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Co-produced by Rick Danko and John Simon, Bobby Charles was the perfect marriage between the good-time Danko side of the Band and Bobby Charles Guidry's own swampy cajun roots. On the opening "Street People", Bobby sounded like a Bowery version of Randy Newman; on "Long Face", he was a bayou Lee Dorsey. Behind him Rick put together a wonderfully loose sound somewhere between the Muscle Shoals Swampers and the band Allen Toussaint had used for his great Minit productions in the '60s. With guest appearances by Garth, Levon, and Richard, as well as Mac Rebennack and Woodstock guitar maestro Amos Garret, it was certainly a far more enjoyable record than Cahoots.
Bobby Charles (February 21, 1938 – January 14, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter.
An ethnic Cajun, Charles was born as Robert Charles Guidry in Abbeville, Louisiana and grew up listening to Cajun music and the country and western music of Hank Williams. At the age of 15, he heard a performance by Fats Domino, an event that "changed my life forever," he recalled.
Charles helped to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop. His compositions include the hits "See You Later, Alligator", which he initially recorded himself as "Later Alligator", but which is best known from the cover version by Bill Haley & His Comets; and "Walking to New Orleans", written for Fats Domino. His songwriting record in the UK charts reads 7 hits, 3 top tens with 75 weeks spent on the chart.
"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" was a 1950s classic that Charles composed which Clarence "Frogman" Henry had a major hit with and which was on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Forrest Gump. His composition "Why Are People Like That?" was on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Home Fries.
Because of his south Louisiana-influenced rhythm and blues vocal style, Charles has often been thought to be black, when in fact he is white.
On November 26, 1976, Charles was invited to play with The Band at their farewell concert, The Last Waltz. Charles played "Down South in New Orleans", with the help of Dr. John and The Band. The performance was recorded and released as part of the triple-LP The Last Waltz boxed set. The performance was not captured on film however, and did not appear in the film based on the concert with Charles only appearing briefly in the concert's final song, "I Shall Be Released" (he is largely blocked from view during the song). That song, sung by Bob Dylan and pianist Richard Manuel, featured backup vocals from the entire ensemble, including Charles.
He co-wrote the song "Small Town Talk" with Rick Danko of The Band. "Promises, Promises (The Truth Will Set You Free)" was co-written with Willie Nelson.
Charles continued to compose and record (he was based out of Woodstock, New York for a time) and in the 1990s he recorded a duet of "Walking to New Orleans" with Domino.
In September 2007, The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame honored Charles for his contributions to Louisiana music with an induction.
Charles collapsed in his home near Abbeville and died January 14, 2010.
01.Street People (B.Charles)
02.Long Face (B.Charles)
03.I Must Be in a Good Place Now (B.Charles)
04.Save Me Jesus (B.Charles)
05.He's Got All the Whisky (B.Charles)
06.Small Town Talk (B.Charles/R.Danko)
07.Let Yourself Go (B.Charles)
08.Before I Grow Too Old (B.Charles/A.Domino/D.Bartholomew)
09.I'm That Way (B.Charles)
10.Tennessee Blues (B.Charles)
Bonus:
11.Homemade Songs (Charles)
12.New Mexico (Charles)
13.Rosie (Charles)
14.Small Town Talk (Charles/Danko) [single mix]
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1 comment:
Another great post. My better half and bass player, Dorothee Hauser (daughter of French film maker, journalist and with his own French TV show brought punk rock to France, Freddie Hauser), got to know him a while before he checked out and he told us harrowing tales of being ripped off in the biz. He played and recorded under other names. Just an amazing cool guy.
BTW Freddie made many movies with the Rolling Stones, most famous probably the Abattoir flick. Dorothee grew up with the Stones kids and they all had sleepovers and such.
Cheers
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