![]() This collection was donated by Johnnie Allan. The Center for Louisiana Studies has scanned the photographs. ![]() The Cajun and Creole Music Collection has a complete collection of his recordings, and his collection of photographs of musicians. Digital copies are available with the collection. All material in this collection has been scanned except for the correspondence. This collection consists of correspondence, and periodical articles, periodical issues, and ephemera on Johnnie Allan. He is a retired musician, educator, and author which now lives in Lafayette, Louisiana. ![]() Hes also recorded gospel music, wrote songs for. He also is the author of two music-related books, Memories: A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music (1988) and Born to be a Loser (1992) with Bernice Larson Webb, a biography of swamp pop musician Jimmy Donley. Tommy is known in Louisiana for his hit 1966 cover of Sweet Dreams and his contributions to swamp pop. He returned to the Jin label in the early 1970s and went on to record many notable swamp pop tunes, including his version of Chuck Berry’s ”Promised Land” and Merle Haggard’s “Somewhere on Skid Row.”Īllan has performed in Europe well over a dozen times. He later recorded for Mercury Records and the Viking label of Crowley, Louisiana among others. That same year he recorded “Lonely Days, Lonely Nights” for the Jin label in Ville Platte, Louisiana. In 1958, he left Walker to form the Krazy Kats, and in doing so helped to pioneer what became known as swamp pop music. In 1956 he saw Elvis Presley perform live on the Louisiana hayride music program, and shortly afterwards Allan began to play rock and roll music. About two years later he switched to Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces, another traditional Cajun band. By the time he was thirteen he was playing with Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys, a traditional Cajun music band. He illustrates - both through words and photographs - the unique plants and animals of Florida's swamps and rivers, and demystifies the often bleak outlook of these natural habitats. ![]() His writing style is descriptive and captivating. In this abundantly illustrated book, naturalist and photographer Ron Larson offers. Allan, a Cajun, grew up in a musical family, and at the age of six obtained his first guitar. Ron Larson's 'Swamp Song' is an intriguing trip through Florida's back-wood ecosystems. Swamp Song is the story of a biologists romance with the environment. Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. Johnnie Allan was born on Main Rayne, Louisiana. Swamp Song: A Natural History of Floridas Swamps : Larson, Ronald J: : Books. ![]()
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