Luderin Darbone’s Hackberry Ramblers – Louisiana Cajun Music / Arhoolie LP-5003

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Arhoolie LP-5003. Luderin Darbone’s Hackberry Ramblers

The Hackberry Ramblers were a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana, formed in 1933 by fiddler Luderin Darbone and accordionist Edwin Duhon. Since their heyday in the late 1930s, they became one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music. While their roots lay in the Cajun music repertoire, the Ramblers performed a broad range of American music, from Western swing to blues and rockabilly, and much of their sound blends them all.

The group had one of the longest histories of any musical group in the United States of America, and while the lineup changed many times over the years, Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon led the band until Duhon’s death in 2006. (Darbone died November 21, 2008).

The band played their last gig in November 2005 at the Shaw Center’s Manship Theater in Baton Rouge.

In 2002, Darbone and Duhon received a prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the Folk Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Country Music Hall of Fame has also honored the group; it holds enshrined many of the founding members’ instruments.

You can read an interview with the Hackberry Ramblers at https://arhoolie.org/hackberry-ramblers/

Tracklist:

A1   Black Bayou Rag
A2   Louisiana Waltz
A3   Je Veux Marier
A4   Fais Pas Ca
A5   Crowley Waltz
A6   Step It Fast
A7   Ville Platte Waltz
A8   Jai Passe
A9   French Harp Stomp

B1    Jolie Blonde
B2    Colinda
B3    Cajun Rag
B4    Te Petite, Te Meon
B5    Mermentau Stomp
B6    Cajun Twist
B7    Madame Sustin
B8    Turtle Tail