RIP Jo-El Sonnier

October 2, 1946 – January 13, 2024

Richard Thompson and Jo-El Sonnier performing "Tear Stained Letter" in 1990. ___________________ Tear Stained Letter Songwriter: Richard Thompson

It was three in the morning when she took me apart She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart She danced on my head like Arthur Murray The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry

Just when I thought I could learn to forget her Right through the door come a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well my head was beating like a song by The Clash It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy I went for the 'phone but the line was busy

Just when I thought that things would get better Right through the door come a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

Well I like coffee and I like tea But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives

Just when I think I could learn to forget her Right through the door come a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh love love Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter Oh, oh, oh Cry, cry if it makes you feel better Set it all down in a tear-stained letter

"If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again”

In Memoriam: Jo-El Sonnier (1946 - 2024)

Jo-El Sonnier (born Joel Sonnier; October 2, 1946 – January 13, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performed country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s. By the late 1980s, he had signed to RCA Records, breaking through with the Top Ten hits “No More…

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Jo-El Sonnier

Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s.

Idk if you guys knew it but the dracthyr dance goes perfectly to jo-el sonnier

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bud Abbott, Badly Drawn Boy, Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes), Victor Borge’s 1953 “Comedy in Music” premiere, Mahatma Gandhi, Moses Gunn, Richard Hell, Dave Holland, Freddie Jackson, the unsinkable Violet Jessop, Persis Kambatta, Chris LeDoux, Annie Leibowitz, George “Spanky” McFarland, Groucho Marx, Don McLean, Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels), the 1995 album WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY by Oasis (good to meet you Noel), Phillip Oakley (Human League), John Otway, Michael Rutherford, Jo-El Sonnier, my cousin Susan Stamm, Sting, Nat Turner, THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series (premiered 1959), Gillian Welch, Yokozuna, and the great British writer (journalist, novelist, screenwriter) Graham Greene. I cite him as a key influence on my lyrics, and I’ve read his novels repeatedly—many of which have been made into films (some more than once): The End of The Affair (1955, 1999), The Human Factor, the excellent Our Man in Havana (Alec Guinnes, Ernie Kovacs), The Quiet American (1958, 2002), The Power and The Glory (Henry Fonda), and the landmark film noirs This Gun for Hire (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake) and The Third Man (Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Wells + Anton Karas’s ironic zither music). 

Greene’s 67-year long career as as journalist took him to leper colonies, war zones, and odd “hot spots” around the world, along with spying for MI6 during World War II. These provided settings for his stories, exploring ambivalent ethical and political issues of the modern world, often through a Biblical lens that offered redemption to criminals and sinners while exposing the hypocrisies of moral superiors. I can find his imprints in several of my songs, but the most overt is “Unresolved—Graham Greene’s Script for Laurel & Hardy,” imagining if Greene had written a script for the comedy team of Laurel & Hardy (maybe echoing Greene’s late-in-life friendship with Charlie Chaplin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvBEVq0PSE Meanwhile, HB GG and thank you for your volumes of spiritually-informed writing and letting us be human. 

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Today’s compilation:

Louisiana Scrapbook 1987 Blues / R&B / Jazz / Brass Band

Well, the Rykodisc label really did try with this one. We've got a good mix of genres here from both established entities as well as up-and-comers to present a 1980s snapshot of one of the most musically unique and diverse places in all of America: the great state of Louisiana. Louisiana's a place that seemingly likes to put its own spin on any genre that it can get its hands on; New Orleans jazz is different from regular jazz, New Orleans R&B is different from regular R&B, etc., etc. And sure, every locality tends to develop its own sound when they build their own genre-specific scene, but Louisianan ones are often deserving of their own distinct category, because a lot of times what they pump out is not just a mere slight regional difference; it can tend to be damn near evolutionary. Go listen to people like Professor Longhair, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint if you need some convincing.

So, on this release you can find a blend of Louisianan styles, from blues, to R&B, to jazz, to brass band, and even a little zydeco too. A lot of it doesn't sound like music that could come from any other place in the world, but a lot of it also unfortunately happens to be cursed by the dreaded and soullessly sanitized 80s studio sound™ that hasn't aged well at all. It's a sound that you know when you hear it; one that somehow manages to suck almost all of the life out of almost all of the instruments that it captures; the warmth of the 70s completely dissipated in its midst. Of course, not every 80s song suffers from this malady, but there are a whole lot that do, and that rings true for most of the songs on this CD.

But when you're not in that stuffy studio, that's when it's good. And such is the case for the pair of live performances from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band that were recorded in Montreux, Switzerland. The DDBB ends up providing an excellent jazz-blues opener, and then for the album's penultimate track, a lighthearted medley that alternates between The Flintstones theme, "The Star Spangled Banner," and that military bugle wake-up song, "Reveille." Go ahead and make that silly thing a fixture of your 4th of July playlists, because as much as I find most "patriotic" music to be mindlessly eyeroll-inducing, that one's really just plain fun.

And don't sleep on Jo-El Sonnier's "Louisiana Blues" either. It's recorded in studio, but dude's got a good voice and he plays both accordion and harmonica on it. Plus, there's a nice soft touch of steel guitar on there as well.

Really love what so much of the 80s had to offer, but we also need to have a conversation about all the songs that it managed to mar. Not even the uniqueness of Louisiana could really overcome it 😔.

Highlights:

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - "Mardi Gras In New Orleans" Jo-El Sonnier - "Louisiana Blues" The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - "The Flintstones Meets the President (Meets The Dirty Dozen)"

Jo-El Sonnier - Jambalaya [Cajun]

Jo-El Sonnier - Jambalaya [Cajun] https://youtu.be/pzyVp9ABkWM Submitted May 09, 2024 at 11:01AM by Chebelea https://ift.tt/dR4bCw6 via /r/Music

jo-el sonnier died back in january? i picked up an old LP of his by chance a few weeks back

Antonio Velardo shares: Jo-El Sonnier, Who Sparked a Revival of Cajun Music, Dies at 77 by Bill Friskics-Warren

By Bill Friskics-Warren An accordion virtuoso and a gifted vocalist, he scored country hits in the 1980s by putting a Cajun spin on songs like Richard Thompson’s “Tear-Stained Letter.” Published: January 26, 2024 at 09:42AM from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/ThsOm6e via IFTTT

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RIP Jo-El Sonnier

Jo-El Sonnier - Have A Little Faith -1989; Jo-El Sonnier - Tears of Joy -1991; Jo-El Sonnier - Where's That Music Coming From -2010; Bruce Daigrepont - Bienvenue dand le Sud de la Louisiane; Waylon Thibodeaux - In Jackson Square -1999; Waylon Thibodeaux - Papa Thibodeaux -2006; Geno Delafose - That's What I'm Talkin' About -1996; Clifton Chenier - I'm Here -1982.

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I found this on NewsBreak: Grammy-Winning Country Singer Dead at 77 After Receiving Standing Ovation at Final Performance

I found this on NewsBreak: Grammy-Winning Country Singer Dead at 77 After Receiving Standing Ovation at Final Performance

Jo El Sonnier Cause Of Death? How Did American Singer-Songwriter And Accordionist Die?