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Cajun Honky Tonk: The Khoury Recordings: The Early 1950s

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Cajun Honky Tonk: The Khoury Recordings: The Early 1950s

Businessman/record producer George Khoury began recording Cajun musicians in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1949. Among his roster of musicians were Nathan Abshire (“Crying Pinegrove Blues”), Harry Choates (“Jolie Blon’s Gone”), Lawrence Walker (“Boscoe Stomp”), and Elise Deshotel and his band with a young Dewey Balfa making his first recordings on vocals and fiddle (“La Valse de Bon Baurche”). This collection of recordings from the early 1950s was issued on Arhoolie Records in 1994.

Track Listing

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Nathan Abshire
02:51
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102
Nathan Abshire
02:41
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103
Lawrence Walker
03:06
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104
Lawrence Walker
03:04
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105
The Texas Melody Boys
02:12
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106
The Texas Melody Boys
01:56
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107
Harry Choates
02:53
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108
Harry Choates
02:57
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109
Floyd Leblanc
02:55
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110
Floyd Leblanc
02:49
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111
Lawrence Walker
02:52
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112
Lawrence Walker
02:48
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113
Lawrence Walker
03:09
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114
Lawrence Walker
02:54
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115
Lawrence Walker
03:17
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116
The Musical Four Plus One
03:00
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117
Vincent and Cagley
02:32
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118
Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa
04:14
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119
Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa
02:56
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120
Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa
03:04
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121
Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa
03:07
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122
Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon
02:46
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123
Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon
02:51
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124
Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon
03:01
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125
Lawrence Walker
02:28
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Lawrence Walker
02:28