Johnnie Allan

Johnnie Allan (born John Allen Guillot, March 10, 1938) is an American pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre. 
Born in Rayne, Louisiana, United States, Allan, a Cajun, grew up in a musical family, and at age six obtained his first guitar. By age thirteen he was playing with Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys, a traditional Cajun music band. About two years later he switched to Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces, another traditional Cajun band.
In 1956, he saw Elvis Presley perform live on the Louisiana Hayride music program, and shortly afterwards Allan began to play rock and roll music. In 1958, he left Walker to form the Krazy Kats. That same year he recorded "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" for Jin Records of Ville Platte, Louisiana. He later recorded for Mercury Records and the Viking label of Crowley, Louisiana, among others.
He returned to the Jin label in the early 1970s and went on to record many notable swamp pop tunes, including his versions of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" and Merle Haggard's "Somewhere on Skid Row".
A perennial favorite of swamp pop fans globally, Allan has performed in Europe many times. He is author of two music-related books, Memories: A Pictorial History of South Louisiana Music (1988) and Born to Be a Loser (1992, with Bernice Larson Webb), a biography of swamp pop musician Jimmy Donley.
A retired educator, he lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.
==Links to Peel==
Peel didn't seem to be a fan of the singer's material and there is no record of him playing any of his songs on his shows, according to available tracklistings on this site. However, his friend and colleague, Andy Kershaw, was more of a fan and played a track from the artist, whilst sitting in for Peel on his 05 November 1986 programme. 
==Shows Played==
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*05 November 1986: South To Louisiana (LP - South To Louisiana) Jin
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists