such as "Congo Mombo," "Guitar Rhumbo" and "Gumbo Mombo," pitched against rock and roll tracks including "Cool, Calm, Collected" and "Walking in the Park." It was the blues influenced ballads including "Irene," "Life Problem" and "This Should Go On Forever" that caused most interest. The latter track was recorded by Gable and his band in 1958, but did not find favour with Miller. A cover version was recorded by Rod Bernard, and it reached the Top 20 of the US Billboard R&B chart. Gable's original was finally released in February 1959, but failed to match the success of Bernard's cover. Gable and Karl left Miller and Excello in disgust, and were reduced to issuing work on the much smaller labels of La Louisianne and Tamm into the early 1960s. Gable served in the armed forces but later continued with his own band, maintaining a following in local clubs until 1968. In the 1970s, Gable performed regularly with Lil' Bob and the Lollipops, before he initially retired from performing in the 1980s. In 1990 Gable appeared on Lil' Bob's CD Back Again for the Vidrine label. In the 1990s, Guitar Gable was tempted back to the performing stage by C.C. Adcock. Gable's guitar work featured on Slim Harpo's 2011 compilation album, Rocks. Gable died in hospital at Opelousas, Louisiana, on January 28, 2017, at the age of 79. Discography Singles Albums Selected compilation albums See also List of Swamp blues musicians List of Louisiana blues musicians Louisiana Creole people References External links Allmusic credits 1937 births 2017 deaths American blues guitarists American male guitarists Blues musicians from Louisiana American blues singers American male singers Songwriters from Louisiana Louisiana blues musicians Swamp blues musicians People from Bossier Parish, Louisiana Singers from Louisiana Guitarists from Louisiana 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male songwriters