![]() ![]() Representative of the Louisiana Country sound is Lucinda Williams' "Louisiana Man", Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses", Sammy Kershaw's "Third Rate Romance", George Strait's "Adalida", Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down at the Twist and Shout", and Black Water Bride's "Over You". It's played on the fiddle, guitar and other string instruments, and like it's influencers, It's bold and expressive. Country Music Country Music in Louisiana is heavily influenced by Cajun and blues music. Those attitudes get skewered in Bruce Springsteen's cover of "How Can a Poor Man Stand such Times and Live?", Bob Dylan's variation on the Memphis Minnie song "The Levee's Gonna Break" and Steve Earle's "This City". Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath exposed the terrible response of FEMA and the true politics of the Bush Administration. Finally, Sonny Landreth sums-up the spirit of New Orleans with "Levee Town". Fats Domino does it in R&B with "Walkin' to New Orleans", and Them does it in blues with the Big Joe Williams' song, "Baby, Please Don't Go". John's "Goin' Back to New Orleans", the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's "Tootie Ma", a brass band version of Jelly Roll Morton's "New Orleans Blues", Fats Domino's "The Fat Man" and Louis Armstrong's "When the Saints Go Marching In" will give you a taste of what New Orleans jazz is all about. Starting with songs that celebrate Mardi Gras, Dr. Lucinda Williams' "Cresent City" and Sonny Landreth's "Back to Bayaou Teche" may be less well known, but are equally good, as is this version of "Lady Marmalada" by Christina Auguilera, Pink, Lil' Kim and Mya. The Animals' version of the traditional folk song, "House of the Rising Sun" is certainly well known. Two that fit this collection are "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou". While the band isn't from Louisiana, they sure sounded like it. Some of the most famous rock songs about Louisiana are from Creedence Clearwater Revival. version, Hank Williams Jr's "Cajun Baby", Mel McDaniel's "Louisiana Saturday Night", and Doug Kershaw's "Calling Baton Rouge". Other famous songs about the state include Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927", Leon Russell's "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)", although old-timers prefer the Hank Williams Sr. Perhaps the most famous song associated with the state is by two-time Governor of Louisiana, Jimmie Davis, who wrote and recorded "You Are My Sunshine", one of the official state songs. Not nearly so old, but a song that tells a story from Louisiana's early statehood is Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans". One of the oldest songs about the state is "Lakes of Pontchartrain", a folk song from around the time of the War of 1812.
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