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What are the roots of swamp pop?

The Beverage Roots of Swamp Pop: Who Knew?

October 30, 2019 by: Jeff Hannusch

All around the world, Swamp Pop now refers to the style of rock ‘n’ roll which is strictly indigenous to Southwest Louisiana. The music rose to popularity in the late 1950s and 1960s, when Cajun and Creole teenagers traded in their accordions, fiddles and steel guitars in exchange for drums, saxophones and electric guitars. The distinctive genre, once aptly described a...

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