Swamp blues, a minor but interesting genre, originated in the Baton Rouge area where musicians like Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, Lonesome Sundown, and Lazy Lester developed a unique, rocking, Cajun-influenced blues style, captured after 1948 on Excello records. It appealed particularly to British rockers of the 1960s (the Rolling Stones covered Harpo's "I'm a King Bee," for instance, and the Kinks recorded Lazy Lester's "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter") and eventually contributed to the development of zydeco. Among the few surviving exemplars is "swamp boogie queen" Katie Webster. Our selection comes from Lazy Lester's Harp & Soul album, titled "Alligator Shuffle" and available on King Snake Records. (AU Format) (Real Audio Format) SC Music Home | Black Gospel | Black Spiritual | Bluegrass | Boogie-Woogie | Cajun | Country and Western | Delta Blues | Dixieland Jazz | Folk | Piedmont Blues | Ragtime | Rhythm & Blues | Rockabilly | Shape Note | Southern Rock | Soul | Swamp Blues | Texas Blues | White Spiritual | Zydeco