caption associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name alias birth_place label image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
papa cairo with harry choates daylight his melody boys , chuck guillory & his rhythm boys creepers , papa cairo and his boys , rayne-bo ramblers , harry choates and 13 november 1999 crowley , louisiana julius angelle lamperez papa cairo new orleans , louisiana decca c records , bluebird , feature records , b & 250px non_vocal_instrumentalist 27 july 1920 lap steel guitar cajun , country papacairo-harrychoates-1946 . jpg julius lamperez
 julius `` papa cairo '' lamperez musician , vocalist
julius lamperez

julius angelle `` papa cairo '' lamperez -lrb- b.july 27 , 1920 new orleans , louisiana -- d. november 13 , 1999 crowley , louisiana -rrb- was a popular guitarist , steel guitarist and country string band artist in louisiana and southeast texas during the 1930s through the 1950s .
he would later be known as the first person to write the tune `` grand texas '' which would later be popularized by moon mullican and hank williams as the song jambalaya .
