Name: Fiddle King of Cajun Swing
Brand: Arhoolie Records
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Album: Fiddle King of Cajun Swing
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Allons A Lafayette
2)	Basile Waltz
3)	Cajun Hop
4)	Port Arthur Waltz
5)	Harry Choates Special
6)	It Won't Be Long
7)	Wrong Keyhole
8)	Dragging the Bow
9)	Te Petite
10)	Rubber Dolly
11)	Louisiana
12)	Poor Hobo
13)	Devil in the Bayou
14)	Rye Whiskey
15)	Fais Do Do Stomp
16)	Lawtell Waltz
17)	Bayou Pon Pon
18)	Chere Meon
19)	Harry Choates Blues
20)	Mari Jole Blon
21)	Honky-Tonking Days
22)	Grand Mamou
23)	Je Pase Durvan Ta Port
24)	Hackberry Hop
25)	Jolie Brun
26)	Lousiana Boogie

Album: Fiddle King of Cajun Swing
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Allons A Lafayette
2)	Basile Waltz
3)	Cajun Hop
4)	Port Arthur Waltz
5)	Harry Choates Special
6)	It Won't Be Long
7)	Wrong Keyhole
8)	Dragging the Bow
9)	Te Petite
10)	Rubber Dolly
11)	Louisiana
12)	Poor Hobo
13)	Devil in the Bayou
14)	Rye Whiskey
15)	Fais Do Do Stomp
16)	Lawtell Waltz
17)	Bayou Pon Pon
18)	Chere Meon
19)	Harry Choates Blues
20)	Mari Jole Blon
21)	Honky-Tonking Days
22)	Grand Mamou
23)	Je Pase Durvan Ta Port
24)	Hackberry Hop
25)	Jolie Brun
26)	Lousiana Boogie

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Harry Choates (fiddle, vocals), Eddie Pursley (guitar), Ron Ray "Pee Wee" Lyons, Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez (steel guitar), Joe Manuel (banjo, vocals), Johnny Mae Smirle Manuel (piano), B.D. Williams (bass), Amos Como (drums), Jimmy Foster & His Swingers.
Reissue producer: Chris Strachwitz.
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Houston, Texas between 1946 and 1950. Includes liner notes by Tim Knight.
FIDDLE KING OF CAJUN SWING is a collection of singles/b-sides that Harry Choates recorded for the Gold Star and Cajun Classics labels.
Personnel: Harry Choates (vocals, violin, fiddle); Johnnie Mae Smirle (vocals, piano); Ron Ray Lyons (guitar, steel guitar); Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez, Eddie Pursley (guitar); Cairo Lamperez Lamperez (steel guitar); Joe Manuel (banjo); Amos Como (drums).
Liner Note Author: Tim Knight.
Recording information: Gold Star Recording Studios, Houston, TX (1946-1950).
Editor: Chris Strachwitz.
Unknown Contributor Roles: George Morrow ; Jim Foster.
Fiddle King of Cajun Swing is a 26-track collection featuring most of Harry Choates' finest recordings. All of the material on this compilation was recorded for Gold Star Records between 1946 and 1950. Though his biggest hit, "Jole Blon," is inexplicably missing, the music on this disc demonstrates Choates talent for blurring the lines between Western Swing and Cajun music. It's an excellent introduction to one of the finest Cajun fiddlers of the '40s and '50s. ~ Thom Owens