Louisiana swamp pop artist Tommy McLain’s television debut will air on November 2 on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Prior to his appearance on Corden, the 82-year-old played his first Los Angeles show in decades on Halloween night at the Stowaway venue in downtown L.A.

This year, Mclain released his first album—produced by guitarist/singer C.C. Adcock—in over 40 years, earned features from The New York Times and Rolling Stone, toured with Nick Lowe, and shared the New Orleans Jazz Test stage with Elvis Costello. Read more about his year by checking out OffBeat’s August cover issue.

McLain grew up in rural central Louisiana where he was exposed to Pentecostal hymns, country and then R&B. According to the artist’s biography, McLain said, “Little Richard was a huge influence, he really set me on fire.  I had Fats Domino embedded into my soul.  When I first got into R&B, my daddy said ‘You’re goin’ to [the Louisiana state penitentiary] Angola.”

From there, McLain found his own kind of danceable, Louisianan-inspired music, swamp pop. Loosely defined, swamp pop blends elements of classic R&B and early rock with tinges of Cajun music and zydeco, and a touch of country.

Reviewing his new album “I Ran Every Dream” (Yep Roc Records) for OffBeat, contributor Jay Mazza wrote, “he emotes with expressiveness and writes songs that reflect his long life and wistful point of view.” The album features an all-star cast of musicians including GRAMMY-Nominated Producer C.C. Adcock Alongside Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Van Dyke Parks, Ivan Neville, Augie Meyers, Mickey Raphael, Warren Storm and Denny Freeman.

If you missed Tommy McLain’s television debut on the James Corden show see below.