Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Down South In The Bayou Country (2006)

01. Breaux Bridge Rag  
02. Folks Back Home  
03. Bayou Sam					play  
04. Loup Garou  
05. Louisian'  
06. Sweet Texas Rose  
07. Sheriff's Barbecue  
08. Bad Week For Old Fiddlers  
09. Sunrise Cajun Style  
10. Louisiana Woman  
11. Rosalie 					play 
12. Jamboree  
13. Waiting For Gate's Express  
14. Gate's Express  
15. Cassoulet  
16. Never Ending Song Of Love

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (vocals, violin, harmonica); 
Henry Vestine (guitar); 
Red Lane (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); 
Don Buzard (pedal steel guitar); 
Jim Ehinger (piano); 
Julius Farmer (bass instrument); 
Jack Huffman (drums); 
Geraldine "Sister Gerry" Richard (background vocals).

Like everything on Memphis Slim's album Goin' Back to Tennessee or Alvin Youngblood Hart's "Tallacatcha" (a Western swing performance worthy of Bob Wills), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's 1975 Barclay album Down South in the Bayou Country completely transcends any and all attempts to confine this diverse artist within the artificial parameters of blues or any other preordained category. Consisting mostly of songs written by Hoyt Garrick, Jr., Charles Gressett, and David Craig with additional tunes by J. Loyd and Joe Stampley, this pretty parfait of country & western, Southern rock, cowboy hoedown, and electric Cajun soul music was recorded during February and March 1974 in Bogalusa, LA. Gatemouth, fresh from his tenure as Deputy Sheriff of San Juan County, NM, sounds particularly pleased to be active at the center of a project so completely infused with authentic Southern sensibilities. Perhaps the most satisfying track off of the original album is "Loup Garou." This hoodoo funk ritual with background vocals by Geraldine "Sister Gerry" Richard sounds as if it might have been influenced by Dr. John's "Loop Garoo," which had appeared on that artist's Atco album Remedies in 1970. Both songs drew upon traditional Louisiana lycanthropic folklore, a tradition that advises against wandering around in the swamp under the moon as you just might get taken out by a werewolf. Bonus tracks include a choice sampling of "studio verbiage and other appropriate banter," "Gate's Express" (a ferocious bit of fiddling based on "Orange Blossom Special"), and "Cassoulet," a very danceable Cajun fiddling boogie recorded in Paris during the summer of 1973 with a rhythm section composed of members of the rock group Canned Heat. Anyone who enjoys Down South in the Bayou Country should also investigate Gatemouth's 1975 follow-up album, Bogalusa Boogie Man. --- arwulf arwulf, allmusic.com

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