Down Home Cajun Music- Early Cajun Honky Tonk 1948-1950

Early Cajun Honky Tonk 1948-1950With the success of "Jole Blon" and "Pine Grove Blues", more Cajun artists started to record. They mixed their Cajun French with driving rhythm and steel guitars to create a new style of Cajun Honky Tonk played though  the dancehalls. In this mix of early recordings we explore some of the early artists and some rare recordings. After 1950, the dance hall scene exploded with new artists and record labels releasing this music.Jimmie Choates- "Petite Negres" Fais Do Do 1009 1948Nathan Abshire-"Chere Te Mon" Hot Rod 103 1949Joe Manuel- "Your Papa Threw Me Out" Folk Star 102 1949Lawrence Walker- "Country Waltz" Khoury 601 1949Tan Benoit- "Gueydon Waltz" Hot Rod 105 1949Ernest Thibodeaux- "Jennings Two Step" Hot Rod 105 1949Chuck Guillory- "Teiyut Two Step" Feature 1015 1950Harry Choates-"Gran Mamou" Macy's 124 1950Amedee Breaux -"Jole Blonde" Feature 1023 1950Iry LeJeune- "Lacassine Special" Folk Star 100 1950*All selections from the original 78 rpm records