"Alligator Stomp" - Vol 2 - Cajun Zydeco Classics

If you're exploring the pleasures of Louisiana's zydeco and Cajun music, one of the best starting points is Rhino's excellent Alligator Stomp series of the 1990s...

...The sound quality is fine, Mary Katherine Alden's liner notes are informative, and Rhino's selections are excellent. For high-energy zydeco, it's hard to go wrong with Queen Ida ("My Girl Josephine"), Buckwheat Zydeco ("Zydeco Boogaloo") or the late Clifton Chenier ("Choo Choo Ch-Boogie," "Mama Told Papa"). And for traditional Cajun music, listeners won't be disappointed by Iry LeJeune's "Evangeline Special," the Balfa Brothers' version of the familiar "Jolie Blond" or Jo-El Sonnier's hit remake of "Jambalaya," which was originally a hit for country legend Hank Williams, but has become a Cajun standard. Spanning the '40s to the '80s, this gem-laden CD shouldn't be missed. (Allmusic)

trax:

1. Oh Yeh Yai - Terrance Simien & The Mallet Playboys 2. Saturday Night Special - Lesa Cormier & The Sundown Playboys 3. Pine Grove Blues - Nathan Abshire 4. Jolie Blond - The Balfa Brothers 5. My Girl Josephine - Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band 6. Evangeline Special - Iry Lejeune 7. Choo Choo Ch-Boogie - Clifton Chenier 8. My Toot Toot - Doug Kershaw & Fats Domino 9. Jambalaya - Jo-El Sonnier 10. Louisiana Man - Rusty & Doug 11. Deacon Jones - Boozoo Chavis 12. Zydeco Gris-Gris - BeauSoleil 13. Zydeco Boogaloo - Buckwheat Zydeco 14. The Back Door - D.L. Menard 15. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Rockin' Dopsie 16. The Cajun Stripper - Belton Richard 17. 'Ka-Wann' - John Delafose 18. Mama Told Papa - Clifton Chenier
...originally served by Gyro1966...