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

101	Crying Pinegrove Blues Nathan Abshire	02:51
102	Chere Te Mon Nathan Abshire	02:41
103	Mamou Two-Step Lawrence Walker	03:06
104	Country Waltz Lawrence Walker	03:04
105	Old Time Waltz The Texas Melody Boys	02:12
106	Ain't No More The Texas Melody Boys	01:56
107	Valse de Lake Charles Harry Choates	02:53
108	Jolie Blon's Gone Harry Choates	02:57
109	Orphan Waltz Floyd Leblanc	02:55
110	Louisiana Stomp Floyd Leblanc	02:49
111	Tu Le du Po la Mam (Both for the Same) Lawrence Walker	02:52
112	Ton Papa Ta Mama Ma Sta Da All (Your Mom And Dad Threw Me Out) Lawrence Walker	02:48
113	Evangeline Waltz Lawrence Walker	03:09
114	Reno Waltz Lawrence Walker	02:54
115	Bosco Stomp Lawrence Walker	03:17
116	Tran La Ezy The Musical Four Plus One	03:00
117	Lawtell Two-Step Vincent and Cagley	02:32
118	La Valse de Bon Baurche Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa	04:14
119	Le Two-Step de Ville Platte Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa	02:56
120	La Valse de Courage Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa	03:04
121	La Valse de Tamper Tate Elise Deshotel with Dewey Balfa	03:07
122	Le Cote Farouche de La Vic Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon	02:46
123	Jole Brun Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon	02:51
124	Madame Entelle Two-Step Shuk Richard and Marie Falcon	03:01
125	Waltz of Regret Lawrence Walker	02:28
126	Wandering Aces Special Lawrence Walker	02:28