''Fiyo on the Bayou'' is the second studio album by the

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. It was released in 1981 on A&M. The album features background vocals performed by a young

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and her mother Cissy Houston, with soul singer/songwriter Eltesa Weathersby, on the tracks "Fire on the Bayou" and "Sitting in Limbo", with the vocal arrangements by Cissy Houston. In 1975 another album entitled '' Fire On The Bayou'' was released by The Meters, a band that included

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on keyboards. "Hey Pocky Way" is a tune heard on the Meters' album, ''

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''. The album has also been released by

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Track listing

#"Hey Pocky Way" (

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, Art Neville,

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, George Porter, Jr.) - 4:14 #"Sweet Honey Dripper" (Neville) - 5:19 #"Fire on the Bayou" (Modeliste, Neville, Nocentelli, Porter) - 5:16 #"Ten Commandments of Love" (Marshall Paul) - 3:45 #" Sitting in Limbo" (Guilly Bright, Jimmy Cliff) - 4:11 #"Brother John /

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" ( Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 3:45 #"Run Joe" - 3:36

Personnel

- vocals,

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- vocals, keyboards, percussion * Charles Neville - saxophone,

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- vocals, percussion * Charmaine Neville - vocals *Babi Floyd - backing vocals *Carl Blouin - baritone saxophone * Cissy Houston - backing vocals * David Newman -

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*David Barard -

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*Eltesa Weathersby - backing vocals *Herbert Rhoad - backing vocals *Herman V. Ernest III - drums * Ivan Neville - percussion *James Hayes - backing vocals * Jayotis Washington - backing vocals * Jerry Lawson - backing vocals *Jim Weber -

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*Jimmy Duggan -

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*Joe Russell - backing vocals * Joseph Fox III - trumpet *Kenneth Williams - percussion *

- guitars *

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- percussion, keyboards *

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- backing vocals *Quay Houchen - backing vocals *

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- percussion *

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- synthesizer, acoustic piano *

- backing vocals *Zachary Sanders - backing vocals

References

1981 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Joel Dorn The Neville Brothers albums Albums recorded at Studio in the Country {{1980s-R&B-album-stub