Far too many of these lately. But I do these tributes so that people remember, or perhaps learn for the first time, about the special musical legacies these artists have left behind.
Bobby Charles, actually Robert Charles Guidry, was a Cajun who was first inspired by Fats Domino and who helped to create that wonderful musical gumbo known as ‘swamp pop”. A reluctant performer, he was a first-class songwriter who wrote some classics and some songs that deserve to be classics. Here are a select few:
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“See You Later, Alligator” -Bill Haley & the Comets
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“Walking to New Orleans” -Fats Domino
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“I Don’t Know Why I Love You, But I Do” – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry
“Tennessee Blues” -J. D. Crowe & the New South (featuring Keith Whitley)
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” No Use Knockin'” -Bobby Charles