, undulating bass lines, climactic turnarounds and dramatic breaks exhibit the heart-broken, what's-the-use-of-living laments common to many traditional Cajun and fl Creole compositions, born generations ago of widespread poverty, hard-living and the loneliness of a largely rural existence.
The makers of swamp pop music describe the genre in various terms: One might refer to it as white rhythm and blues; another, a combination of rock 'n' roll and country and western music; and yet another, rockabilly with a strong blues element.
Although swamp pop is primarily a local rhythm and blues idiom, it bears the imprint of its ethnic roots and thus should be viewed not as an aberration of traditional music (as some maintain), but like Cajun and zydeco as a positive expression of the entire Cajun and fl Creole experience.
www.louisianafolklife.org /lt/articles_essays/creole_art_swamp_pop.html   (968 words)

  
 "Swamp Pop" sound shows South Louisiana origins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
According to the encyclopedia, "The swamp pop sound is typified by highly emotional vocals, simple, unaffected (and occasionally bilingual) lyrics, tripleting honky-tonk pianos, bellowing sax sections, and a strong rhythm and blues backbeat.
I consider swamp pop to be a rhythm and blues hybrid that is influenced mainly by New Orleans rhythm and blues, country and western, Cajun and fl Creole music, and that is indigenous to southeast Texas and the Acadiana region of south Louisiana.
Swamp pop's resistance to change accounts for its retention of uniquely '50s melodies, vocal styles and instrumentation, and this conservatism in part explains the genre's...
www.carencrohighschool.org /la_studies/ParishSeries/FrenchMusic/SwampPop.htm   (1166 words)

  
 Top 40 songs - The Swamp Pop Music List by www.cajunradio.org
Louisiana swamp pop songs are red red wine by Charles Mann, Phil Phillips, Sea of Love, Warren Storm, Send Me Some Lovin', The Freeze, If You Don't Want Me To, and Rufus Jagneaux with Opelousas Sostain.
Also, more swamp pop songs are Randy and the Rockets, Let's do the Cajun Twist, Tommy McLain, Before I Grow Too Old, Try To Find Another Man, Sweet Dreams, Uniques, All These Things, and Van Broussard with Feed The Flame and I Need Somebody Bad Tonight.
Swamp Pop by Cookie and the Cupcakes, Got You On My Mind, Mathilda, The Great Pretender are great songs.
www.cajunradio.org /top40swamp.html   (731 words)

  
 Swamp pop -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Swamp pop is a (An expressive style of music) musical genre that was born in the (Click link for more info and facts about honky tonk) honky tonks of southwestern (A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Louisiana.
At the height of swamp pop's popularity, over 100 (A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink) nightclubs were stocked with swamp pop bands on the weekends.
The likes of TK Hulin or GG Shin, a veteran of The Boogie Kings, may still be found belting it out (Click link for more info and facts about as of 2004) as of 2004.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sw/swamp_pop.htm   (165 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (American Made Music Series)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Son of Louisiana swamp pop musician Rod Bernard, the author, who has written various articles on the history and music of Louisiana and is the compiler of several retrospective swamp pop CDs, draws on his master's thesis for this comprehensive work.
Bernard considers swamp pop to be a Creole/Cajun hybrid form unique to southern Louisiana and southeast Texas, whose golden age was from 1958 to 1963.
One of the most creative and finely crafted forms is Swamp Pop, a fusion of Cajun, R and B, country, and pop styles.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0878058753?v=glance   (851 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / 'Swamp pop' singer Joe Barry dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Hard-living swamp pop performer Joe Barry, whose 1960 version of "I'm a Fool to Care" put him in the national spotlight, died Aug. 31.
NEW ORLEANS --Hard-living swamp pop performer Joe Barry, whose 1960 version of "I'm a Fool to Care" put him in the national spotlight, died Aug. 31.
Swamp pop, a feel-good sound that came from the postwar swamps of south Louisiana, is a hybrid genre combining rhythm and blues, Cajun music and other influences.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/09/06/swamp_pop_singer_joe_barry_dies?mode=PF   (192 words)

  
 Home Page
Swamp pop is one of Louisiana¹s consistently popular and commercially successful styles of indigenous music.
Swamp pop originated in Acadiana and a small area of east Texas as a blend of New Orleans rhythm and blues, hillbilly, rockabilly, blues, Cajun and Creole music.
Swamp pop¹s classic period was from 1958 to 1964, when nearly two dozen swamp-pop recordings reached the national charts.
publications.neworleans.com /lalife/20.1.-MusicThis.html   (1606 words)

  
 SWAMP POP MUSIC - CD REVIEWS & ARTICLES
In case you don't know, "swamp pop" is a unique style of fun-loving rock that has a lot to do with the old-time rock 'n' roll, doo-wop and pop-a-billy coupled with that unique Louisiana influence.
Swamp Pop” are some of Louisiana’s best musicians “The Godfather of Swamp Pop Music” Warren Storm (drums); Oran Guidry, Jr.
Swamp Pop is full of the kind of inspiration that he received while working with his mentors of the genre throughout South Louisiana.
kenmarvel.com /newspr.html   (1830 words)

  
 Various Artists, Swamp Pop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues is a companion CD to a book of the same name, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, by Shane K. Bernard.
Many of the biggest swamp pop hits are included on this disc, including perhaps the best known of all as the opening track, "Mathilda," by Cookie and the Cupcakes.
But Swamp Pop is a lot of fun to listen to, and shines a well-deserved spotlight on this lively and inspired music.
www.greenmanreview.com /swamppopmusic.html   (613 words)

  
 Swamp Pop Music Festival: Swamp Pop History
For the uninitiated, "swamp pop" is a distinctive style of music that began in the 1950's when Louisiana teenagers first heard new rock-n-roll idols like Guitar Slim, Chuck Berry, and Fats Domino on the radio.
Its most popular period was between 1958 to 1964, when nearly two dozen swamp pop recordings reached the national charts.
Swamp pop can be considered a mix of Cajun, creole, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, hillbilly, and rock-and-roll styles.
www.swamppopmusicfest.com /SwampPopHistory.php   (224 words)

  
 'Swamp Pop' singer Joe Barry dies at 65 @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
Barry was one of the best-known disseminators of a specialized style of early rock 'n' roll peculiar to Louisiana that later came to be called "swamp pop".
His "I'm A Fool To Care" (No 24) in 1961 was a national hit and an archetypal swamp pop record, being a slow, melancholic ballad heavily influenced by R&B. It entered the UK chart in 1961 at number 49.
Swamp Rock legend, Joe Barry's last album 'Been Down That Muddy Road' (NTI CD 7140), was released on Night Train Records on April 22, 2003.
top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=9348   (429 words)

  
 Swamp Pop: Swamp Pop Music: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Swamp Pop remains popular in the twentieth century when teenagers from south
The typical swamp pop sound consists mainly of emotional vocals, simple, sometimes bilingual lyrics, Creole honky-tonk pianos, flowing sax sections, and a strong rhythm and blues backbeat.
Source: Shane K. Bernard, Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1996).
ccet.louisiana.edu /03a_Cultural_Tourism_Files/01.15_Music_Files/Swamp_Pop_Final.html   (100 words)

  
 SWAMPPOP http://www.swamp-pop.com
Swamp pop was first started in the 1950's when musicians started mixing the elements of Cajun, rythmn and blues, gospel, and rock and roll.....and oh yea, I'm a
Swamp pop music is now enjoying a new comeback with the help of the world wide web!!!
Considered to be one of the must have swamp pop cd's by people like.....Tommy McLain, swamp pop nu, and Beb from beb's place.
www.morganblanchard.com /SwampPop2.html   (272 words)

  
 Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues by Shane K. Bernard (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
About this title: Here is the exciting story of swamp pop, a form of Louisiana music more recognized by its practitioners and their hits than by a definition.
Drawing on more than fifty interviews with swamp-pop musicians in south Louisiana and southeast 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, son of the notable swamp-pop musician Rod Bernard, uncovers the history of this hybrid form invented in the 1950s by...
www.alibris.com /search/books/qwork/6492296/used/Swamp%20Pop%3A%20Cajun%20and%20Creole%20Rhythm%20and%20Blues   (482 words)

  
 Music : Swamp Pop Brew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Hey i am 16 years old and i love music, i don't think there is any music that is better than Kevin Mahl's music.
In that regard, I can say that if you are looking for a CD that captures the home-grown sound of Louisiana, this is the CD for you.
"Swamp Pop Brew" is as unique and special as the state from which it comes.
www.feasyjet.com /B0000AQS0L/Swamp_Pop_Brew.shtml   (184 words)

  
 Music.com ||| Swamp Pop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Swamp Pop is a brand of rock and roll that emerged from Louisiana.
It was a hybrid of rock and roll, pop, and Louisiana blues and RandB.
It had a dirty, gritty, funky feel that sounded like the swamps that surrounded Louisiana.
www.music.com /style/swamp_pop/1   (98 words)

  
 The Zydeco Road: Sounds of The Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
For over five decades, Storm has been one of the originators of the swamp pop genre and he is often the barometer that other swamp pop performers are measured against.
After 53 years of performing Warren Storm is respectfully a swamp pop institution.
After all, he is the Godfather of Swamp Pop.
www.zydecoroad.com /sounds/0303_wstorm.html   (333 words)

  
 Evangeline Parish Tourism Commission - Festivals
Ville Platte is the Swamp Pop Capital of the world by an act of the Louisiana legisalture.
Swamp Pop Music is a term coined by Britsh music critics for that South Louisiana rock' n' roll music of the 1950's and 50's.
Swmap Pop music has sold more records worldwide than all of the Cajun and Zydeco records put together.
www.evangelinetourism.com /festivals/swamp_pop_music_night.php   (171 words)

  
 (Music and Musicians: Swamp Pop) - The Louisiana and Cajun Website Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The original intent of establishing this web site was to let people who liked the blues, R&B and Swamp Pop music know that there was a show that not only played this type of music, but also supported the music of local Baton Rouge and South Louisiana musicians.
Swamp Pop music everyday, throughout the day and night.
A web site about swamp pop music and another place to buy my new Cd "Swamp Pop Man"...also lots of picture me and my fans having fun listening to that good ole swamp pop music.
www.louisianacajun.com /subcategory.asp?id=mmd   (978 words)

  
 Flat Town Music Company - 50 years of Cajun, Swamp Pop & Zydeco music!
Our music store is packed with one of the greatest collections of Cajun, Zydeco & Swamp Pop CDs, and even Vinyl 45s, available (we have a large selection of close-out tapes!).CajunTrax.com is a direct source for purchasing Cajun-Zydeco-Swamp Pop MP3s.
Please enjoy our web store where you are guaranteed to find the world's largest selection of Cajun, Swamp Pop, and Zydeco music on Swallow Records, Jin Records, Maison de Soul Records, Kom-a-Day Records, plus books on the Cajun language and culture from Swallow Publications.
Regarding Cajun Music licensing, if you want truly unique, culturally enriched music that has been slow-cooked through time, hardship, love, and family, for a few hundred years into what it is today, we have it all.
www.flattownmusic.com   (789 words)

  
 SWAMP MUSIC - IN ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
SWAMP MUSIC is a recordstore located in Tampere, Finland.
This Swamp Music site is updated twice a month.
Swamp Music Oy - Tuomiokirkonkatu 32, FI-33100 Tampere Finland - Tel.
www.swampmusic.com /english.html   (267 words)

  
 You will learn something, I guarontee! | MetaFilter
Oh, and if you wanna listen to some bluesy swamp pop on line, head on over to the The Rajun' Cajun.
For swamp pop, check out some of the titles available on Jin and Swallow Records; the "Swamp Gold" compilations are a great place to start, and there are 7 of them so far.
A good band that makes reference to Swamp Pop (although they always refer to Swamp Rock...is there a difference?) is Those Legendary Shackshakers.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/28059   (872 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music: Another Saturday Night [Import] [Compilation]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Southern Louisiana is home to the fascinating hybrid of music known as swamp pop, which mixes ingredients from rock, country, rockabilly, blues, soul, and Cajun into its own idiosyncratic brew.
It's rarely achieved much popularity outside its region; the flipside of that condition is its enduring, even eternal popularity in its own backyard, despite the increasing homogenization of American pop over the last several decades.
This compiles 20 tracks (mostly from the '60s and early '70s) that illustrate the style, ranging from swamp pop-influenced straight-ahead rock to cuts that almost fall in the mainstream of Cajun music.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000009G5   (436 words)

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