#Gib Guilbeay

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“Big Bayou“

Swampwater.

This band was fronted by a Cajun fiddler named Gib Guilbeau, He was a name in the ‘70s West Coast country rock and played with all the names. Swampwater formed in 1969 to back Linda Ronstadt whose backing band, the Stone Ponys, had split up. This is a pretty good indication of their overall sound, Cajun-flavored country rock, and it’s worth a listen. Guilbeau also played with a reborn Flying Burrito Brothers, The band had broken up in ‘73 but after Gram Parsons's death, their manager pulled together a new band with Chris Ethridge and “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow. All I’m going to say about that is I hope everyone got paid.