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Folk music from Northwest Louisiana (1928-2019)
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Compiled in October 2026 for Highland Hasbeens, volume 2, issue 2, winter 2026, theme: Folk.

Folk music comes in a variety of styles…old-time, regional sounds, non-commercial, non-professional, singer-songwriters, field recordings, topical songs, protest songs, work songs, sacred songs, etc. Here’s music by folks from Shreveport and Northwest Louisiana. More details at shreveportsongs.blogspot.com/2...-louisiana.html

THE CADDO PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA Two Morning Dance Songs (Canyon, 1976)

TAYLOR-GRIGGS LOUISIANA MELODY MAKERS Sweet Rose of Heaven (Victor, 1928)

RAMBLIN' THOMAS Poor Boy Blues (Paramount, 1929)

LEAD BELLY Fannin Street (Musicraft, 1939)

AUSTIN BARTLEY Shreveport Journal news cry (1940)

LARRY BAMBURG Boil Them Cabbage Down (circa 1956)

LOUISIANA HAYRIDE Theme and JOHNNY HORTON John Henry (1957)

ARNIE CARVER John Kennedy Ballad (Carver, 1964)

MAMA CASS [with JAMES BURTON on dobro] Talkin' To Your Toothbrush (Dunhill, 1968)

UPWARD BOUND Knockin' on Heaven's Door (U. B. Productions, circa 1974)

ESSIE LEE HAYES I'm Working For The Lord (Custom Sound, circa 1975)

VICTORIA WILLIAMS Harry Went to Heaven (Atlantic, 1994)

DYLAN LEBLANC If Time Was For Wasting (Rough Trade, 2010)

AIRHEART And I Want To (2012)

CONGREGATION AT THE FUNERAL OF REV. ELBERT GILES I Know the Lord Will Answer Prayers (2019)

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Two Morning Dance Songs (Canyon, 1976) – THE CADDO PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA
Sweet Rose of Heaven (Victor, 1928) – TAYLOR-GRIGGS LOUISIANA MELODY MAKERS
Poor Boy Blues (Paramount, 1929) – RAMBLIN' THOMAS
Fannin Street (Musicraft, 1939) – LEAD BELLY
Shreveport Journal news cry (1940) – AUSTIN BARTLEY
Boil Them Cabbage Down (circa 1956) – LARRY BAMBURG
John Henry (1957) – LOUISIANA HAYRIDE Theme and JOHNNY HORTON
John Kennedy Ballad (Carver, 1964) – ARNIE CARVER
Talkin' To Your Toothbrush (Dunhill, 1968) – MAMA CASS [with JAMES BURTON on dobro]
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (U. B. Productions, circa 1974) – UPWARD BOUND
I'm Working For The Lord (Custom Sound, circa 1975) – ESSIE LEE HAYES
Harry Went to Heaven (Atlantic, 1994) – VICTORIA WILLIAMS
If Time Was For Wasting (Rough Trade, 2010) – DYLAN LEBLANC
And I Want To (2012) – AIRHEART
I Know the Lord Will Answer Prayers (2019) – CONGREGATION AT THE FUNERAL OF REV. ELBERT GILES

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