1-CD-Album Digipak (4-plated) with 60-page booklet, 34 tracks. Playing time approx. 82 mns

The complete OKeh/Columbia and Starday recordings of this classic Texas singer collected together for the first time, most from the original master tapes. Includes the version of Big Mamou that became a country-Cajun standard. Comes with four unissued OKeh sides, and two alternate takes from Starday masters. Contains a newly researched biography of Link Davis by Andrew Brown, with rare unpublished photos from the Link Davis family.

Link Davis began in the Fifties as a forward-looking white R&B singer and saxophonist, recording a storming version of Good Rockin' Tonight five years before Elvis Presley's supposedly ground-breaking attempt at the same song. Link Davis then morphed into a Cajun fiddler, scoring a big regional hit with the ancient-sounding waltz 'Big Mamou', which helped introduce America to Cajun music. By mid-decade, when rock 'n' roll came along and forced most of his country music friends into early retirement, Link Davis instead re-emerged as a born-again rocker, cutting some of his most memorable records.

Track Listing

• Big Mamou
• Pretty Little Dedon
• Lafayette Wedding
• Rice And Gravy Blues
• Chere Petite (Dear Little One)
• Port Arthur
• Lonely Heart
• Time Will Tell
• Mamou Waltz
• Hey, Garcon!
• Falling For You
• Gumbo Ya-Ya (Everybody Talks At Once)
• The Crawfish Crawl
• You're Little But You're Cute
• Mama Say No
• You Show Up Missing
• Everytime I Pass Your Door
• Cajun Love
• Kajalena
• Va t'cacher (Go Hide Yourself)
• Sixteen Chicks
• Deep In The Heart Of A Fool
• Don't Big Shot Me
• Grasshopper Rock
• Trucker From Tennessee
• Bayou Buffalo
• Would You Be Waiting
• Slippin' And Slidin' Sometimes
• Allons A Lafayette
• Waltz Of The Jambalaya
• Big Coonie (Two-Step)

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 82 mins

Release Date: 02/27/09

UPC: 4000127165237