Cat. No. STCD 37: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ ROCKABILLIES, HILLBILLIES & HONKY TONKERS FROM MISSISSIPPI & LOUISIANA - THE BIG HOWDY RECORDING COMPANY. STOMPER TIME STCD 37. (IMPORT).

THE BIG HOWDY RECORDING COMPANY WAS ANOTHER COMPANY TO ARISE OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF MUSIC EMINATING OUT OF THE TRI-STATE AREA OF THE US. BIG HOWDY, BASED IN BAGALUSA, LOUISIANA WAS FORMED BY HASTEL KENNEDY WHO ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS IN THE 1930s AND PLUNGED INTO THE LOCAL SCENE PLAYING AND SINGING WITH LOCAL BANDS. HE LATER BEGAN TO ENJOY THE EMERGING COUNTRY MUSIC SO MUCH SO THAT HE DECIDED TO START HIS OWN LABEL, “BIG HOWDY RECORDS” AND THE RESULT OF HIS EFFORTS ARE INCLUDED HERE WITH JUST SOME OF THE RELEASES ON BIG HOWDY RECORDS. GREAT ****

TRACK LISTING: Jeff Daniels – Switch Blade Sam / Billy Blank – Hard Luck / Dayward Penny – The Flustered Monkey / Tommy Tygart – A Ticket To Nowhere / The Weems Bros. and Billy Still – Don’t Turn God Away / B.J. Johnson – Who Am I Gonna Believe / Jimmy Swan – Good And Lonesome / Dayward Penny – Come Back Baby / Wayne Morse – Pull Down The Blinds Mama / Danny – Bad Luck / Jeff Daniels – Uh-Huh-Huh / B.J. Johnson – Shackles And Chains / Jimmy Swan – Why Did You Change Your Mind / Jim Foster – Pity Poor Me / Wayne Morse – Don’t Hide Your Heart / Harold Cavallero – Broken Heart / Bob Toney & Jeannie Barnes – Cupid Shot Me / Ernie Chaffin – Set ‘Em Up Joe / Tommy Tygart – Bad News / Jimmy Swan – It’s Your Turn To Cry / Jeff Daniels – Foxy Dan / Gary Cooper – My Old Rose Of Pawnee / B.J. Johnson – Unfortunate Stranger / Johnny & The Tag-A-Longs – I Met Her In The Moonlight / Jim Foster – Lola Lee / Vern Pullens – If I Cry / Jimmy Swan – No One Loves A Broken Heart / Harold Cavallero – Brown Eyed Girl / E.J. Saucier & The Entertainers – Baby Baby / James McManus – Contagious Lovin’ / James McManus – Son Of Casey Jones / James McManus – Somebody’s Dum-Dum / James McManus – You, Mr. Moon And Me.

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