This is the second in a series of releases intent on drawing attention to an overlooked genre of South Louisiana music—C&W. The tracks here date from the 1960s and 1970s and were strictly South Louisiana jukebox hits, most which never sold more than a few hundred singles. The themes of the material here is familiar—drinking, cheating, falling in love, drinking, truckers, loneliness and drinking. Like its Nashville counterpart. fiddles and steel guitars are prevalent, but in swamp country, occasionally an accordion takes the solo or a French lyrics are included. There are some familiar names here such as Jimmy C. Newman, Don Rich and Johnnie Allan, but there are also many unknowns including Johnny Webb, Debbie Folse and John Bult. Among the highlights here are Norman Wade’s “May You Never Be Alone”—what a classic country voice this guy has—and the tragic “Julie’s 16th Birthday” by John Bult, a song about a deadbeat getting a load on and killing his daughter in a head-on collision. It might be tempting to say that that swamp country was merely a parody of the music coming out of Nashville, but these South Louisiana cats sang with a lot of passion. This may not be the most innovative music, but it’s certainly authentic and great country music.