The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11475   Message #2009573
Posted By: PoppaGator
28-Mar-07 - 12:01 PM
Thread Name: What is Zydeco?
Subject: RE: What is Zydeco?
Sorry, I didn't get back to this thread last night. I still have no further examples.

The Villan was correct on both counts: the song "Sea of Love" I mentioned as an example of swamp pop was indeed Phil Phillips's recording, and the same for Dale & Grace's "Leaving It All Up to You."

J.P. Baptiste's nom du disque is, of course, a perfect example of the typical swamp-pop stage name, too.

Most of the great swamp-pop recordings were produced by one Huey Meaux and came out of a single small studio down in southwest Louisiana: "Gold [something] Records" Sorry, my memory isn't working well, and I'm not taking the time to do research. I don't think it's Gold Star, or Gold Bond, but something like that. (Maybe it *is* "Gold Star" -- ??) I'm also unsure whether it was located in Lake Charles, Morgan City, or where...