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Warren Storm, photo by Kim Welsh

In Memoriam: Warren Storm (1937–2021)

September 29, 2021 by: John Wirt

Warren Storm, the singing drummer known as the “Godfather of Swamp Pop,” died September 7 in Lafayette. In the weeks before his death at age 84, social media posts reported Storm was hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment.

In 1958, Storm’s plaintive recording debut, “Prisoner’s Song,” rose to number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. Numerous record labels

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