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2-CD Digipak (6-plated) with 110-page booklet, 57 tracks. Playing time approx. 150 mns. Here's...more

Harry Choates: Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD)

2-CD Digipak (6-plated) with 110-page booklet, 57 tracks. Playing time approx. 150 mns.

Here's one of the great untold stories in American music, revealed at last! Harry Choates was a natural-born musician. He's famous as a Cajun fiddle player, but he could play matchless Western Swing fiddle and jazz guitar to rival Django Reinhardt. His fellow musicians say he played piano and mandolin superbly, too. In 1946, Harry Choates recorded the Cajun classic Jolie Blonde, forever mistitled Jole Blon. It was cut for a tiny local label, but became a nationwide smash, inspiring numerous cover versions, sequels, and prequels. For the first time, the story is revealed here.

Jole Blonwas just a small part of the Harry Choates story. He played the roadhouses of Louisiana and Texas, drinking, whoring, marrying, divorcing. His music was part Western Swing, part Cajun, part Jazz. His records were on poorly-recorded and poorly-pressed local labels, and some of his music was unreissued altogether. Finally, the story is complete. All of the surviving Gold Star masters are together for the first time, plus Harry Choates' earliest recordings, made with Happy Fats and the Rayne-Bo Ramblers in 1940, as well as the sides he made for the Cajun Classics and O. T. label in 1947. His fiddle sings with the joy of making music. Untutored, he was one of the instrument's great natural talents. 

The 112-page-book accompanying this set contains a comprehensive, newly-researched biography of Harry Choates byAndrew Brown, and contains many rare and previously unpublished photos and illustrations.



Article properties:Harry Choates: Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD)

  • Interpret: Harry Choates

  • Album titlle: Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD)

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Preiscode BH
  • Genre Cajun & Zydeco

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 4000127163554

  • weight in Kg 0.115
Choates, Harry - Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD) CD 1
01Jole Blon (Pretty Blond)Harry Choates
02Louisiana BoogieHarry Choates
03Poor HoboHarry Choates
04Port Arthur WaltzHarry Choates
05Dragging The Bow (Draggin' The Fiddle)Harry Choates
06TondelayHarry Choates
07Basile WaltzHarry Choates
08It Won't Be LongHarry Choates
09LouisianaHarry Choates
10Cajun Hop (Les Blues du Port Arthur)Harry Choates
11Allons A LafayetteHarry Choates
12Harry Choates SpecialHarry Choates
13Wrong Keyhole (The Right Key The Wrong...)Harry Choates
14San Antonio WaltzHarry Choates
15Honky-Tonking DaysHarry Choates
16Everybody's Waltz (Wednesday Night Waltz)Harry Choates
17I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of TownHarry Choates
18Have You Heard The News (Good Rockin'...)Harry Choates
19Joe TurnerHarry Choates
20Nobody Cares For MeHarry Choates
21Old Cow Blues (Milk Cow Blues)Harry Choates
22Devil In The BayouHarry Choates
23Chere MeonHarry Choates
24Bayou Pon Pon (Bear Creak Hop)Harry Choates
25Harry Choates BluesHarry Choates
26Te Petite (T'est Petite Et Mignonne)Harry Choates
27Fa-D-Do Stomp (Fais Do-Do Stomp)Harry Choates
28Rubber DollyHarry Choates
29Jole Blon (engl. vers.)Harry Choates
Choates, Harry - Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD) CD 2
01Honky-Tonking DaysHarry Choates
02Lawtell WaltzHarry Choates
03Maggie Waltz (When You And I Were Young...)Harry Choates
04Mari Jole Blon (Jole Blon's Husband)Harry Choates
05Gulf Coast BluesHarry Choates
06Missing YouHarry Choates
07Rye WhiskeyHarry Choates
08Sidewalk WaltzHarry Choates
09Oh-MeonHarry Choates
10Corpus Christi WaltzHarry Choates
11Jolie Blon's GoneHarry Choates
12Valse de Lake CharlesHarry Choates
13Hackberry HopHarry Choates
14Je Pase Durvan' Ta Port (I'll Pass In...)Harry Choates
15Tip-E-Te Tip-E-Ta Ameon (You're Cute And...)Harry Choates
16Poor HoboHarry Choates
17Jole Brun (Pretty Brunette)Harry Choates
18Yes, I Love YouHarry Choates
19O.S.T. GalHarry Choates
20A Litte High ChairHarry Choates
21The Old Ice ManHarry Choates
22I Know You Feel The Way I DoHarry Choates
23Lake Charles Shuffle (instrumental)Harry Choates
24I've Grown So Lonely For YouHarry Choates
25Gran P'rairie (Cajun Hop)Harry Choates
26La Polka A Gilbert (Old Time Polka)Harry Choates
27Le Veuve De La Coulee (Cajun Hop)Harry Choates
28Les Tete Fille Lafayette (Cajun Hop)Harry Choates
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Tracklist
Choates, Harry - Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD) CD 1
01 Jole Blon (Pretty Blond)
02 Louisiana Boogie
03 Poor Hobo
04 Port Arthur Waltz
05 Dragging The Bow (Draggin' The Fiddle)
06 Tondelay
07 Basile Waltz
08 It Won't Be Long
09 Louisiana
10 Cajun Hop (Les Blues du Port Arthur)
11 Allons A Lafayette
12 Harry Choates Special
13 Wrong Keyhole (The Right Key The Wrong...)
14 San Antonio Waltz
15 Honky-Tonking Days
16 Everybody's Waltz (Wednesday Night Waltz)
17 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
18 Have You Heard The News (Good Rockin'...)
19 Joe Turner
20 Nobody Cares For Me
21 Old Cow Blues (Milk Cow Blues)
22 Devil In The Bayou
23 Chere Meon
24 Bayou Pon Pon (Bear Creak Hop)
25 Harry Choates Blues
26 Te Petite (T'est Petite Et Mignonne)
27 Fa-D-Do Stomp (Fais Do-Do Stomp)
28 Rubber Dolly
29 Jole Blon (engl. vers.)
Choates, Harry - Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings (2-CD) CD 2
01 Honky-Tonking Days
02 Lawtell Waltz
03 Maggie Waltz (When You And I Were Young...)
04 Mari Jole Blon (Jole Blon's Husband)
05 Gulf Coast Blues
06 Missing You
07 Rye Whiskey
08 Sidewalk Waltz
09 Oh-Meon
10 Corpus Christi Waltz
11 Jolie Blon's Gone
12 Valse de Lake Charles
13 Hackberry Hop
14 Je Pase Durvan' Ta Port (I'll Pass In...)
15 Tip-E-Te Tip-E-Ta Ameon (You're Cute And...)
16 Poor Hobo
17 Jole Brun (Pretty Brunette)
18 Yes, I Love You
19 O.S.T. Gal
20 A Litte High Chair
21 The Old Ice Man
22 I Know You Feel The Way I Do
23 Lake Charles Shuffle (instrumental)
24 I've Grown So Lonely For You
25 Gran P'rairie (Cajun Hop)
26 La Polka A Gilbert (Old Time Polka)
27 Le Veuve De La Coulee (Cajun Hop)
28 Les Tete Fille Lafayette (Cajun Hop)