Discover “Happytown”: One release from 2001, from US - Available in CD
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - Happytown
CD - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - Happytown
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Recorded and mixed at American Sector's Egyptian Room, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Additional recording at La Louisiane Studio, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Mastered at Northeastern Digital, Southborough, Massachusetts.
Front cover photo: Moreauville, LA, 1927.
Inset photo of dancers: Raceland, LA, 1937.

This album is dedicated to Jimmy Domengeaux.

'Gros Jean' is a poem in creole French written by a slave named Pierre in early 1860s in St. Martinville LA.

Tracks 1, 8 and 9 are instrumental.

1. La Lou Music, BMI
2. Whitewing Music, BMI
3. Roundpeg Music, ASCAP-Give & Go Music, BMI
4. JSRII Music-Happy Valley Music, BMI
5. Give & Go Music, BMI
6. JSRII Music-Happy Valley Music-Give & Go Music, BMI
7. Give & Go Music, BMI
8. Happy Valley Music, BMI
9. Give & Go Music, BMI
10. JSRII Music-Happy Valley Music-Give & Go Music, BMI
11. Marsh Island Music-Give & Go Music, BMI

℗ © 2011 Rounder Records Corp.
(CD) Manufactured in USA.
'[discogs]

1
Creole Stomp (Happytown)
03:17
2
Big Boy Waltz
02:34
3
Gros Jean / Big John
04:11
4
Seems To Me
04:17
5
Les Vigilants / The Vigilantes
04:27
6
La Crève De Faim / Starvation 2-Step
03:06
7
Patoutville
02:30
8
Poché Bridge
02:41
9
Mes Enfants / My Children
03:43
10
Heat Lightning / Éclairs De Chaleur
03:33
11
Pointe Aux Chênes / Oak Point
03:35
Accordion
Steve Riley
Design
Angelynn Grant
Drums
Kevin Dugas
Electric Bass
Kyle Hebert
Electric Guitar
Roddie Romero
Fiddle, Tenor Saxophone
David Greely
Liner Notes
Dirk Powell
Mastered By
Toby Mountain
Photography By [Band Photo]
Melissa A. Hardy
Photography By [Front Cover Photo]
A.J. Tarver
Producer
C.C. Adcock
Recorded By [Additional Recording By]
David Rachou
Recorded By, Mixed By
Erik Flettrich
Typography [Cover]
David Coulson
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