Music

In this album, I wanted to include a variety of the types of music that I enjoy. I’ve included my cover of several Classic Country songs along with a couple in the Swamp Pop style, as well as Blues, Texas Swing, Bluegrass, and even New Orleans Jazz. Six of these are my original songs. One of them appears twice, but was arranged in two different styles. I have also included 5 Bonus tracks from previous sessions.

This album is also kind of a family project because in addition to my vocals and production, my son Aaron Landry did all the design and technical work on the album artwork, while my grandson, Josh Landry, recorded and mixed the songs. Both of them have done outstanding work on this project. Also, my friend Wayne Freeman did a great job on several of the musical arrangements. Hope you enjoy listening.

• The Way I Am (2:59) James Throckmorton
• Another Place, Another Time (2:27) Jerry Chestnut
• Her Name Is…. (2:22) Bobby Braddock
• All of Me (3:26) S. Simons & G. Marks
• A Girl With A Tractor (Swing) (2:54) Lynn Landry
• Mustard Greens Blues (3:41) Lynn Landry
• Maypop of Tennessee (2:44) Lynn Landry
• Eventually (4:14) Lynn Landry
• Don’t Turn Your Back On Me , Baby (2:57) Lynn Landry
• The Possum (2:50) Lynn Landry
• A Girl With A Tractor (N. O. Jazz) (2:54) Lynn Landry
• Your Country Ain’t Country No More (3:25) Jess Wade
• Think It Over (2:38) Huey P. Meaux
• I Want To Be With You Always (3:02) L. Frizzell & J. Beck
• Stop The World (And Let Me Off) (2:48) C. Belew & W. S. Stevenson
• Wine Into Water (3:47) T. G. Brown, B. Burch & T. Hewitt

Bonus Tracks

• Together Again (2:38) Buck Owens
• Big City (2:56) M. Haggard & D. Holloway
• Your Cheating Heart (2:42) Hank Williams, Sr.
• Does Fort Worth Ever Change Your Mind (3:14) Sanger & Darlene Shafer
• There’s A Tear In My Beer (3:22) Hank Williams, Sr.

is no stranger to the music stage. By the age of 20, this singer-songwriter organized his band and was performing country and swamp pop (old rock & roll) for parties, events, shows, and nightclubs. Within a year, Lynn and his band were opening shows for such country music stars as Lefty Frizzell, Tex Ritter, and Conway Twitty. Since 2005, Lynn has been singing and telling “almost true” Cajun stories at family-oriented Opry shows across East Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. To date, Lynn has released six albums containing a combination of country, swamp pop, ballads, gospel, and original songs. This album features some of Lynn’s best selections.

• 1. Here In The Real World (3:35) M. Irwin
• 2. Six Days On The Road (2:22) C. Montgo
• 3. The Bayou (3:40) Lynn Landry
• 4. Big Boss Man (3:24) Al Smith, Luther Di
• 5. The Roux Song (2:58) Lynn Landry
• 6. Sparkle (3:26) Lynn Landry
• 7. Tear In My Beer (3:22) Hank Williams
• 8. Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile (3:55) J. Cunn
• 9. Daddy’s Girl (3:03) Lynn Landry
• 10. For A Minute There (2:31) J. Foster, W. F
• 11. Right Or Wrong (2:09) A. Sizemore, H.
• 12. Wasted Days And Wasted Nights (3:14) T. Duncan, W. M.
• 13. My Cajun Girl (2:37) G. Freeman, D. Free,
• 14. Hello Josephine (2:44) D. Bartholomew, A. Domino
• 15. Don’t Open My Coffin (3:42) Lynn Landry
• 16. Me And A Bottle Of Mad Dog (2:53) Lynn Landry
• 17. Saginaw, Michigan (3:13) B. Anderson, D. Wayne
• 18. Mathilda (3:24) T. Khoury
• 19. I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (3:44) Billy Joe Shaver
• 20. Can’t Even Walk (Without You Holding My Hand) (3:59) C. Craft, J. Craft

Sundown was a 4-piece band that played country music, swamp pop, and old rock & roll across South Louisiana from 1974 through 1980.

The band members frequently changed during this time, with the exception of Lynn Landry, who was the band’s manager. The recordings on the album associated with this text were made with a portable reel-to-reel recorder at Coupe’s Country Lounge in Prairieville, LA, in 1976 and at a wedding reception in 1980. The recordings have not been altered.

1. Borrowed Angel (3:54) M. Street
2. Blue Suede Shoes (2:05) | C. Perkins
3. If I’d Left It Up To You (3:56) | M. Haggard
4. Hello Mary Lou (3:00) Pitney, Margiaracina
5. All These Things (4:05) | N. Neville
6. They All Asked For You Audubon Zoo (4:13) | Moiste, Miller
7. Born To Lose Daffan
8. You Never Even Call Me By My Name (3:51) | Goodman
9. Waltz Across Texas (3:24) | T. Tobi
10. Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You (3:30) | Akines, Belimon
11. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (3:00) F. Rose
12. Daydreams About Night Things (3:27) J. Schweers
13. Nothing Takes The Place Of You (4:50) Mc. Call, Robinson
14. Wichita Jail (2:41) C. Daniels
15. Help Me Make It Through The Night (3:20) | K. Krinioffersin
16. Bamblin’ Man (4:29) | B. Blits
17. He Stopped Loving Her Today (4:16) Braddock, Phipman
18. The Door Is Always Open (2:49) B. Mc Gee, Dell
19. From A Jack To King (2:18) Ned Miller
20. Proud Mary (3:09) | John C. Fogerty
21. Boogie James (3:44) James Aisa

If only one person hears this album and is moved by God through it, by just one song, one phrase, or one word, to the point that they turn to Jesus Christ, for help, guidance and salvation, then its purpose will have been fulfilled. We were truly blessed by producing it. To God be the glory.

1. I Can’t Even Walk – 3:59 (Colbert Croft, Joyce Croft)
2. Shallow Water – 3:32 (Tom Kimmel)
3. Uncloudy Day – 4:39 (Willie Nelson)
4. Amazing Grace – 3:40 (Traditional, PD, arrg by Travis Hatcher)
5. Lonesome Valley – 3:48 (A. P. Carter)
6. Judge Not – 2:54 (Lynn P. Landry, BMI)
7. Walk With Me Jesus – 3:03 (Lynn P. Landry, BMI)
8. I Saw The Light – 2:47 (Hank Williams, Sr.)
9. If We Never Meet Again – 1:58 (Albert E. Brumley)
10. I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal – 3:44 (Billy Joe Shaver)

I have been writing songs since I was a teenager. And with each song came the same dream of someday recording them. But while waiting year after year for that opportunity to come, the songs were stored in a folder tucked away in a drawer, with new songs being added occasionally through the years. There were songs about love, loneliness, depression, eating, drinking, unfaithfulness, joy, living, dying, bayous, houses, levees, pickup trucks, Time and Tears, and nearly everything else.

Then, in the spring of 2011, because of the terrible floods occurring across the nation, I decided to record and release a single song that I had written about flooding, “The Bayou”, and send it to radio stations across the South and Midwest. It was then that I met Travis Hatcher, an amazingly talented young production engineer with Henry Broussard at Broussard Studio. I was very impressed with his work on this song, in fact, so impressed that decided to record another song; then another, and after working together for a few months, Travis had brought 16 of my songs to life, and we had become close friends. All 16 songs are included on this album. But even with the release of this album, my folder is still full of songs, waiting to be recorded, and I’m still writing.

Thanks to God, my wife Janis, Travis, Henry and Aaron for making this album happen.

All of the songs contained in this album were written by Lynn Landry over a span of many years written during good times and bad. Contained in this collection are 12 country music songs along with BONUS songs with a Swamp Pop/Cajun theme:

1. The Bayou (3:40)
2. Good and Stoned (3:36)
3. House of Loneliness (3:36)
4. Without You (3:33)
5. Fifty Miles (2:33)
6. As Long As We Can Both Be Free (3:05)
7. Don’t Open My Coffin (3:42)
8. Me and A Bottle of Mad-Dog (2:53)
9. Sparkle (3:26)
10. The Only Difference Now (3:20)
11. Daddy’s Girl (3:03)
12. I’m Alright (3:29)
    
    BONUS: SWAMP POP/CAJUN SELECTIONS:
13. Still Waiting (3:10)
14. Behind the Levee (2:55)
15. When the Dance Is Over (3:37)
16. The Roux Song (2:58)

Lynn Landry sang Swamp Pop and Country Music publicly from 1967 through 1985 in night clubs, at parties and on shows and special events all around South Louisiana. Since returning to singing in 2005, Lynn has done primarily Country Music shows in East Texas and Louisiana. This album marks Lynn’s return to Swamp Pop music, which is so loved and requested in South Louisiana.

Special thanks to Charles Kirkland for making this album possible, to Al Jefferies for the exceptional guitar work and to Randy Richard for his great talent and tireless hours of work he put into this project.

1. I’m a Fool to Care (3:15) – A popular swamp pop song, notably covered by Joe Barry.
2. Big Boss Man (3:24) – A blues standard.
3. Pledging My Love (2:44) – Originally by Johnny Ace.
4. Hello Josephine (2:44) – A hit for Fats Domino.
5. Is it Wrong (For Loving You) (2:38)
6. The Promised Land (2:45) – Originally by Chuck Berry.
7. Matilda (3:24) – A swamp pop classic, often covered in medleys.
8. Let the Four Winds Blow (2:13) – Originally by Fats Domino.
9. Just Because (3:01)
10. Flip Flop & Fly (2:50) – A Big Joe Turner jump blues classic.
11. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (3:14) – Originally by Freddy Fender.

1. The Grand Tour – 2:54 (IN. Wilson, C. Taylor, G. Richey)
2. Right or Wrong – 2:09 (A. Sizemore, H. Gillespie, P. Diese)
3. Here in the Real World – 3:35 (M. Irwin, A. Jackson)
4. Anytime – 2:17 (H. Lawson)
5. I Need Somebody – 2:56 (B. Peters)
6. Look What Thoughts Will Do – 2:38 (L. Frizzell, J. Beck, D. Dickerson)
7. For A Minute There – 2:31 (J. Foster, W. Rice)
8. Slow Hand – 3:09 (M. Clark, J. Bettis)
9. I’ll Always Get Lucky With You – 3:20 (G. Church, F. Powers, T. Whitman)
10. Old Habits – 3:07 (W. Nelson, I. C. Talley)
11. Too Gone Too Long – 2:33

1. Six Days on the Road (2:22)
2. Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile (3:55)
3. (When You Feel Like Your in Love) Don’t Just Stand There (2:26)
4. I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair (2:48)
5. Going Where the Lonely Go (3:52)
6. Saganaw, Michigan (3:13)
7. Remember Me (When the Candlelights are Gleaming) (3:03)
8. My Cajun Girl (2:37)
9. Cowboy Boots (2:13)
10. Blue Kentucky Girl (2:37)
11. Under Your Spell Again (2:40)