Putumayo presents Louisiana Gumbo
Putumayo presents Louisiana Gumbo
MP3 CBR 128 | 2000 | 41 MB
World, Blues, Jazz, Cajun, Creole | Putumayo | No Covers
Putumayo does itself mighty proud with Louisiana Gumbo. Drawing from various statewide sources and time periods, Gumbo celebrates rather than appropriates. Merging blues, jazz, Cajun, and Creole influences along with country-inflected rock, R&B, and piano in the styles of boogie-woogie and fast-pumping Ferriday chording, this group of selections is a magnificent representation of some of Louisiana's smartest and tastiest offerings.
From zydeco king Clifton Chenier to ivory tickler James Booker and Tipitina regulars the Neville Brothers, Gumbo is served up dirty, dark, and delicious. Husband-wife duo Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon rear back to holler and hammer through "Door Poppin'," Eddie Bo puts bad-ass funk and swing to "Piano Roll," and Johnny Adams's "It Ain't the Same Thing" is as fine as swamp-rompin' R&B gets
Track Listing
1 Charles Sheffield • It's Your Voo Doo Working
2 Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon • Door Poppin
3 James Booker • African Gumbo
4 Clifton Chenier • Ti Na Na
5 Johnny Adams • It Ain't the Same Thing
6 Lynn August • Lead Me On
7 The Neville Brothers • Voo Doo
8 Eddie Bo • Piano Roll
9 Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters • I'm Coming Home
10 Rockie Charles • Festis Believe in Justice
11 Percy Mayfield • Louisiana
12 Snooks Eaglin • Nine Pound Steel