Good story about your Mom Shane......I'm concerned about Tigas response though. Another good one is "Louisiana Saturday Night" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band....add Tiger Stadium a big LSU lead, big brown water buzz and a rockin crowd and its hard to beat for me. Born on the Bayou..by CCR is worth mentioning.
Five more good ones . . . Cotton Fields -- CCR Louisiana Man -- Doug Kershaw Mardi Gras in New Olreans -- Professor Longhair Down at the Twist and Shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter Louisiana 1927 -- Randy Newman
I saw Wayne Toups playing in shackles a few times. If there is one thing that dude loves it is music. If there is two things he loves it is music and coke.
He did this at the shrimp festival in delcambre. A low in his life im sure. As far as I know he has cleaned up since then.
song that i have/had memorized and love to sing the hell out of that reference Louisiana include: 1958 -- "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell 1973 -- "Ramblin' Man" by the The Allman Brothers I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin' I'm leavin' out of Nashville, Tennessee They're always having a good time down on the bayou Lord, them Delta women think the world of me 1974 -- "Rednecks" by Randy Newman We talk real funny down here We drink too much and we laugh too loud We're too dumb to make it in no Northern town And we're keepin' the niggers down We got no-necked oilmen from Texas And good ol' boys from Tennessee And college men from LSU Went in dumb. Come out dumb too 1974 -- "Louisiana 1927" by Randy Newman Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away 1981 -- "Louisiana Saturday Night" by Mel McDaniel Well you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow Kick off your shoes and you throw them on the floor Dance in the kitchen 'till the morning light Louisiana Saturday Night 1984 -- "If You're Gonna Play In Texas" by Alabama If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. That lead guitar is hot but not for a Louisiana man So rosin up that bow for faded Love and let's all dance If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. 1984 -- "City of New Orleans" by Willie Nelson (originally recorded by Arlo Guthrie in 1972...not technically about Louisiana, but instead a song about heading to Louisiana on a train from Chicago to New Orleans called City of New Orleans) Nighttime on the city of New Orleans Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee Half way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling down to the sea 1995 -- "Adalida" by George Strait Adalida, pretty little cajun queen Sweet dixie flower, the belle of the bayou You're every young man's dream Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane To stand beside you sweet Adalida I'd swim the Pontchartrain Oh no, here you comin' down the road With your cotton dress a swishin', you gettin' some attention From all the boys in the Thibodaux
Born on the Bayou directly references Louisiana: Wish I was back on the bayou rollin' with some Cajun Queen. Wishin' I were a freight train, oh, just a-chooglin' on down to New Orleans. (John Fogerty doesn’t just sing this ominous ode to the New Orleans area — he howls it.) like many people, i always thought CCR was from Louisiana. just look at the name of their albums: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) Bayou Country (1969) Green River (1969) Willy and the Poor Boys (1969) Cosmo's Factory (1970) Pendulum (1970) Mardi Gras (1972) the other blantantly obvious Louisiana song they have off the top of my head is Proud Mary: Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city 'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen Big wheel keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river If you come down to the river Bet you gonna find some people who live You don't have to worry 'cause you have [if you got] no money People on the river are happy to give
here's Lafayette radio personality Debbie Ray's Top 10 list of Louisiana Songs (11 if you count "Louisiana" by Lelia Broussard that she says she is in love with) http://999ktdy.com/top-ten-louisiana-songs/
