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Music Enterprises Inc/Crazy Cajun Music has been producing and publishing hits since the 1960's. https://shopcrazycajun.printful.me/

Vintage Crazy Cajun recordings from the 60s, 70s, and 80s by the artists Barbara Lynn, Doug Sahm, BJ Thomas, Tommy McLain, Roy Head, Jimmy Donley, Delbert McClinton, Oscar Perry, Ronnie Milsap, and more.

30/10/2025

KICKING OFF OUR WEEKEND MIX EARLY FOR THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND—POSTING A DAY LATE FOR OUR WOMEN OF THE GULF COAST 🕯️🎃 - LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

Heads up: we’re sharing two YouTube vault videos we have not re-issued yet—be on the lookout for upcoming reissues of “Grave Yard Creep” by James Duhon and “Jezebel Gables” by Joey Long.

📼 Throwback Thursday videos:
• James Duhon — “Grave Yard Creep” → https://buff.ly/RLfDP59
• Joey Long — “Jezebel Gables” → https://buff.ly/UIt1bac

Our Early Weekend Playlist (Spotify + Apple) isn’t strictly spooky—it’s stitched together by film cues, song titles, and musical DNA. From Gulf Coast grooves to silver-screen nods, it’s the perfect lead-in to Halloween. Plus, the playlist threads multiple versions of “Marie Laveau”—from Bobby Bare’s country hit to Dr. Hook’s rowdy take and Dr. John’s NOLA spin—same legend, three different styles.

✨ Centerpiece: Galveston’s own Esther Phillips casting the spell with “Mo Jo Hannah” (1964)—voodoo groove, Gulf Coast soul. A Gulf Coast queen who moved effortlessly through R&B, blues, and country-soul, Esther turned hoodoo into a hook—and we’re here for it.

🔗 Listen to the Early Weekend Playlist (film/title/music connections):
• Spotify: https://buff.ly/ZSAnaS5
• Apple Music: https://buff.ly/a78rvIs

Today's mix connects those waters: Esther’s spell, “Grave Yard Creep,” and “Jezebel Gables” straight from the Crazy Cajun vaults.

28/10/2025

TRIVIA TUESDAY -

Which two Beaumont-born brothers—both albino and Gulf Coast icons—saw one score a No. 1 rock instrumental in 1973 while the other reignited Muddy Waters’ career with Grammy-winning

Answer:
Edgar Winter & Johnny Winter.
Edgar’s “Frankenstein” (WATCH FOR THIS ON OUR HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST COMING UP) hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1973) and he also led The Edgar Winter Group (“Free Ride”).
Johnny became a blues-guitar powerhouse and produced Muddy Waters’ celebrated late-’70s comeback records, earning Grammy-winning acclaim and reviving Muddy’s profile.

Sources: Billboard charts; Museum of the Gulf Coast; Texas State Historical Assoc.; GRAMMY.com; Rolling Stone obituaries/features.

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Photo - Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas

27/10/2025

Memory Lane Monday: One song, a hundred lives.

We’re spotlighting Doug Sahm’s classic “She’s About a Mover”—born with the Sir Douglas Quintet and reborn again and again by stars and sleepers, on stages and in studios, in English, Spanish, German…and more. This playlist stitches together covers, live takes, remakes, and deep-cut versions—from the swagger of Texas dancehalls to globe-trotting spins you might’ve never heard.

Hit play, save it for later, and tell us which version moves you most—the original groove, the Roy Head burner, or a left-field favorite from your memories. We’re here for the surprises.

🎧 Play it now via our Crazy Cajun playlists:
Spotify - https://buff.ly/ZaMS1Pp

Apple - https://buff.ly/fXkldZw

(always remember you can find our playlists on our website - MusicEnterprisesInc.com)

💬 Drop your favorite cut (and the story behind it) in the comments—bonus points for concert memories and radio first-hears.

25/10/2025

I missed Freddy Fender Friday yesterday, but here’s one just in time for the weekend. 🎧

We’re spinning Duster — the official playlist from the Max TV series.

Fun fact: while “She’s About a Mover” was first cut by Sir Douglas Quintet (1965), the version you’ll hear in Duster is Roy Head’s 1970 ABC/Dunhill cover—and Freddy Fender also recorded “She’s About a Mover,” so it’s perfect for Freddy Fender Friday .

How many different versions of She's About a Mover have you heard. Let us know some of your favorite versions - Was it Loretta and Conway, Sir Doug, Freddy, Steve Earle, Ringo Starr? Speak up and be heard.

TUNE IN MONDAY TO CAST YOUR VOTE ON YOUR FAVORITE VERSION!
Watch for the She's About A Mover: 1965- Present playlist

In the meantime, hit play and enjoy the ride with the Duster Official Playlist with Roy Head. Or tune in to the series on MAX, Episode 6 to hear this version. There is enough to get you through the weekend!
🔗 Spotify: https://buff.ly/m4HyvYO

23/10/2025

Throwback Thursday

Backstage magic ✨ — Freddy Fender & Bernadette Peters sharing a moment in the mid-’70s.

Photo credit: Unknown (please message if you can help us credit the photographer).

Here’s the fun tie-in: we teased this pairing in our Weekly Work+Play Mix with Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat’s “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun (1999 revival) — did you guess who today’s Throwback Thursday would include? 🎭🎶

Context note: Freddy & Bernadette appeared on the same episode of Dinah! (Dinah Shore) on Sept. 16, 1975 — right in this timeframe.

22/10/2025

Women of the Gulf Coast Wednesday 🌊🎙 — Trudy Lynn (Fifth Ward, Houston)

Born Lee Audrey Nelms, Houston’s own Trudy Lynn grew up in Fifth Ward and lit up Gulf Coast stages with a church-trained, soul-blues voice. When a Lufkin club called her to the mic in the ’60s, she grabbed a new moniker on the spot—“Trudy”—and paired it with “Lynn,” inspired by hitmakers Gloria Lynne and Barbara Lynn.

Soon after, she worked in the orbit of producer Huey P. Meaux (the “Crazy Cajun”), cutting sides like “Love Is a Strange Thing” and a recut of “I’m a Believer,” with tracks surfacing on the Crazy Cajun compilation Big City Nights (1978).

Decades on, Lynn remains a Texas treasure—her album Royal Oaks Blues Café even topped Billboard’s Top Blues Albums.

Check her out on this weeks Weekly Work+Play Mix
Apple: https://buff.ly/pHLT7xU
Spotify: https://buff.ly/CIVMC16
IG: Link in Description

MEI/Crazy Cajun note: We’ll be reissuing this local lady—stay tuned for dates and links.
🎧 Starter picks: “Come to Mama,” “I’ll Run Your Hurt Away,” cuts from Royal Oaks Blues Café
📍 From: Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas

Sources:
Trudy Lynn — Official Bio; Houston Chronicle; American Blues Scene; Making A Scene & Blues Blast Magazine; Houston Press

21/10/2025

Trivia Tuesday and Weekly Work+Play Mix:

From San Antonio squeezebox to stadium rock: which global icon brought Flaco Jiménez onto a Stones session—and what’s the song title he plays on?
Guess both, then flip to the next slide for the reveal.

Then, this week’s mix jumps from Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. — “You Can’t Change My Heart,” a Cate Brothers (Crazy Cajun) spotlight, our Flaco × Stones moment with “Sweethearts Together,” and Women of the Gulf Coast Wednesday: Trudy Lynn — plus a quirky curveball: Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat — “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun.
👀 Hint for Throwback Thursday: that last duet’s the clue. Reveal on Thursday.

Spotify - https://buff.ly/8hYWBEO

Apple - https://buff.ly/pHLT7xU

20/10/2025

🎶 Memory Lane Monday

Just a year before that 1977 Crazy Cajun issue, the brothers had written “Can’t Change My Heart”—cut for their 1975 Cate Bros. debut on Asylum Records.

The song’s deep-soul pulse caught the ear of Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., who re-recorded it as “You Can’t Change My Heart” for their 1976 Columbia album I Hope We Get to Love in Time (Columbia PC 34199).

That crossover carried the Cate’s Gulf-South songwriting into national R&B radio rotation—proof that Huey Meaux’s Texas-Arkansas pipeline was still feeding the mainstream.

From CCLP-1025 to Columbia’s charts, the same Crazy Cajun spirit kept beating—heart first, always.

🎧 The Cate Brothers - Spotify - https://buff.ly/TW73vSg
The Cate Brothers - Apple - https://buff.ly/FAjcaet

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. - YouTube - https://buff.ly/qOnWALl

17/10/2025

🎶Save & share if you’re vibing with the set. 🎶

Starting off the weekend with a recap of this week’s artists—plus last week’s “mystery man,” Jerry LaCroix. We also included a few friends of Crazy Cajun who were mentioned this week but didn’t record for the label (e.g., Burt Reynolds).

(Note: on some cuts Jerry isn’t the lead—he’s co-lead, backing vocals, or on sax/flute.)

Spotify- https://buff.ly/TsvAu5L
Apple- https://buff.ly/CpIvqzP

• “Give It Everything You Got” — Edgar Winter’s White Trash — White Trash–era burner with LaCroix on co-lead vocals and horns.
• “Look Up to the Sky” — Blood, Sweat & Tears — 1974 BST lineup track showcasing LaCroix on vocals/sax.
• “Fly Away” — Edgar Winter’s White Trash — Gospel-tinged R&B rocker co-written and sung by LaCroix.
• “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” — The Boogie Kings — Gulf-Coast blue-eyed soul standard from the LaCroix front-line years.
• “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” — Freddy Fender — Signature ballad that became a crossover classic.
• “Let’s Do Something Cheap and Superficial” — Burt Reynolds — Reynolds steps to the mic on a Smokey and the Bandit II soundtrack cut.
• “If You’re Ever in Texas” — Freddy Fender — Crossover ballad featuring Tracey Balin on background vocals.
• “Talk to Me” — Freddy Fender — Smooth country-pop spin on a South Texas favorite.
• “I Don’t Want to Be Lonely” — Freddy Fender — Tender deep cut with countrypolitan polish.
• “Childhood 1949” — Burt Reynolds — Spoken-sung memoir piece from his album Ask Me What I Am.

Follow Music Enterprises Inc. for more Gulf Coast stories, rare cuts, and weekly spotlights.

16/10/2025

🎶 Throwback Thursday🎶

Freddy Fender on The Tonight Show — August 7, 1975 — the same night Burt Reynolds guested (with Don Meredith filling in as guest host). Fresh off “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” topping the charts, Freddy brought that Gulf Coast heart to late-night America and won a whole new wave of fans.

*Photo credit currently unknown — if you shot this or know who did, please let us know so we can add proper credit.

Sources:
• Official episode list (Aug 7, 1975: Don Meredith guest-host; guests Burt Reynolds; musical guest Freddy Fender performing “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” and “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”). Wikipedia

15/10/2025

Women of the Gulf Coast 🌊🎶

Tracey Balin — a Texas vocalist from the Crazy Cajun family — cut a string of late-’70s sides that blend Gulf Coast soul, country, and pop polish. Working out of the Houston scene that Huey P. Meaux helped ignite, Tracey stepped from the background mics to center stage with Crazy Cajun releases like Standin’ on a Mountain Top and Love Me Tonight, showcasing a warm, expressive tone that sits right in the pocket of the Gulf Coast sound.

Before those solo sides, you could hear Tracey supporting Freddy Fender in the mid-’70s SugarHill era — listen for her harmonies on:
“Secret Love” (1975) — Apple Music: https://buff.ly/QOfErFK
“Living It Down” (1976) — Amazon Music: https://buff.ly/p1U9qir
"Living It Down" (1976) - Apple Music: https://buff.ly/5W4bx5V

Her voice threads through those records with the kind of feel that defined Houston’s studios in that period — soulful, conversational, and quietly powerful.

✨ Good news: a re-issue of Tracey Balin’s Crazy Cajun albums is coming. Stay tuned here for release details and links as we bring these sides back to streaming.

Follow Music Enterprises Inc. for more Gulf Coast stories & sounds — the women, the songs, and the studios that shaped them.

14/10/2025

🎶 Crazy Cajun Trivia Tuesday — where Gulf Coast stories come alive. **Bonus Trivia Today! See Below!

Which artist covered Barbara Lynn’s 1962 hit “You’ll Lose a Good Thing”?

Barbara Lynn, a trailblazing guitarist and singer from Beaumont, Texas, made history in 1962 with her self-penned hit “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.” The song climbed to the top of the R&B charts and into the Billboard Hot 100, marking one of the earliest national hits written and performed by a Black female guitarist.
Two years later, Aretha Franklin recorded her own version of the song in 1964, bringing it into her soulful repertoire during the early stages of her rise. While Franklin would soon become the “Queen of Soul,” Barbara Lynn’s original remained a landmark in Gulf Coast R&B history and inspired countless artists.

Source: Billboard R&B archives; music histories on Barbara Lynn and Aretha Franklin.

**BONUS TRIVIA- Did you know Barbara Lynn has a street named after her in Beaumont Texas!

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