Lafayette Soul Show [Import]

Various Artists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Kent Records UK
• ASIN: B0000083IX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #718,442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Monkey In A Sack - Lil' Buck

2. You've Got The Power - Lil' Buck

3. I Stand Accused - Don Fredericks

4. A Little Bit Of Soap - Don Fredericks

5. Big Boys Cry - Don Fredericks

6. Everybody's Feeling Good - King Karl

7. Blues For Men - King Karl

8. Got The Fever Child - King Karl

9. Do You Like To See Me Cry - King Karl

10. Getting Late In The Evening - Raful Neal

11. Change My Way Of Living - Raful Neal

12. Burghers Beat - John Hart with Lil'Bob/The Lolllipops

13. Little Red Rooster - Lynn August

14. I Need Your Love - Jewel & The Rubies

15. Candy Ann - Jewel & The Rubies

16. Days Go By - Jewel & The Rubies

17. Kidnapper - Jewel & The Rubies

18. Cat Scream - Lil'Buck

19. Agent Double O Soul - Lil'Bob & The Lollipops

20. Stop - Lil'Bob & The Lollipops

See all 25 tracks on this disc

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5.0 out of 5 stars Information about this cd!, November 21, 2007

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

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This review is from: Lafayette Soul Show (Audio CD)

Lafayette, LA. was not a large town back then,but now has bloomed and its location in the midst of "Cajun" Louisiana means that a lot of musicians have come from the area, including soul and R&B acts as well as Cajun and zydeco ones. In the 1960s, the local La Louisianne label and its sister company Tamm recorded a good number of soul musicians, and about a couple dozen of their efforts comprise this CD. Swamp-pop and New Orleans R&B influences show up in the music sometimes, which gives this a regional flavor that distinguishes it somewhat from numerous other regional soul scenes around the United States. However, this ain't no soul-Cajun hybrid. Much of it's just plain ordinary soul music, not too special or too bad, getting into a number of subgenres. Lil' Buck, for instance, does a credible James Brown/Dyke-style soul-funk instrumental on the 1969 single "Monkey in a Sack"/"Cat Scream"; Don Fredericks does quaintly emotional soul ballad covers, especially on the song "I Stand Accused" in which the swamp-pop feel comes to the fore; King Karl uses a garage-rock organ on the previously unissued "Got the Fever Child." Raful Neal, better known as a bluesman than as a soul singer, contributes a couple of the stronger outings, both taken from a 1968 single, and both with a blues-soul crossover vibe, like Slim Harpo in a modern soul bag. Lynn August's "Little Red Rooster" credits Willie Dixon as songwriter, which seems like a mistake; with its frenetic dance beat, organ, and wholly unrelated lyrics, it's an entirely different song than the Dixon classic that was interpreted by Howlin' Wolf and the Rolling Stones. Certainly the most renowned track is Lil' Bob the Lollipops' original version of "I Got Loaded," covered in the mid-1980s by Los Lobos. Excellent remastering of these songs makes it perfect!