8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Doug Kershaw is the best,
November 10, 1999 carol garcia (charainyta@aol.com) (usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best of Doug Kershaw (Audio CD)
I have listened to cajun music all of my 48 years. I still think Doug Kershaw is the best. He still gets my dancing shoes on.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
An OK Starting Place,
April 24, 2006 Audio Obscurica "Audio Obscurica" (Spectrum of Sound) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best of Doug Kershaw (Audio CD)
Doug Kershaw has issued many albums over the years, a few of which are starting to show up once again in reissues. Of all of those recordings available, what is truly the BEST of the BEST? This CD includes tracks like "Diggy Diggy Lo" from his debut, "The Cajun Way", but also includes lackluster items such as "Jambalaya" and Doug's 6th (that I know of) to date re-make of "Louisiana Man", which would have been better represented from the version on his debut. Doug's music in the early - mid 70's was little more than badly executed Nashville product, although proficiently played, sounded like the assembly line that the town's name conjures up. This is shown in cuts like "Hippy Ti Yo" and "Mama's Got The Know How", "Mamou Two-Step" is a nice, albeit untruthful cover of a tune (no, Doug did NOT write it, its a traditional tune), "You Don't Want My Love" and "Sally Jo" come from the album "Devil's Elbow", which should have been called "Doug Kershaw Records Other Famous People's Songs That...Read more
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This guy is good!,
February 19, 2000 Mike (Brentwood, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best of Doug Kershaw (Audio CD)
My sister bought me my first Doug Kershaw LP (Devil's Elbow) for my birthday back in the early '70s. She nor I had ever heard of him. She liked the album cover. I've been a fan ever since. This guy sings and plays like he means it! It's true, it's real, and it's damn good!
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