Down Home Cajun Music- Folk-Star Records
Down Home Cajun Music- Folk-Star RecordsOn this episode of the podcast we look at Folk-Star Records. Eddie Shuler first started Goldband to promote his own band; the labels first releases from 1945 to 1951 were of his own. He started Folk-Star in 1949 to promote Iry LeJeune; as Eddie thought Cajun music to be "folk music". But like Goldband; it turned out to a label of a variety of music. The labels first releases were of Cajun, Hillbilly, Early Zydeco and Swamp Pop. After Iry's death, he recorded the first recordings of Sidney Brown, Boozoo Chavis and Cleveland Crochet on Folk-Star. He seemed to revive the Folk-Star label in the 1960's to promote artists such as Robert Bertrand, John Oliver and Phil Menard. The label lasted well into the 1960's and Eddie came up with even more labels to keep the jukeboxes filled. Iry LeJeune and his Lacassine Playboys- Lacassine Special (Folk-Star 100)Iry LeJeune and his Lacassine Playboys- Te Mone (Folk-Star 101)"Te" Joe Manuel and his Melody Boys- Your Papa Threw Me Out (Folk-Star 102)"Te" Joe Manuel and his Melody Boys- Since The Age of 14 (Folk-Star 102)Little Francis and Louisiana Rhythmiers- Smiling Pines (Folk-Star 109)Sidney Brown and his French Accordion- Sha Ba-Ba (Folk-Star 1132)Sidney Brown and his French Accordion- Love Lane Waltz (Folk-Star 1132) Cleveland Crochet's Hillbilly Ramblers- Deedle-E-Deedle-D-Da (Folk-Star 1191)Cleveland Crochet's Hillbilly Ramblers- Big Boy Waltz (Folk-Star 1191)Boozoo Chavis- Forty One Days (Folk-Star 1201)Boozoo Chavis- Bye Bye Catin (Folk-Star 1201)Wayne Hebert & The Hathaway Playboys- Promise I Made (Folk-Star 1206)Phil Menard & His Cajun Five- My Mama and Mama (Folk-Star 1209)Phil Menard & The Louisiana Travelers- La Sha Chere (Folk-Star 1210)Phil Menard, Don Guillory and the Louisiana Travelers- D & M Special (Folk-Star 1212)John Oliver and his Louisiana Ramblers- Uncle John Special (Folk-Star 1211)*All selections from the original 78 and 45 rpm records.* Thanks to John Leger for use of Folk-Star 1211.