ALBUM REVIEWS - Bayou Perdu

BILLYBOP.BE(INTERNET) November 2005 Lost Bayou Ramblers - Bayou Perdu After an independent recorded CD ("Un Tit Gout") and a great first nationally distributed CD ("Pilette Breakdown") another one couldn't stay out long for the Lost Bayou Ramblers. The name of this brand new jewel (on 'Swallow Records') is "Bayou Perdu", which means "Lost Bayou". The Ramblers again bring a fantastic combination of good ol' Cajun and Western Swing to keep the music style of Harry Choates and early Hackberry Ramblers alive. Opener is the great "Pine Island" from J.B. Fusilier & Miller's Merrymakers. This beauty is pretty much alike Shirley Bergeron's "Quel Etoille". "Hot Shoes" is a short instrumental where the brothers Louis and Andre Michot play the pure Cajun sound from Octa Clark and Hector Duhon. Hackberry Ramblers' joyful Cajun Swing is perfectly honored with "Faut Pas Tu Brailles" and "Une Piastre Ici, Une Piastre La-Bas". It's real hard not to dance on the fantastic David & Louis Michot original "Bayou Perdu". No doubt this will be a real Cajun dancefloor hit! Louis Michot also put his creative pen on "Mexico One Step" (another very danceable highlight), "Chers Yeux Bruns" (an up-tempo waltz), "Le Blues de la Ville Platte" (a Cajun waltz) "North Louisiana Blues", "Papa Lou Hop" (2 great instrumental Cajun Two-Steps) and "Blue Moon Special" (based on Austin Pitre's "Flammes D'Enfer"). Lost Bayou Ramblers demonstrate their Western Swing and Cajun Swing influences on "Pilette High Society" and "Tite Fille de Lafayette". "Les Temps Apres Fini" could be a perfect background track for a documentary about South West Louisiana... A wonderful CD by a wonderful band! Yvieboy

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