Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Happytown
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Track List: Happytown
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- Creole Stomp (Happytown) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Big Boy Waltz - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Gros Jean (Big John) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Seems To Me - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Les Vigilants (The Vigilantes) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- La Creve De Faim (Starvation 2-Step) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Patoutville - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Poche Bridge - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Mes Enfants (My Children) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Heat Lightning (Eclairs De Chaleur) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
- Pointe Aux Chenes (Oak Point) - Steve Riley And The Mamou PlayboysDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Happytown
- Release Date:
- 02/06/2001
- Label:
- Rounder / Umgd
- UPC:
- 011661609822
Pro Reviews: Happytown
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Happytown, the eighth release by Steve Riley the Mamou Playboys, marks Cajun music's 21st century arrival. With cosmopolitan breadth, the band uses diverse sounds -- such as samples of field recordings, loopy drum tracks, and electrified ensemble instrumentation -- while tenaciously clinging to its Cajun roots. In true tromping fashion, Happytown begins with an instrumental two-step, "Creole Stomp (Happytown)." The CD then segues into a moody waltz about a man waiting to be hanged. "Seems to Me," the album's fourth cut, fades into a snippet of a Louisiana field recording made by Alan Lomax in the 1930s, while a fiddle's psychedelic overtones saturate the chilling track "Les Vigilants/The Vigilantes." "Pointe aux ChÍnes/Oak Point," a shuffling blues-based tune, caps off Happytown with slide guitar riffs, straight-ahead drumbeats, and the respirations of a diatonic accordion. It's a fine slate of tunes that suffers not from a lack of quality, but from a lack of quantity: a mere 37 minutes of music. In sum, Happytown is a CD for both Cajun enthusiasts and contemporary folk music fans. It reflects Steve Riley the Mamou Playboys' imaginative approach to keeping this unique tradition alive. - John Vallier, All Music Guide |
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Steve Riley and his band, the Mamou Playboys, have quickly risen to the top of the Cajun music heap in recent years, and the band is now as well known on the festival and club circuit as Beausoleil. Clearly, the band's 1990s-styled Cajun rhythms and ...Full Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys Biography
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