Fiyo on the Bayou is the second studio album by the New Orleans four
piece The Neville Brothers. It was released in 1981 on A&M.
The album features background vocals performed by a young Whitney
Houston and her mother Cissy Houston, with soul singer/songwriter
Eltesa Weathersby, on the tracks "Fire on the Bayou" and "Sitting in
Limbo", with the vocal arrangements by Cissy Houston.
In 1975 another album entitled Fire On The Bayou was released by The
Meters, a band that included Art Neville on keyboards. "Hey Pocky
Way" is a tune heard on the Meters' album, Rejuvenation. The album
has also been released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as an Ultradisc
gold CD in 1994.
Studio album by The Neville Brothers Released : April 1981
Recorded : Studio in the Country, Bogalusa,
LA; Sea-Saint Studio, New Orleans, LA
Genre : New Orleans R&B, soul, funk
Length : 35:40
Label : A&M
Producer : Joel Dorn
Personnel :
Art Neville -Vocals, keyboards
Cyril Neville - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Charles Neville -Saxophone, percussion, vocals
Aaron Neville - vocals, percussion
Charmaine Neville - vocals
Babi Floyd - vocals
Carl Blouin - baritone saxophone
Cissy Houston - vocals
David Newman - saxophone
David Barard - bass guitar
Eltesa Weathersby - vocals
Herbert Rhoad - vocals
Herman V. Ernest III - drums
Ivan Neville - percussion
James Hayes - vocals
Jayotis Washington - vocals
Jerry Lawson - vocals
Jim Weber - trumpet
Jimmy Duggan - trombone
Joe Russell - vocals
Joseph Fox III - trumpet
Kenneth Williams - percussion
Leo Nocentelli - bass, guitar
Mac Rebennack - percussion, keyboards
The Persuasions - vocals
Quay Hozchen - vocals
Ralph MacDonald - percussion
Wardell Quezergue - synthesizer, piano
Whitney Houston - vocals
Zachary Sanders - vocals