Southland Rock N Roll (2003)

Product Summary Label: Ace UPC: 00029667187824 Release Date: 1/24/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60592324 Item#: MMR23V Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Southland ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 2. This Should Go On Forever ~ Rod Bernard ------ 3. You've Gone Too Far ~ Rob & The Rhythm Aces/Bryan Evert ------ 4. Crying Over You ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 5. Take a Ride ~ Clint West/Red Smiley ------ 6. Going out with the Tide ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 7. Forgive Me ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 8. Up, Up and Away ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 9. Lover Blues ~ Clint West/Red Smiley ------ 10. Jailbird ~ Clint West/Red Smiley & the Veltones/Red Smiley & The Vel ------ 11. Lubby Lou ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 12. Once Again ~ Clint West/Red Smiley (previously unreleased) ------ 13. My Little Girl ~ Floyd Soileau/J.D. Miller/Jesse Lee Campbell/Rock Sidney & His All ------ 14. Lesson in Love ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 15. Tough ~ Phil Bo ------ 16. Give Me One More Chance ~ Rockin' Dave Allen ------ 17. Say That You Love Me ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 18. Help Me ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 19. Cheryl Ann ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 20. Oh, Susannah ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 21. As Long as I Have You ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 22. Can't Stand to See You Go ~ Rockin' Dave Allen ------ 23. Deep Elem Blues ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 24. Crying Over You ~ Johnnie Allan ------ 25. Forever Is A Long Long Time ~ Tibby Edwards ------ 26. Double Trouble ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 27. Don't Take It So Hard ~ Phil Bo ------ 28. Little Cajun Girl ~ Gene King ------ 29. I Lost Again ~ Jesse Lee Campbell ------ 30. She Wears My Ring ~ Phil Bo ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Performers include: Johnnie Allan, Red Bernard, Jivin' Gene and Rocking Sidney, Phil Bo, Rockin' Dave Allen, Mary McCoy, Del-Chords, Lee Martin, Tibby Edwards, Chuck Martin, Red Smiley, Glen Wells. Contains 30 tracks. Recorded between 1958-1961. Liner Note Authors: Jon Broven; Jeff Hannusch. Recording information: 1958-1961. Unknown Contributor Roles: Floyd Soileau; Chuck Martin ; Joey Long; Lee Martin; Phil Bo; Rod Bernard; Tibby Edwards. Run by Floyd Soileau, the small independent Jin label released a lot of the earliest Louisiana swamp pop in the late '50s and early '60s, occasionally releasing product in a similar vein by Texas musicians. This anthology brings together 30 tracks from 1958-1961, mostly from Jin singles (though a couple appeared on Soileau's Swallow label, and Red Smiley & the Veltones' "Once Again" was previously unreleased). Overall, it's a good overview of the first flourish of swamp pop, the regional music that mixed rock & roll, Fats Domino-style New Orleans R&B, blues, pop, doo wop, and Cajun sounds in varying proportions, usually in a good-time or sentimental tone. While there aren't many tracks here that are exceptionally memorable or classic, it's a pleasing sound that rang with more sincerity than much rock of the period. Occasionally, too, it was rawer and bluesier than the stereotypical swamp pop sound, as in Doug Ardoin & the Boogie Kings' raunchy rockabilly pounder "Southland" and the fairly penetrating blues-rock sides by Texans Mary McCoy and Rockin' Dave Allen (whose "Can't Stand to See You Go" sounds rather like Slim Harpo). Unfortunately, Soileau's most successful masters were sold to bigger labels, which means that the national hits "I'm a Fool to Care" (by Joe Barry) and "This Should Go on Forever" (by Rod Bernard) aren't included. The CD does, however, have a different version of "This Should Go on Forever" that Bernard redid for American Bandstand that omitted the word "sinner" and came out on a 1958 British single. ~ Richie Unterberger   Technical Info Release Date : 02/25/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 878 Label : Ace Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00029667187824   Professional Reviews Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A virtual primer of bayou rock'n'roll..."    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray