Label: Rhino/Flashback Records.
Release Date: June 18, 1996.
Recording Time: 31 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Releases: July 29, 1997 (Rhino Flashback), August 19, 1997 (Flashback Records).
Styles: Cajun, North American Traditions, Zydeco.
Cajun & Zydeco Classics is an excellent budget-line sampler of some of the biggest names in contemporary Cajun music, including Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Sidney, Boozoo Chavis, Beausoleil, and Queen Ida. Although the disc is brief, there are no weak tracks on the compilation and it offers a terrific introduction to the musical genre. - Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
Credits: Badeaux and the Louisiana Aces - primary artist; Dave Bartholomew - composer; Beausoleil - primary artist; Chuck Berry - composer; Buckwheat Zydeco - primary artist; Boozoo Chavis - primary artist; C.J. Chenier - primary artist; Fats Domino - composer; Ronda Geilman - project assistant; Johnnie Allan & The Krazy Kats - primary artist; Patrick Milligan - project assistant; Rocky Petralia - liner notes; Mark Pinkus - compilation producer; Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band - primary artist; Belton Richard - primary artist; Rockin' Sidney - primary artist; Jo-El Sonnier - primary artist; Traditional - composer.
Tracks: 1) My Toot-Toot - Rockin' Sidney; 2) Promised Land - Johnnie Allan & The Krazy Kats; 3) Tasso/McGee's Reel - Beausoleil; 4) Hot Tamale Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco; 5) Cajun Stripper - Belton Richard; 6) Jambalaya - Jo-El Sonnier; 7) My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes - C.J. Chenier; 8) My Girl Josephine - Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band; 9) Uncle Bud - Boozoo Chavis; 10) Back Door - Badeaux and the Louisiana Aces.