Tracks:
Sea Cruise
It Went to Her Head
Cheatin' Traces
Lovin' Cajun Style
You Can Have Her
Mathilda - (Take 1)
Mathilda - (Takes 2 & 3)
I Can't Take Another Heartache
In the Jailhouse Now
Rock Down in My Shoes
We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight
Socka-Diddley, Alabama
Certain Girl, A
Certain Girl, A (Reprise) - (reprise)
Sea Cruise - (different take, alternate take, unfinished)

Performer Notes:

• Clarence "Frogman" Henry is part of a long tradition of fine New Orleans piano players, equal parts Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, with an unassuming flair for swampy R&B. His big hit, of course, was the 1956 self-penned novelty "Ain't Got No Home," which earned him his enduring nickname of "Frogman" when he demonstrated the he could indeed "sing like a girl and sing like a frog." He doesn't use the frog voice on this collection of recordings made for Huey P. Meaux's Crazy Cajun Records, and he doesn't do "Ain't Got No Home," instead turning in a set of cover songs with a distinct bayou feel. Henry's effortless charm makes songs like "Sea Cruise" (originally a hit for Frankie Ford and written by fellow New Orleans piano player Huey "Piano" Smith), "Mathilda" (originally done by Cookie & the Cupcakes in 1959), "In the Jailhouse Now" (a Jimmie Rodgers song that was a big hit for Webb Pierce in 1955), and "A Certain Girl" (credited to Naomi Neville -- which was actually a pen name of Allen Toussaint -- and originally recorded by Ernie K-Doe in 1962) roll by as smoothly as a warm evening's breeze. Nothing leaps out and takes over, but the relaxed pace of the set, coupled with Henry's inherent likeability and his occasional Fats Domino turns at the piano, makes I Like That Alligator, Baby a pleasant listen, if hardly an essential one. ~ Steve Leggett

Format: CD (1 Disc); Mixed

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 3 May, 1999

Label: Edsel (UK)