From: "Dik de Heer" 
Date: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:11pm 
Subject: Eddie Shuler R.I.P.  
 
  I don't believe this news has already been posted.

Dik
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Eddie Shuler passes away

Founder and owner of Goldband Records, Eddie Shuler Sr. passed away at age 92, 
on Saturday in a hospital in Atlanta, GA. 

Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 27th at Johnson's Funeral Home in Lake 
Charles beginning at 10:00am

Eddie Shuler was born 27 March 1913 in Wrightsboro, Texas. Although born across 
the border in Texas, Eddie has made his name as an integral part of the Louisiana 
music scene. He was the founder and owner of the Lake Charles-based record label, 
Goldband, one of the state's most important record labels. He was the producer of 
the first Zydeco record, Paper in My Shoe by Boozoo Chavis, in 1942. He also 
co-wrote Bon Ton Roula with Clarence Garlow (1950), now a recognised classic and 
staple of most Louisiana bands.

In 1943 he became a member of the traditional Cajun band the Hackberry Ramblers, 
but left two years later to open a record store. He set up Goldband and one of 
his mainstays was the legendary Cajun, Iry LeJeune. During the 1950s and '60s, he 
produced many influential recordings by Freddie Fender, Rockin' Sydney, Katie Webster, 
Jimmy C. Newman, Juke Boy Bonner and Cookie and the Cupcakes among others. 
Unfortunately, the quality of Goldband's output was not reflected in the charts. The 
only Goldband single to enter the Billboard Top 100 was "Sugar Bee" by Cleveland 
Crochet, which peaked at # 80 in 1961. But many Shuler productions were local or 
regional hits.

more info on : http://www.purecajun.com/goldband/shuler.htm
Added : 25/7/2005