King of Dance Halls [Import]

Warren Storm | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B00004HYMN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,681 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. They Won't Let Me In

2. Jack and Jill

3. Daydreamin'

4. Four Dried Beans

5. I Walk Alone

6. Love Me Cherry

7. Honky Tonkin'

8. Mr. Cupid

9. Rip It Up

10. Love Rules the Heart

11. Don't Fall in Love

12. The Gypsy

13. Don't Let It End This Way

14. If You Really Want Me to I'll Go

15. The Tennesse Waltz

16. Just a Moment of Your Time

17. Medley

18. The Rains Came

19. Prisoner's Song

20. Think It Over

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swamp pop maestro, March 4, 2002

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Mike A. Luster (Mammoth Spring, AR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Dance Halls (Audio CD)

Warren Storm may well be the finest singer to ever come out of south Louisiana. Equally at home with Fats Domino style rock 'n' roll, Otis Redding style slowburning soul, and George Jones deep country, Warren Storm is still knocking them dead with his recent work with the Louisiana supergroup Li'l Band O' Gold where he delivers the goods with his bandmates Steve Riley, David Egan, C.C. Adcock, Kenny Bill Stinson, and Richard Comeaux. Storm also is one of the finest drummers in a state filled with fine drummers and provided the killer backbeat on many an Excello swamp blues classic. This is an incredible introduction to some of his finest recordings.

5.0 out of 5 stars Biography and a little information!!!, October 21, 2010

By 

Paul J. Broussard Jr. "pmlcj65" (Youngsville, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Dance Halls (Audio CD)

Warren Storm has been singing or playing on Louisiana swamp pop, rock, and blues records since his 1950s tenure at Excello Records, but these sides come from his '70s tenure with Huey Meaux's Crazy Cajun label. Storm is still working in his Fats Domino bag on several of these tunes, but as a cross-section of what swamp pop was going though when the music's popularity was at a low ebb. Solid material makes this another important chapter cataloged in the history of the music.Swamp-pop pioneer Warren Storm was born Warren Schexnider in Abbeville, LA on February 18, 1937; after beginning his professional career began at age 12 while filling in for his father, a drummer in the Cajun band Rayne-Bo Ramblers, three years later he signed on with the country group Larry Brasso's Rhythm-aires, followed by a stint with the Herb Landry Band. In addition to later fronting his own combo, the We-Wows, Storm became one of the top session drummers in southern Louisiana before making his solo debut in 1958 with the single "The Prisoner's Song"; the record went on to sell a quarter of a million copies, its fusion of R&B, country, Cajun and Creole sounds pointing the way for the emergence of the south Louisiana swamp-pop aesthetic. In 1962 Storm teamed with fellow regional legends Rod Bernard and Skip Stewart to form the Shondells, and in the decades to follow he released a series of solo singles and LP's including 1977's Boppin' Tonight, 1992's Night After Night and 1999's Live and In the Studio. In 1980, Storm teamed up with saxophonist Willie "Tee," and formed the group Cypress. While that band dissolved four years later, the duo continued collaborating until 1994. Following a stint with the Louisiana supergroup Lil Band O' Gold in 1998, Storm and Willie "Tee," reformed Cypress in 2004 and are in the process of completeing a new CD called Warren Storm - Willie Tee & Cypress!I have met him several times as my father was also a musician and Warren Storm is a great guy, as a matter of fact i also went to school with his children, now i am 45 so we are all not kids anymore! This is a must have cd for the swamp pop lover as his vocals and drum playing is outstanding!!