Huey P. Meaux

Huey P. Meaux
Huey P. Meaux
Birth name	Huey Purvis Meaux
Born	March 10, 1929; Wright, Louisiana, United States
Died	April 23, 2011 (aged 82); Winnie, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Associated acts	Freddy Fender; Doug Sahm

Huey Purvis Meaux (March 10, 1929 – April 23, 2011) was an American record producer and the owner of various record labels and recording studios including Crazy Cajun Records, Tear Drop Records, Capri Records, and SugarHill Recording Studios.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Meaux was born in Wright, Louisiana. Nicknamed "The Crazy Cajun," his credits included such hits as "She's About a Mover" by the Sir Douglas Quintet; "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" by Freddy Fender; "You'll Lose A Good Thing" by Barbara Lynn; "Talk To Me" by Sunny & The Sunliners; and "Big Blue Diamonds" by Gene Summers.^[8]

In 1996, a police raid of his office turned up thousands of Polaroids and videos of girls, mostly underage, in sexual situations.^[9] Meaux pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child, a drug possession charge, a child pornography charge, and another for jumping bail and briefly fleeing to Juárez, Mexico. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison^[8] and was released in 2007.

In 2010, he formed the label Freedom Express Records, and released an album by Ramon Angel Solis entitled The Mexican Side of Me.

Meaux died on April 23, 2011, aged 82.

References[]

^ Pareles, Jon (November 22, 1999). "Doug Sahm, Musical Voice of Texas, Dies at 58". The New York Times.
^ "Producer Huey P. Meaux Dies" Chron.com
^ "Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues"^{[page needed]}
^ Osborne's Record Guide^{[page needed]}
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^ "A Guide to the Huey Meaux Papers, 1940-1994". Texas Archival Resources Online.
^ "Huey P. Meaux Was The Crazy Cajun". The Rag Blog.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 302. ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.
^ "Music producer had several hits". Los Angeles Times. April 27, 2011. p. AA7 – via newspapers.com.