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'''Johnny Rebel''' is the pseudonym of Cajun country musician '''Clifford Joseph Trahan''' (born
'''Johnny Rebel''' is the pseudonym of Cajun country musician '''Clifford Joseph Trahan''' (born
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His songs frequently use the racial epithet ''[[nigger (word)|nigger]]'' and often voice sympathy for [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]]-era [[Racial segregation|segregation]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
His songs frequently use the racial epithet ''[[nigger (word)|nigger]]'' and often voice sympathy for [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]]-era [[Racial segregation|segregation]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
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Trahan first recorded under the Johnny Rebel moniker in the mid-1960s. He employed [[J. D. "Jay" Miller]]'s recording studio in [[Crowley, Louisiana]]. Miller, in fact, produced the sessions and issued the recordings on his own Reb Rebel label.<ref name="Broven">John Broven, ''South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous''. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1983, p. 252f. ISBN 0882896083.</ref>
Trahan first recorded under the Johnny Rebel moniker in the mid-1960s. He employed [[J. D. "Jay" Miller]]'s recording studio in [[Crowley, Louisiana]]. Miller, in fact, produced the sessions and issued the recordings on his own Reb Rebel label.<ref name="Broven">John Broven, ''South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous''. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1983, p. 252f. ISBN 0882896083.</ref>



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Johnny Rebel's songs have been covered by other singers such as Big Reb and the German band [[Landser (band)|Landser]]. In 2005, his song "Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way)" was used in the film ''[[What Is It?]]'' directed by [[Crispin Glover]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
Johnny Rebel's songs have been covered by other singers such as Big Reb and the German band [[Landser (band)|Landser]]. In 2005, his song "Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way)" was used in the film ''[[What Is It?]]'' directed by [[Crispin Glover]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

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A CD compilation of his works simply shows a hooded [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]] together with a depiction of the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America#Battle Flag|Confederate Battle Flag]].
A CD compilation of his works simply shows a hooded [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]] together with a depiction of the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America#Battle Flag|Confederate Battle Flag]].
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Johnny Rebel
Birth nameClifford Joseph Trahan
Also known asTommy Todd
Jericho Jones
Johnny "Pee Wee" Blaine
Johnny "Pee Wee" Trayhan
Johnny "Pee Wee" Trahan
Filthy McNasty
LabelsReb Rebel, Zynn, Todd, Flyright, Viking, Ringo, WOW, X-Rated, Wildwood, Master-Trak, AggWood, Try It Man, Johnny Rebel

Johnny Rebel is the pseudonym of Cajun country musician Clifford Joseph Trahan (born

His songs frequently use the racial epithet nigger and often voice sympathy for Jim Crow-era segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.

Trahan first recorded under the Johnny Rebel moniker in the mid-1960s. He employed J. D. "Jay" Miller's recording studio in Crowley, Louisiana. Miller, in fact, produced the sessions and issued the recordings on his own Reb Rebel label.[1]


Johnny Rebel's songs have been covered by other singers such as Big Reb and the German band Landser. In 2005, his song "Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way)" was used in the film What Is It? directed by Crispin Glover.[citation needed]

A CD compilation of his works simply shows a hooded Klansman together with a depiction of the Confederate Battle Flag.

Discography

Singles

US Country
1966 "Lookin' for a Handout / Kajun Klux Klan" For Segregationists Only
"Nigger Hatin' Me / Who Likes a Nigger"
1967 "(Federal Aid Hell!) The Money Belongs to Us / Keep a Workin' Big Jim "
1968 "Nigger, Nigger / Move Them Niggers North"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Footnotes

  1. ^ John Broven, South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1983, p. 252f. ISBN 0882896083.

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