Louisiana Gumbo

Track Listings

 
1. It's Your Voo Doo Working - Charles Sheffield
2. Door Poppin' - Carol Fran, Clarence Hollimon
3. African Gumbo - James Booker
4. Ti Na Na - Clifton Chenier
5. It Ain't the Same Thing - Johnny Adams
6. Lead Me On - Lynn August
7. Voodoo - The Neville Brothers
8. Piano Roll - Eddie Bo
9. I'm Coming Home - Rockin' Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters
10. Festis Believe in Justice - Rockie Charles
11. Louisiana - Percy Mayfield
12. Nine Pound Steel - Snooks Eaglin

Louisiana Gumbo,Various Artists,Putumayo World Music,Blues Music,Cajun / Zydeco / New Orleans,New Orleans Blues,New Orleans R&B,Pop,R&B,Soul
Louisiana Gumbo
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Pretty good.
  • What a 'sleeper' !
  • Terrific
  • As Good As It Gets....
  • Crazy for Gumbo
Louisiana Gumbo
Eddie Bo
Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003OP1Q
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

  1. It's Your Voo Doo Working - Charles Sheffield
  2. Door Poppin' - Carol Fran/Clarence Hollimon
  3. African Gumbo - James Booker
  4. Ti Na Na - Clifton Chenier
  5. It Ain't The Same Thing - Johnny Adams
  6. Lead Me On - Lynn August
  7. Voo Doo - The Neville Brothers
  8. Piano Roll - Eddie Bo
  9. I'm Coming Home - Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters
  10. Festis Believe In Justice - Rockie Charles
  11. Louisiana - Percy Mayfield
  12. Nine Pound Steel - Snooks Eaglin

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Labels run the inherent risk of trivializing or marginalizing a region's music when they attempt to create a compilation. And yet Putumayo, which has made a musical-lifestyle name for itself by producing a bundle of these types of collections, does itself mighty proud with Louisiana Gumbo. Drawing from various statewide sources and time periods, Gumbo celebrates rather than appropriates. Merging blues, jazz, Cajun, and Creole influences along with country-inflected rock, R&B, and piano in the styles of boogie-woogie and fast-pumping Ferriday chording, this group of selections is a magnificent representation of some of Louisiana's smartest and tastiest offerings. From zydeco king Clifton Chenier to ivory tickler James Booker and Tipitina regulars the Neville Brothers, Gumbo is served up dirty, dark, and delicious. Husband-wife duo Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon rear back to holler and hammer through "Door Poppin'," Eddie Bo puts bad-ass funk and swing to "Piano Roll," and Johnny Adams's "It Ain't the Same Thing" is as fine as swamp-rompin' R&B gets. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Pretty good........2005-12-13

First of all, I have to vent and say that calling this album "Louisiana Gumbo" was a total copout.... Referring to Louisiana as a "gumbo" of cultures is possibly the tritest and most worn-out way to refer to the state, and it gets older and older every time I see it. There must be more creative and original ways to name an album.

That said, this is a pretty good album. The songs are mostly New Orleans-style, there are a couple of Zydeco cuts but no real Cajun songs; a little more diversity would've been nice, but seeing what a butcher job Putumayo did on their "Cajun" collection, maybe I should be thankful they didn't try (their "Zydeco" collection is really wonderful, though!).

If you love New Orleans music, though, you'll be thrilled. This album makes for a nice primer for those who aren't familiar with the music at all, as well. It's a nice one to have in your arsenal, for sure.

If you want a really thorough and complete Louisiana collection, consider picking up Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans instead, it's much more of an investment, but it's a much higher-quality (and much larger) collection.

5 out of 5 stars What a 'sleeper' !.......2004-01-12

I don't remember buying this CD, but I certainly remember the first time I played it. It is a fantastic collection of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco. Particularly like 'Festis', but really all of it is good.

5 out of 5 stars Terrific.......2001-06-06

This is a wonderful collection of blues, soul and R&B and zydeco from New Orleans and the bayous of Louisiana. And a great introduction to lesser known artists who really deserve to be heard, like Charles Sheffield. But of course there are also the well known artists, such as the Neville Brothers and Clifton Chenier. This album is guaranteed to get your feet tapping. The 24 page booklet includes an essay about Louisiana and it's music, and a page devoted to each song and it's artist, and photos.

5 out of 5 stars As Good As It Gets...........2001-06-06

Hot & Spicy, Tasty & Fulfilling.....just what gumbo is supposed to be! First heard in a little local boutique, I was shakin my shimmie from the first song on and just HAD to buy it! Makes me wish I were strollin down d'bayou or scoffing up some of Tipatina's finest right now. I've bought several copies to give as gifts (some weren't all that excited until they gave it a listen; now those people are turning others onto it). I've given a couple other zy CD's a try but like the man says, "It ain't the same thang".......buy it and enjoy the Big Easy in your own easy chair.

5 out of 5 stars Crazy for Gumbo.......2000-08-25

I heard this CD in a gift shop in Lewes, DE, and found myself dancing in the aisles. It is as much blues as what you might think of as traditional cajun-style music. It reminded my friend and me of Etta James, but with assorted artists and great blues stylings. I can't wait to have my hands on my own copy!
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      Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys: Gumbo At Goldman's
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • More real than real.
      Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys: Gumbo At Goldman's
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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars More real than real........2007-01-29

      This is raw and authentic with no retakes. They recorded live. It's as if you are there in the house with a bowl of gumbo on your lap.
      It is performed by Cajun Creole musicians living in Louisiana playing on authentic instruments and performing traditional Cajun Creole French songs. Goldman Thibodeaux and D'Jalma Garnier are considered masters of the genre. Goldman plays Cajun accordian and D'Jalma plays Creole fiddle. Both sing.

      "The authentic Cajun and Creole culture and traditional folk music is alive and well in southwest Louisiana, Cajun country called Acadiana. Accept no imitations when so much of the real thing is available. Yes, people still speak French in Acadian Louisiana."

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        • Like Etouffee - Simple but delicious
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        You either like New Orleans or you don't. It's not a city that allows a lot of middle ground. You either see it as filthy, scuzzy pit of crime, or as a multi-layered, textured celebration of soul and body. If you fall into the second group, you'll like this cajun-zydeco type music from Big Al and the Heavyweights. Like some of the best New Orleans food, it's not complicated, not gourmet. Simple flavors, deep and intense, like a rich etouffee. This music has some blues, some zydeco, some cajun. Your toes will tap. You will smile. Heck, you may even dance. It's yummy and as a New Orleans aficionado, I recommend it.
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