Big Mamou Boogie [Import]

Link Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B00000IGMD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #874,783 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #85 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Western Swing

Track Listings

1. (Live With Me In) Big Mamou

2. Red Bandana

3. Let's Go To Big Houston

4. Let's Go Little Dee Don

5. Jolie Blonde

6. I Played That Song For You

7. Face In The Glass

8. Blues For Louisiana

9. Sugar Bee

10. Albuquerque

11. I Passed In Front Of Your Door

Editorial Reviews

The complete OKeh/Columbia and Starday recordings of this classic Texas singer collected together for the first time, most from the original master tapes. The version of Big Mamou that became a country-Cajun standard. Four unissued OKeh sides, and two alternate takes from Starday masters. 34 track CD digipac with 64 page booklet with a newly researched biography of Link Davis by Andrew Brown, with rare unpublished photos from the Davis family. Tracks include: Big Mamou, Pretty Little Dedon, Lafayette Wedding, Rice And Gravy Blues, Don't Big Shot Me, Grasshopper Rock, Trucker From Tennessee and more. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD, April 6, 2009

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This review is from: Big Mamou (Audio CD)

This is a cd I purchased based on a review I read. I was only framiliar with Link Davis from his Rockabilly classic "Sixteen Chicks" (included here). I must say this was the plesent surprise of the year for me. Besides Bear Family's useual excellent packaging and liner notes, the music is superb! Link walks a fine line between cajun, rockabilly, blues & pop and does them all very well indeed. This set covers his complete Okeh, Columbia and Starday recordings from 1952 to 1957, I'd guess his most fruitful period as it is hard to find a bad track here.Link was very proficient on both sax and fiddle and he uses both to great advantage on these sides. I highly recomend this cd.