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On this CD, Grammy Award-winner Queen Ida gets together on the bayou in Louisiana with her brother, Al Rapone, for a zydeco reunion. The two hail from Lake Charles, LA, where the music of their Creole heritage was always an important part of their lives. Their musical fortunes took them to California, where their innovative zydeco sound made them the darlings of the San Francisco dance circuit. Rapone played sideman on guitar to Queen Ida's lead on accordion. He often wrote and produced f...   [ read more ]

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Ida Cox was one of the most talented of the classic blues singers of the 1920s. This Black Swan CD has 20 of her first 32 recordings and, although one regrets that it is not a "complete" series (hopefully the dozen other titles will be reissued by Black Swan eventually), the music is consistently enjoyable and timeless. In fact, quite a few of the lyrics (many of which were written by Cox) were later permanently "borrowed" by Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams; the first stanza of "Goin' to Chicago...   [ read more ]

CD $15.18