Various Swamp Pop By The Bayou: Troubles,Tears & Trains (CD)

(2016/Ace) 28 tracks (67:10) 16 page booklet.
In the late 50s and early 60s Saturday nights in South Louisiana and the little corner of South East Texas that was home to many Cajun families resounded to the music that would become known as swamp pop. It was music for dancing and remains popular. Sure, the couples on the dance floor may be a little older now but they still cling as tightly on the slow numbers – the “buckle polishers” – and show some fancy steps to set the skirts a-swirlin’ on the faster tunes. This is the second swamp pop edition in the “By The Bayou” series and features a host of unknown or little-known tracks from that golden era mined from the vaults of J.D. Miller, Eddie Shuler, Floyd Soileau, Sam Montel, Huey Meaux, Joe Ruffino, Pappy Daily, Murray Nash, Jim Rentz, the Hitt label and even the mighty Mercury. Six of the tracks are previously unissued, three are unissued alternates and the remaining 19 are fiendishly obscure.