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<p><P>A search for the sources and sounds of an often overlooked sister genre of Cajun and zydeco music</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Don't fret if you never notice the latest swamp pop hit blaring out of the music store at the mall. The sad truth is, you probably won't find many of the artists mentioned in this thoroughly researched and well-documented book alongside the Jerry Lee Lewis or Neville Brothers discs. Unless, that is, you live deep in the heart of Louisiana bayou country, where this frisky subgenre of rock and roll really has its hold. If swamp pop never garnered broad national attention, this anonymity may have been a blessing, allowing the various influencesmostly acoustic Creole and Cajun folk music and Detroit- and Chicago-style electric rhythm and bluesto evolve uninterrupted into an even more flavorful musical gumbo. Written for the serious musicologist more than for the casual radio listener, Swamp Pop simultaneously chronicles the achievements of the subgroup's earliest movers and shakers (Johnny Preston, Cookie and the Cupcakes) as well as the efforts of its few contemporary practitioners (C.C. Adcock). Bernard forgoes drawing many parallels to better-know

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Author

Shane K Bernard; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283275118

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Music, Arts