The single proved a regional smash and did well enough nationally for Specialty to commission a follow-up, You Know I Love You So, which flopped. After one last shot, 1959's Carry On, the label terminated Byrne's contract. Later that year he and Rebennack reunited for the Vin label novelty release Morgus the Magnificent, credited to Morgus the Three Ghouls. In 1960, the cousins joined with Frankie Ford and Huey Piano Smith for the local hit Chinese Bandits, credited to the Cheer Leaders due to its participants' contractual obligations. Although no new record deal was forthcoming, Byrne continued touring the Gulf Coast region until the mid-'60s, when he settled in Morgan City, LA, and went to work in the marine supplies business. Specialty issued a long-unreleased Byrne single, My Little Girl, in 1974. In the mid-'80s, the General label released the LP I'm from the South, his first new material in over a quarter century. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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