Swamp Rock

Tail Gators | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wrestler Records
• ASIN: B000000DKQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,337 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Picko up the Deck

2. Brown Eyed Girl

3. No One Else Will Do

4. They Call Me Rockin'

5. Cajun Honey

6. Mamou Two-Step

7. Rock and Roll Till the Cows Come Home

8. Zydeco Waltz

9. Little Darlin' Be Mine

10. All Night Worker

11. Rock Bayou Baby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great roots rock with a swamp groove. A simple gem., July 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Swamp Rock (Audio CD)

The Tail Gators made a beautiful record in "Swamp Rock" -- unpretentious, simple rock trio instrumentation, flashes of virtuosity, and straightforwardness that never becomes cloying. They've got a roots rock feeling that is made for dancing with a mug of beer in hand. Don Leady, out of the LeRoi Brothers, sings with a rough-hewn honesty, and his guitar and fiddle playing are smooth and loping and right on time. Keith Ferguson on bass, out of the early Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Mudcat on drums are a flat out solid rocking groove. The songs, some Leady-penned and others obscure covers, are happy the way a dust covered farmer is happy upon finishing a solid day's plow -- kind of a strong smiling rolling stroll. There is strength in the good-time simplicity of this music. Now let's all dance.

The only down side of this CD is the mix, which is sometimes a bit muddy and has the vocals low. This may have happened in the mastering of the CD -- I don't rememb! ! er the vinyl being this way, but how long has it been since I've heard the vinyl? The mix handles low volume playing poorly, but played loud the vocals seem to bloom a bit, and it's beautiful.

"Swamp Rock" by the Tail Gators is one of my favorite CDs and is never (NEVER!) out of the multichanger in my house. "Well they call me Rockin', 'cause I know how to rock" sings Don Leady -- and sure enough it's true!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cajun Rockabilly, July 20, 2009

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J. J. Vicars "Hard Drivin' Blues, Boogie & Ro... (www.jjvicars.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swamp Rock (Audio CD)

The debut album from The Tailgators is best described as Cajun flavored Rockabilly. This is Texas/Louisiana music right here, they don't breed this stuff in other parts of the country. They can't, the environment's all wrong.

Bassist Keith Ferguson is best remembered as an original Fabulous Thunderbird but it was in the Tailgators with guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Don Leady that he did his best work. Their debut contains one of their trademark songs ROCK 'N' ROLL 'TILL THE COWS COME HOME. This is music for drinkin' an' dancin' an' carryin' on. Accept no substitution!

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS is the Tail Gators item to own..., October 2, 2006

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collegemoney - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swamp Rock (Audio CD)

I was delighted to see this CD made available for fans of rocakabilly, zydeco, and similar genres. I admit, I don't own the CD, just the LP, and I could not tell from the soundbite if the little electronic buzz that introduces "Pick Up the Deck" is still there, courtesy of marvelously unsophisticated production techniques. PLEASE no one "clean up" this music too much. The "Brown Eyed Girl" song here is NOT Van Morrison's song, but you will hardly be disappointed. Great version of Rockin' Sidney's "They Call Me Rockin." Try it.