Jim Oertling & The Bayou Boys

Louisiana-born Jim Oertling never landed that badass fish he battled in his epic 1963 swamp rocker "Old Moss Back," but that rollicking single and a clutch of other classics landed him in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1997. Growing up in San Antonio, Oertling was a student at LSU when he entered Cosimo Matassa's studio in 1963 to cut his twangy fish tale for the Hammond label. He followed up with another Hammond single before moving on to Lafayette's legendary La Louisianne to wax the rockabilly gem "Louisiana Gambler." After decades spent as "a bull rider, cattle ranch foreman, combat infantry officer, commercial banker, and always an outdoorsman," Oertling is back on the music scene with a 2013 release, "Mossback Revisited," a mix of rockabilly, ballads, Tex-Mex, and more.