Rod Bernard (August 12, 1940 – July 12, 2020) was an American singer who helped to pioneer the musical genre known as "swamp pop", which combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and black Creole music. He is generally considered one of the foremost musicians of this south Louisiana-east Texas idiom, along with such notables as Bobby Charles, Johnnie Allan, Tommy McLain, and Warren Storm.
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Used to hear him on KVOL and other stations as a DJ.

This Should Go On Forever & Colinda biggest hits.

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Posted by blueridgeTiger

Granbury, TX

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 8:51 am to ItzMe1972

RIP Rod - I met him several times. He finished high school with my late wife.

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Posted by TigerstuckinMS

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 8:56 am to ItzMe1972

Honestly, I thought he'd died years ago. I never really liked that genre of music, but I sure as hell listened to a lot of it having beers with my dad at numerous bars in Southwest Louisiana on the way home after a day of hunting or fishing.

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Posted by The Drizz

The Ville

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 8:59 am to ItzMe1972

Just bought my father-in-law some of his records for Father’s Day. He lost some of his collection as a kid and those were his favorites. RIP Mr. Bernard.

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Posted by Jimmy2shoes

The South

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:03 am to ItzMe1972

The Swamp Pop icons are fading

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Posted by blueridgeTiger

Granbury, TX

Member since Jun 2004

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 10:02 am to ItzMe1972

I saw on the food board that K-Paul's Restaurant is closing. Rod Bernard and Paul Prudhomme (along with my late wife) were classmates together in Opelousas.

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Posted by tigersbb

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Posted on 7/13/20 at 10:08 am to blueridgeTiger