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Johnny Janot

A brief history… Johnny Janot enjoyed success as a radio deejay in Eunice, LA and Beaumont, TX. He hosted the very popular Cajun Bandstand radio show on KLVI during the 1970’s. He also recorded songs in the country, rockabilly and Cajun genres, many of which are included on this Swallow compilation. Though Johnny Janot enjoyed success

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Johnnie Allan

A brief history… Music enthusiasts worldwide have rightly dubbed Johnnie Allan the “King,” “Ambassador,” and “Elder Statesman” of swamp pop music, that peculiar R&B hybrid fusing mainstream rhythm & blues sounds with country & western and Cajun and rural black Creole elements – a sound hailing from the 22-parish Acadiana region of South Louisiana, as

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John Delafose

A brief history… John Delafose was born in the rural community of Duralde, Louisiana, April 16, 1939. Starting on fiddle as a child, Delafose moved to harmonica and eventually accordion, the instrument for which he is best known, leading his zydeco band, the Eunice Playboys. He played local dances in his younger days, but retired

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Joe Warren Cormier

A brief history… In 1986, Joe Warren Cormier appeared on the Cajun radio scene with “Tit Bec Do,” a song he had written and recorded with some of his musician friends. The recording was then picked up by Swallow Records and the song has since become a classic Cajun hit, having been recorded by both

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