When talking' about Swamp Pop Music, everyone
should know that the Godfather of swamp pop is "
Warren Storm". A Louisiana native, born in Abbeville,
La. , Warren has been in the music atmosphere since an early age.His father
was a drummer, fiddler, and french accordion player. Warren'sdream was to
become an entertainer also, and so he started playing drum early
on.
Warren's professional career began at the
age of twelve, when one day his father, who at the time was playing drums
with a group called the Rayne-Bo Ramblers, became ill and asked Warren to
fill in for him. And so began Warren's professional career.
At the age of 15, Warren joined a country
western band called Larry Brasso's
Rhythm-aires. After three years, he joined
The Herb Landry Band.
Warren later formed his own group,
The We-Wows, followed
by The Jive Masters.
Warren went on to become the top session
drummer in South Louisiana recording studios. His dream also was to become
a singer and right after graduating from Abbeville High School , he was signed
up for his first recording with Nasco Record Company. His first record release
"The Prisoner's Song"
it sold almost a quarter of a million records in 1958.
Warren was born
in 1937 as Warren Schexnider but changed his last name because it was to
long to fit on a 45 record. During the time Warren was touring and promoting
his Prisoner's Song release, he performed in Birmingham, Alabama with
Elvis Presley and
Brenda
Lee.
During the next 20 years , Warren continued
to work and record in the South Louisiana area. He played with
"The Shondells" which
include Rod Bernard,who
had a hit record, This Should Go On
Forever,and Skip
Stewart: who was one of the original Boogiekings
back in 1956.
Warren had several albums 45's released
on various local labels. Some of his recordings include "My House Of Memories",
Mama, Mama, Mama, Lord, I Need Somebody Bad, The Gypsy, and Things Have Gone
To Pieces.
At this time he had his own band ,
The Bad Weather Band,
until 1980 when
Warren and
Willie-Tee formed the
" Cypress "
band.
After working a short period of time with
Cypress, Warren received a call from an unknown fan.
Bob Hendricks, Warren's
greatest fan, after searching 20 somewhat years for Warren finally learned
the whereabouts of him thru Eddy
Raven, a country entertainer. Bob made arrangements
to produce the Heart And Soul
album of Warren
Storm. Warren was surprised to discover that he
had such a devoted fan from the Nashville area who had been searching for
him for 20years. After meeting
Bob, they became best
of friends.
After the Cypress band had dissolved in
1984, Warren and Willie-Tee continued to work together until
1994.
In 1995, Warren recorded "No More Troubles" and "Kidnapper" included in The Fabulous Boogie Kings "Swamp Boogie Blues " CD.
In 2003, Warren performing all over the U.S.A with "Lil Band of Gold" and the State of Louisiana and East Texas with various Swamp-Pop bands. Would you beleive at the ripe ole age of 66, has three new CDsIn 2004 Warren and Willie decided to put their Cypress Band back together, with the help of former BoogieKing members Tommy(Joe)Richard- guitarest and Bassest-Gerald Romero, Karl Bordelon-keyboards, and Kyle Dugas-drums. We're having so much fun it's hard to beleive that four years have already gone by!! Now that the Warren Storm Willie "Tee" & Cypress Band has really got super tight We are now in the process of producing our first Cypress Band CD.
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