Bayou Ruler
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| Bayou Ruler | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Cajun | |||
| Label | Rounder[1] | |||
| Producer | C.C. Adcock, Tarka Cordell | |||
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Bayou Ruler is an album by the American band Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, released in 1998.[2][3] A couple of its English-language songs were regional hits, although they proved controversial to some Cajun traditionalists.[4][5] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[6] "Let Me Know" was promoted to radio stations all over the United States, a rarity for a Cajun single.[7]
The album was produced by C.C. Adcock and Tarka Cordell.[8] The band continued to incorporate into their sound rock and blues styles; in their spare time the band listened more to rock than Louisiana music.[9][10] "Mama Told Papa" is a cover of the Clifton Chenier song.[11] "My True Love (Voyage d'amour)" is a cover of the Dewey Balfa tune; "je suis pas un couillon" is a cover of the Belton Richard song.[12][13] Jimmy Domengeaux played guitar on the album, his last with the band; he died in a motorcycle accident in January 1999.[14]
