Doug Kershaw
Douglas James "Doug" Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.
Early life
Born in an unincorporated community called Tiel Ridge in Cameron Parish, Kershaw did not learn English until the age of eight. By that time, he had mastered the fiddle, which he played from the age of five, and was on his way to teaching himself to play 28 instruments. His first gig was at a local bar, the Bucket of Blood, where he was accompanied by his mother on guitar.
Kershaw became interested in Cajun music during parties his parents would host on the family's houseboat in Louisiana, where he first heard Cajun bands playing the music.
"Doug and Rusty"
Doug grew up surrounded by Cajun fiddle and accordion music. After teaching his brother, Rusty, to play guitar, he formed a band, the Continental Playboys, with Rusty and older brother Nelson "Peewee" Kershaw in 1948. With the departure of Peewee from the group, in the early 1950s, Rusty & Doug continued to perform as a duo. In 1955, when Kershaw was nineteen, he and Rusty performed on the Louisiana Hayride KWKH radio broadcast in Shreveport, Louisiana. The two were so popular that they were invited to perform at the WWVA Jamboree (later renamed Jamboree U.S.A.), in Wheeling, West Virginia.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield (published in June 1937 by Harper & Brothers).
A remake of the film was released in 1955 under the name The Rains of Ranchipur.
The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, and Maria Ouspenskaya.
Plot
The story centers on the redemption of its lead female character. George Brent is Tom Ransome, an artist who leads a rather dissolute if socially active life in the town of Ranchipur. His routine is shattered with the arrival of his former lover, Lady Edwina Esketh (Myrna Loy) who has since married the elderly Lord Esketh (Nigel Bruce). Lady Edwina first sets out to seduce, then gradually falls in love with, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power) who represents the "new India."
Ranchipur is devastated by an earthquake, which causes a flood, which causes a cholera epidemic. Lord Esketh dies and Lady Esketh renounces her hedonistic life in favor of helping the sick alongside Major Safti. Unfortunately, she becomes infected and dies, making it possible for Safti to become the ruler of a kingdom that he will presumably reform. In the course of the story, a missionary's daughter, Fern Simon (Brenda Joyce), and Ransome also fall in love.
The Rains Came (song)
"The Rains Came" is a single by American country music artist Freddy Fender. Released in 1977, it was the third single from his album Rock 'n' Country. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
Chart performance
References
Podcasts:
Doug Kershaw
ALBUMS
- Swamp Grass / Douglas James Kershaw released: 2007
- Hot Diggidy Doug released: 2000
- The Crazy Cajun Recordings released: 1998
- Cajun Greats released: 1995
- The Best of Doug Kershaw released:
Swamp Grass / Douglas James Kershaw
Released 2007- Louisiana Woman
- Louisiana Man
- Isn't That About the Same
- Can't Wait Till Tomorrow
- Swamp Grass
- From a Little Flirt Comes a Big Hurt
- Take Me Back to Mama
- Zacharia
- Vicki Brown
- (Ain't Gonna Get Me Down) Till I Hit the Ground
- Cajun Funk
- The Best Years of My Life
- Mardi Gras
- Willie's Shades
- Play That Old Sweet Song Again
- You're Gonna Be Impressed
- Tricks
- You'd Best Believe You've Heard
- A Song Called Jeannie
- I Had a Good Woman But She Married Lawrence
- Louisiana Love Song
The Crazy Cajun Recordings
Released 1998- Hey Mae
- It Takes All Day (To Get Over Night)
- Down South in New Orleans
- Hold Me Tight
- Mendocino
- Cash on Hand
- Mama and Papa Waltz
- Juke Box Songs
- Hippy Tie-O
- You Done Me Wrong
- Bad Moon Rising
- Real Ole Cajun Me
- Sweet Genevieve
- The Rains Came
- The Town's Romeo
- We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight
- Wichita Wildcat Man
- Louisiana Sun
- Mistakes by the Numbers
- The Sooner You Go I Can Cry
- Slow Cajun Waltz
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Cajun Stripper
by: Doug KershawSay child have you seen the Bourbon Street queen
She's feeling it revealing it down in New Orleans that
Cajun Stripper queen
Dance dance dance little stripper dance while the music's
Dance dance dance little queenie do give it all you've
She's got what it takes to drive you insane
She'll show you things like you ain't never seen that
little cajun queen
So dance dance dance little stripper...
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She doesn't undress like all of the rest
She kicks off her shoes when she feels the blues the
Cajun Stripper blues
So dance dance dance little stripper...
If would you go down to that cajun town
Tell her that I said to let her hair hang down and show
you round the town