Johnnie Allan
Sign in to saveAmerican rock musician and pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Works
- 4
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- Born to be a loser
- Memories: A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music 1920S-1980s
- Memories: A pictorial history of South Louisiana music, volume I & II combined, 1920s-1990s
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Johnnie Allan (born John Allen Guillot in Rayne, Louisiana, on 10 March 1938) is an American pioneer of the swamp-pop musical genre. Allan has been a prominent Cajun performer since his teens, when joined accordionist Lawrence Walker's band as a steel guitarist. When the band split, Allan teamed with pianist/fiddler U.J. Meaux, producer Huey Meaux's cousin, in the Krazy Kats, a rock band. Allan continued singing rock and roll and R&B in the late '50s and early '60s. <a href="https://www.last.f
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rayne
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Genre
- Cajun music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1938-03-10
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