tracks

Allons A Lafayette
Basile Waltz
Cajun Hop
Port Arthur Waltz
Harry Choates Special
It Won't Be Long
Wrong Keyhole
Draggin' The Bow
Te Petite
Rubber Dolly
Louisiana
Poor Hobo
Devil In The Bayou
Rye Whiskey
Fais Do Do Stomp
Lawtell Waltz
Bayou Pon Pon
Chere Meon
Harry Choates Blues
Mari Jole Blon
Honky Tonking Days
Grand Mamou
Je Pase Durvan Ta Port
Hackberry Hop
Jole Brun
Louisiana Boogie

notes

All recordings (except track 22) made in Houston, Texas, 1946-49.

Track durations take from CD player (not given on product).

Some of these tracks were previously released on LP, on Arhoolie 5027.

credits

Banjo – Joe Manuel (2) (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 17)
Bass – B.D. Williams (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 17)
Design – Wayne Pope
Edited By, Producer – Chris Strachwitz
Engineer [Sound Restoration] – George Morrow (2)
Fiddle, Vocals – Harry Choates
Guitar – Eddie Pursley (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 17)
Liner Notes – Tim Knight
Piano – Johnnie Mae Smirle (Manuel) (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 17)
Producer [Original Recordings] – Bill Quinn (2)
Steel Guitar – Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez (tracks: 8, 9), Ron Ray "Pee Wee" Lyons (tracks: 11 to 14, 16, 17, 23 to 25)
Vocals – Joe Manuel (2) (tracks: 23, 24)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
Recorded At – Gold Star Recording Studio

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