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Early Cajun Music: "Grande Mamou" - Eddie Shuler

Harry Choates had resurrected the tune as "Basile Waltz" for Goldstar in 1946 and "Gra Mamou" for Macy's in 1950 while Link Davis' English version of "Big Mamou" solidified it's national popularity in 1952. Eddie's group took the old 1928 Leo Soileau "Basile Waltz" tune and gave it the same name in which Leo had re-recorded it for Bluebird: "Grande Mamou" (#103).

Read more: http://earlycajunmusic.blogspot.com/2016/02/grande-mamou-eddie-shuler.html

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZwcBZt2gI

Early Cajun Music: "Hackberry Two Step" - Floyd Leblanc

Similar to Harry Choates, Floyd Leblanc was an outstanding fiddler from Mermentau, Louisiana during the post-war Cajun swing era. Bennie Hess, song writer and guitarist, had begun the Opera label for his own band. It's one of several issues Bennie Hess released on his small label, this time headlining his fiddler Floyd Leblanc.

Read more: http://earlycajunmusic.blogspot.com/2016/02/hackberry-two-step-floyd-leblanc.html

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIKF0UWQwMs



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