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Vinyl: Nat Couty &t Braves WOODPECKER ROCK 7"45 '58 rockabilly grail FOX 101 original

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Record: Very Good Plus (VG+) Looks and plays strong VG+ or Better Cover: Generic Labels: a couple of blemishes but no writing or stickers Nat Couty & the Braves Woodpecker Rock / Won't You Come Along With Me 1958 United States Fox 101 7" Stereo Single SB-15619

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The Braves ?– Woodpecker Rock / Won't You Come Along With Me Label: Fox (14) ?– NO. 101 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1958 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly Tracklist A Woodpecker Rock B Won't You Come Along With Me Credits Vocals, Written-By – Nat Couty Written-By – L. LaCour*

Nat Couty &t Braves WOODPECKER ROCK 7"45 '58 rockabilly grail FOX 101 original "My father Nathaniel Couty Jr., born in Natchez, Louisiana on October 6, 1934, he moved to Chicago when he was a child with his parents, Eleanor and Nathaniel, Sr. Couty. My father is a downright southerner and spoke with a twang all of his life. He was married twice the first marriage I don't know too much about but he had three sons and a daughter. I only met my half sister at my father's funeral. Her name is Denise Couty. Dad met my mother in 1964 and they were married a year later. My mother Jovita Couty had three children, Eric Couty, Renee Couty Phillips and Yvette Couty. He met my mother while playing in a band at a local bar. He played guitar and wrote many of his own songs. He loved to fish and hunt and did regularly when we were younger. He taught me how to play the guitar, shoot craps and bait a hook! He rode horses as well and had a love for animals. We owned so many dogs as a kid and rabbits and birds. My father, when he was younger, raised and raced homing pigeons. My parents divorced in 1973. We lost touch for a long time and then we became friends again when I was 16 years old. I never lost touch with him since. He was a wonderful man who made many friends, all who met him instantly liked him and he loved to tell stories and jokes all the time. He was always known by the nickname Coty! and all knew him by his black Stetson cowboy hat and black cowboy boots that he wore everyday and you never seen him without wearing them. His wishes before he died was to be buried with them. The last year my father was alive he was very ill. He had a stroke in 1999 and I had moved to Florida with my family I moved back later that year to help him. We found he had stomach cancer as well. My father passed away in his sleep, he had a massive heart attack and we found him on September 9, 2000, two days later. He was cremated at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Forest Park and we had a memorial service on September 12, 2000, at St. Benedict's Church. His last wishes were to also travel back to Louisiana and be buried there. I still have his ashes with me as well as his hat and boots, I must one day make the trip to bury him where he wanted to have his final resting place. It was hard for me when my father passed away, he is the only one who I was very close to that died. I miss him dearly and his memories will always be with me. My children had the chance to know their grandfather and they adored him. I remember one year back in 1998 my father loved to cook the traditional Cajun way and he made Gumbo all the time. We went to the store and we saw live chicks as it was around Easter time that we went. I told him I always wanted one of those when I was a child. Two days later my father went back to that store and bought a cute little fluffy yellow chick and gave it to me for Easter when I was 26 years old. My dad did things like that, he was trying to make up for not being around when I was a kid, and he did. He was always giving away things to his friends and family, his motto was why should I have it if it makes someone else happier. I wish we all thought more like that and I guess I inherited that same motto as well. My father had two brothers and two sisters. Clyde Couty, Wilkey Couty, Marjorie Couty and Louise Couty. My father played in bands and sang all his life. He made tapes for me when I was younger and he wrote many songs and of course redid some of Elvis' as well. He loved rock-and-roll and country western music. I remember when I was small we turned our basement into a party hall with a full stock bar and people would arrive and music would start playing and people danced way into the night. My dad was a great dancer and taught me dance to as well. I believe this story makes my father out to be a saint but he wasn't. He had his own faults, and many as most people do. He had two failed marriages and children he barely saw during their childhood. He drank heavily for many years and lost touch with a lot of his family along the way. But in the end I know my father knew what kind of man he was and where possible he tried to make up for the past mistakes that he made. He wasn't perfect nor was he a saint but he was my father and I loved him dearly no matter what. My mother was his one true love and he never remarried after her. He once told me years ago that he still loved her and always would, she was the right woman for him he just wasn't the man he should have been to her. He had many female friends after that and women just adored him. They flocked to him like bugs to a flame. Nat Couty had personality, wit and charm and he knew how to talk to the ladies. He was a good dad as far as I can remember, he always let me sit on his lap and he would tell me stories about growing up on a farm in Louisiana. He would sing to me all the time and he took me to the park, the zoo and the movies. He loved me and brother and sister dearly and always talked about us to his friends and family. He was proud of us. In conclusion, my father, Nat Couty wrote Woodpecker Rock and Won't You Come Along with Me, both songs I love and have heard all my life. He gave me his original 45 from the recording of those songs. He never knew his music was adored by many and it was such a great honor that Morrissey put his song on his CD as one of the singers in his life that gave him inspiration. I am glad my father was able to touch many with his music as he touched many lives by the man he was. I wish he were alive to see that his songs were being played by many people still today and it warms my heart and soul. Thank you and for all those who enjoy the song and wanted to know more about the man. He wasn't perfect, he wasn't famous, and he wasn't rich, but he was my father. He gave me many years of memories and he passed on to me and my children what he knew best, wisdom, laughter and most of all songs that we still listen to today and remember the person he was. He may not be here in body but his spirit will remain in our hearts forever and his songs will inspire those memories and love he shared for us and for life." Thank you, Renee Couty Phillips Rock Rock 'n' Roll,Rockabilly/Psychobilly 1st Edition 45 RPM Lennie LaCour Real Name: Leonard James LaCour, Sr. Profile: American recording artist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and label owner. Born on 27 April 1932 in Bayou Brevelle, Louisiana. Moved to Chicago in 1950. From 1954-1958 LaCour scored several hits, including the rockabilly single Rockin' Rosalie / Old Fish, which was released on Academy (4) Records in 1957. LaCour also produced the Eddy Bell & The Belairs hit The Masked Man (Hi Yo Silver) / Anytime for Mercury. In the late 1950s he released several singles under the alias The Big Rocker, his biggest hit being "Rock 'N Roll Romance", which was given away free with six-pack cartons of Orange Crush soda in 1956. He also produced other groups such as The Swinging Hearts. LaCour founded his first label, the Chicago-based Lucky Four in 1960, where he served as songwriter, arranger, producer, and main artist. In 1964 LaCour briefly moved to Milwaukee and founded the labels Magic Touch Records and Dynamic Sound (2), moving back to Chicago in 1970. He discovered and produced Harvey Scales. He also produced Filet Of Soul (3), mixing their psychedelic sound with soul music. He was known as King Creole, which LaCour claims was the inspiration for the Elvis Presley film of the same name. LENNY LACOUR Born Leonard James LaCour Sr., 27 April 1932, Bayou Bredelle, Louisiana Robert Pruter calls Lenny LaCour "one of those myriad shadowy figures in the record business who seemed to have touched every era and every area of the business without ever making a deep impression." An adequate description. LaCour has acted as a singer, songwriter, agent, promoter, producer and record company owner ever since he wrote his first song in school. Yet he is largely unknown, although this situation has changed somewhat after the release of his 2008 CD, "Walkin' the Bullfrog", a career overview. Born in the Northwest of Louisiana, LaCour grew up on a cotton farm. His music loving parents were of French Creole and Italian descent. In 1950 he made his first of several migrations to Chicago and was thrilled with the type of records Chess was putting out. In 1952 he played a few demos for Leonard Chess, but he turned LaCour down, commenting "I don't put white boys on my label." The two tracks, "Alligator Man" and "My Baby She's Gone" would come out on a small label called All American, though. By 1953 he was fronting the Al Peterson Big Band singing pop tunes and cut two singles with that orchestra for the local Spin and Meteor labels (not to be confused with the L.A. and Memphis labels respectively). LaCour's break came in 1956 when he won a Chicago jingle contest for Orange Crush, the soda bottling subsidiary of Pepsi-Cola. Under the name of King Creole he performed a series of TV and radio spots for Orange Crush and soon singles of "Rock 'n' Roll Romance" were distributed with every Crush sixpack. This project was tied into a recording contract with Frank McGovern's Academy label, recording under his given name, Lenny LaCour. In later years, he would release two rerecordings of "Rock 'n' Roll Romance" (one in Big Bopper style under the alias of Big Rocker), but this first Academy version is the best. Another good rocker on Academy was "Rockin' Rosalie", which was also rerecorded, as "Rockin' Rosalie Vs Disco Bill" (Magic Touch 9023, 1980) and this time I prefer the newer version, which rocks more convincingly. Unhappy with the Academy contract, Lenny decided to become an entrepreneur. In 1957 he set up his own publishing company and the next year he founded his own record company, Lucky Four, which was distributed by Chess. He also did independent production work for Chess and Mercury. Among the artists recorded by LaCour (both for Lucky Four and Mercury) was Eddie Bell, who made several good rockers like "Johnny B. Goode Is In Hollywood", "The Masked Man" and "Knock, Knock, Knock", with Eddie Clearwater on lead guitar. Eddie Bell would later become a huge polka star under his given name, Eddie Blazonczyk. At Lucky Four, LaCour was a performer (his own records came out under the pseudonym The Big Rocker), the main songwriter, producer, arranger, talent scout and promoter. It was a one-man show. By 1961, he was concentrating his energies almost exclusively on vocal groups, most notably the Swinging Hearts and the Uniques, both doo-wop groups. In 1964 Lenny moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he founded the Magic Touch and (later) Dynamic Sounds labels, leaving Lucky Four defunct. Here he had more success recording local acts than in Chicago, though nothing came close to being a hit. By the late 1970s, LaCour was back in Chicago, releasing unsuccessful disco records on Magic Touch. He has always been a survivor, able to adapt to changing tastes. The present day finds Lenny as active as ever. Over the years he has received many offers from major recording companies to do production work for them, but he always preferred to stay independent. The year 2008 saw the release of the CD "Walkin' the Bullfrog" (Night Train International NTI CD 7160) with 25 tracks from various stages of Lenny's career, though the majority is from the 1950s and early 1960s, with the accent on rock 'n' roll and swamp pop. The CD got a positive review in Now Dig This (309, December 2008), which you can read here http://tuffcity.wordpress.com/category/lenny-lacour/ Recommended with reservations. There are some very good tracks, but also some very bad. LaCour has made several claims that need to be taken with a grain of salt. According to him, the movie "King Creole" was based on his life. ("Nobody knows that.") He says he "worked with Elvis", his company was "bigger than Chess" and he was "the first one in Milwaukee to do anything for the local talent." Acknowledgements / further reading : - Robert Pruter, The Lenny LaCour Story". In Now Dig This, issue 151 (October 1995), page 6-8. An adaptation of this piece was published in Pruter's book "Doowop : The Chicago Scene" (University of Illinois Press, 2003). - Theodore Baker, Liner notes for the 2008 CD. With thanks to Gary Myers and Eric LeBlanc. Dik Lenny LaCour (born Leonard James LaCour Sr., April 27, 1932, Bayou Brevelle, Louisiana, United States) is an American record producer, songwriter and performer, particularly active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.[1] He is particularly notable as the producer of the principal recordings of singer Harvey Scales. History LaCour was born in 1932 in Louisiana, where his parents were corn and cotton farmers on the Isle of Brevelle. The location, near the Cane River, later became well known as the site location for the film Steel Magnolias.[2] Lenny LaCour's career in music initially commenced as a performer and songwriter, based in Chicago. LaCour's Creole heritage enabled him to move freely between Chicago's black and white nightclubs during the early 50s. "There were only two people doing that," LaCour has said. The other was Leonard Chess, owner of Chess Records.[2] In 1952, he auditioned for Leonard Chess, who rejected him, stating in the presence of Muddy Waters and LaCour[2] that Chess Records did not produce white artists.[1] Waters is reported to have said, "Mr. Chess, he's got a whole lot of soul in his voice."[2] From 1952 to 1956, LaCour released several singles on the Chicago-based All American, Spin and Meteor labels.[1] As described by Dik De Heer: LaCour's break came in 1956, when he won a Chicago jingle contest for Orange Crush, the soda bottling subsidiary of Pepsi-Cola. Under the name of King Creole, he performed a series of TV and radio spots for Orange Crush and soon singles of "Rock 'n' Roll Romance" were distributed with every Crush sixpack. This project was tied into a recording contract with Frank McGovern's Academy label, recording under his given name, Lenny LaCour.[1] "Rock 'n' Roll Romance" was LaCour's biggest hit, described by LaCour as "the only million seller not to be on the Billboard charts".[2] The record is highly collectible; LaCour no longer owns a personal copy, having sold all of his own copies to a record collector.[2] LaCour trademarked the name "King Creole" in 1952, and has asserted that a chance meeting with Elvis Presley was the inspiration for the title of the Presley movie King Creole.[2] In 1958, LaCour established his own publishing company and, in 1959, he started his first record label, Lucky Four Records, where LaCour was the songwriter, arranger, producer and main artist. He recorded under the name "Big Rocker".[1][2] He also produced other groups, most notably the doo-wop groups the Swinging Hearts and The Uniques.[1] Other labels that LaCour founded in Chicago were Score Records, Busy Bee Records and Dynamic Sound Records.[3] In 1964, LaCour moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he founded Magic Touch Records and, subsequently, Dynamic Sounds Records. labels, letting Lucky Four Records in Chicago become defunct. In Milwaukee, LaCour had more success recording local acts than in Chicago,[1] particularly in relation to Harvey Scales, who co-wrote and released "Love-Itis" and was the later co-writer of "Disco Lady". In 1969, LaCour produced the band, Filet of Soul (previously known as Attila and The Huns), which was a white band that mixed soul and psychedelic music.[3] In the late 1970s, LaCour returned to Chicago, and resurrected the Magic Touch label. He thereafter released a number of unsuccessful disco records on Magic Touch.[1] LaCour continues to operate the label.[2] The success of LaCour and his artists was hampered by the fact that LaCour was unable to obtain a national distribution contract for his records. He expected that, if the song were popular locally, national distributors would come to him. Such national distribution generally did not occur.[4] LaCour is also credited with encouraging the career direction of Eddie Blazonczyk, Grammy Award winner and multiple Grammy nominee for best polka recording. Lacour initially recording Blazonczyk as a rockabilly artist known as Eddie Bell, but encouraged Blazonczyk to return to polka music, at the age of 22. Blazonczyk has said "I took his advice, and never regretted it."[2] In 2008, the album Walkin' The Bullfrog (Night Train International) was released, which provided a career overview of Lenny LaCour's solo recordings.[1][5] Nat Couty & the Braves Woodpecker Rock / Won't You Come Along With Me 1958 United States Fox 101 7" Single Cover: Generic Record: Very Good Plus (VG+) Looks and plays strong VG+ or Better Labels: a couple of blemishes but no writing or stickers SB-15619

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