Jim Smoak & the Louisiana Honeydrippers: Bayou Bluegrass

Arhoolie Records – CD 9032

Format: CD, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Calinda (2:00)
02 Run, Boy, Run (1:50)
03 Liza Jane (2:32)
04 My Last Dollar Is Gone (2:04)
05 Old Dan Tucker (2:21)
06 The Lakes Of Ponchartrain (2:26)
07 Rabbit, Where's Your Mammy? (2:43)
08 Underneath The Weeping Willow (2:40)
09 Chicken Pie (2:50)
10 Kissin' Cousins (2:05)
11 Woodchuck In The Deadnin' (3:06)
12 Poor Man (3:37)
13 Whoah, Mule, Whoah (2:16)
14 Great Big Billy Goat (1:46)
15 Bill Cheatum (3:04)
16 Raisin' A Ruckus Tonight (2:03)
17 The Fisher's Hornpipe (2:45)
18 East Bound Train (2:41)
19 Hop Light, Ladies (3:04)
20 Silver Dagger (2:18)
21 Mama Don't Allow (2:30)
[Credits]
Jim Smoak (banjo/vocals) J.C.Meyers (mandolin/vocals) V.J.Meyers (guitar/vocals) Bucky Wood (fiddle) Dewey Edwards (fiddle) Lum York (bass)
Producerand and Liner Notes: Chris Strachwitz, Recorder and Liner Notes: Harry Oster
[Notes]
The words "bayou" and "bluegrass" don't often appear in the same sentence. Nevertheless, in 1961, music ethnologist Harry Oster asked banjoist/singer Jim Smoak to form a bluegrass band in Louisiana. The venture resulted in a recording of 21 songs played in a bluegrass style. The complete original recording session was issued by Arhoolie in 2002.