Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Cajun and Creole Folktales Martin Latiolais and Revon Reed
Martin Latiolais:
Bouki Lapin:
-la secheresse; le mariage;
-Qu'est-ce qu'un Bouki?;
-Bouki qui attrape la queue de l'ours;
-Pauvre vieille femme qui rencontre une Cendrillon; Vieux bougre, malade, qui meurt;
Revon Reed:
-Explication des contes de Bouki Lapin et de Jean Sot.;
-Conte qui est devenu Jack and the Bean Stock; Jean Sot qui doit aller vendre du beurre.
-A vu des craques dans la terre; Jean Sot:
-En charge de la maison; Jean Sot:
-Qui va emprunter une aiguille puis une charrue; Jean Sot:
-Le petit rien tout neuf; en charge du domaine;
-Pascal et son bicycle tellement vite; Pascal le bon nageur;
-Le bougre en panne qui couche chez/avec un couple;
-Jeux d'enfants: Pigeon vole, comptine (le boeuf);
-Discussion: segregation entre les Noirs et les mulatres;
-Vendeur de produits Watkin.
-Jeu pour determiner qui lavera la vaisselle;
-Autre version du conte; chanson;
Cajun Folktales by Various Storytellers
Storytellers (Evelia Boudreaux, Clotile Richard, Martin Latiolais et autres)
KRVS Tribute to Cajun music Festival III: Evelia Boudreaux et Clotile Richard:
Le Voyageur:
-Rich man travels around to visit cimetaries (conte merveilleux);
-Jean Sot l'ecole: The man who pretended to have lost his french (farce);
-Prayer: At the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ;
-Rover (the dog) au college (farce);
-Comments on the story of the Moon and the Cheese;
-The Germans (relatives); Le commis-voyageur (farce);
-True story of Germans crossing the sea to Louisiana;
-Le Petit Poucet; Bouki Lapin and the Cabbage Patch;
-L'homme riche qui voulait un petit enfant (The rich man who wanted a grand child);
-La vieille fille qui voulait se marier / The Old Maid Who Wanted to Marry (farce);
-Le fer dans le lit / The Iron [To do it] in the Bed (farce);
-The man who wanted his daughter to marry a painter;
Martin Latiolais:
Bouki et Lapin et le bonhomme en coal tar;
-En haut la terre ou en bas la terre; Le gros baril de beurre;
-Les yeux rouges et la queue bleue (Wedding Anniversary joke);
-Discussion on the meaning of Bouki;
-Tiens bon, Bouki! (farce);
-Cendrillon (The pot and the bouillie, conte merveilleux);
-Le rat ou la souris / The Rat or the Mouse (farce);
-Tu pourrais mentir / You Could Lie (farce);
-Bougre de 75 ans qu'etait malade;
-Teller talks about his life;
-Cajuns and Creoles in the American context;
Revon Reed:
-Jean Sot (quelques farces):
-"Jean Sot and the giant";
-"Jean Sot goes to sell butter";
-"Jean Sot in charge of the homestead";
-"Jean Sot: "Mother needs a needle;
-Un petit rien tout neuf;
-The old axe;
-Fido est mort (Jean Sot in charge again, farce);
-Pascal and his incredible speed; Pascal rides his bike on telephone wires; Pascal catches the lightning energy to go the Moon;
-Pascal the incredible swimmer;
-Le chien qui marchait sur l'eau / The Dog Who Could Walk on Water (farce);
-La jarre de cornichons / The jar of Pickles (farce);
-Children's games: Pigeon vole
Various Storytellers (Evelia Boudreaux, Clotile Richard, Martin Latiolais et autres)
Cajun Folktales by Revon Reed and Elby Deshotels
Revon Reed, Elby Deshotels:
Bouki et Lapin:
-Les deux chemins (les Cadiens goutent pas bon);
-Tonnerre, la plus vieux chien de la bande;
-Les cocodriles dans les rivires de l'Afrique;
-Pascale dans l'Afrique;
Storytellers (Revon Reed, Elbt Deshotels)
***ERRONEOUS ENTRY***
Musical performance by Varise Connor
Varise Connor
Paroles et musique
Parole et Musique II (Presentation Litteraire a la maison Francaise de USL):
-Le Plat Pays--Chanson de Jacques Bruel;
-Des Gestes Demesures--Pome de Queneau dit par Evelyne Lautonne (France);
-Je comprends pas--Chanson de Jacques Dutronc interprétée par Frank Bruynbroek (Belgique) et Mary Mahone (Louisiane);
-Dame Pétrole (histore);
-La Jambe me Fait Mal--Chanson interprétée par Gerard Philippeau (France);
-En Rouge dans Le Texte--Pome Quebecois;
-Histoire sans paroles--Musique de Fleur de Lys (Quebec);
Folktales told by Victor Aubry
Victor Aubry:
-Lapin et son cheval;
Victor Aubry
Folktales told by Wilson Ben Guinee Mitchell;
Wilson Ben Guine Mitchell:
-Tales
Wilson Ben Guine Mitchell
Interview with Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier:
-Interview;
Clifton Chenier
Interview with Wade Garth and Lionel Bourque
Wade Garth, Lionel Bourque:
-World War I;
-WWI Stories;
Wade Garth (New Iberia, 1895) & Lionel Bourque (1898)
Interview with George Holmes
George Holmes
-World War I;
-WWI Stories;
George Holmes
Musical performance by Lionel Leleux and Varise Conner
Lionel Leleux, Varise Conner:
-La Veille Malheureuse;
-Honey in the Rock;
-Grand Night Special; Waltz; Shuffle;
-Grand Mamou;
-Grand Basile; Swing Shuffle;
Lionel Leleux & Varise Conner
***Possible copy of AN1-001 and AN1-086?***
Pascal stories told by Deshotel
Deshotel et al:
-Contes 1975;
-Pascal stories
Deshotel et al
Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet
Barry Jean Ancelet:
-Ancelet comments on his collection 20 years later
Barry Jean Ancelet
Interview with Norris Mitchell
Norris Mitchell:
-Chien et Lapin;
-Why dogs don't talk;
-Lapin et Bouki trouvent des graines dans le jardin; Bouki Lapin always comes out ahead;
-Dede Anderson; Dede Anderson trouve l'argent avec L. Leo Judice et Baptiste Perez;
-Les deux boefs noires qui se battaient a l'e(?)Ile Navarre; des histoires pour faire peur des enfants; des traiteurs;
Norris Mitchell
Interview with Ambrose Thibodeaux
Ambrose Thibodeaux:
AN1.255.i
-First accordion "Lester Brand"; Father; Monarch and Sterling accordions; His current accordion; 38 years without playing
-Courtship practices; Raising a family
-La vie d'un musicien; Jouer des bals dans le temps; Leaving music for marriage and starting again 38 years later
-First record with La Louisianne; Popularity of Cajun music at festivals
-Appreciation of style and timing and the importance for dancing; Tour de force in young musicians; The current state of music--festivals
-difference between music of the old days and now
-difference of singing in English or French
-the story of "Kaplan Waltz"; plays Kaplan Waltz; differences of other songs
-songwriting
AN1.255.ii
-differences of other songs
-Two-step des platins
-songwriting
-La valse d'Independence
Ambrose Thibodeaux (72)
***Possible Copy of AN1-118 + AN1-121?***
Interview with Marc Savoy
Side B of 255
Marc Savoy:
-L'histoire de l'accordeons en Louisiane
-Comment faire un bon accordeon
-Les accordeons de l'Allemagne et l'Italie
-Les accordeons Cadiens
-Les clefs des accordeons
-Les musiciens:
-Iry Lejeune
-Des musiciens qu'a des bonnes oreilles
-Les accordeons de Marc Savoy; Inlay work
-Comment il a appris a faire des accordéons
***Possible Copy on AN1-094?***
Interview with Sady Courville
Sady Courville:
-Commencement de la musique
-Des Fruges et la musique de vieux temps; des vielles danses
-Amédée Ardoin; Courville arrêté la musique
-la musique de vieux temps
-Courville commence a jouer encore
-Dixieland music; la violon seconde
-Dennis McGee; comment faire la bonne musique
-Ses musiciens favorites--Dennis McGee et Nathan Abshire
Sady Courville
***Possible Copy of AN1-124?***
Joke telling at Fred's in Mamou
Fred's in Mamou
-Joke telling at Fred's
-double shot of whiskey
-Moses; the dress; Dry Prong sign
-Sagging Mattress
-Arkansas
-book titles
-bouillon
-Le boulanger
-pantyhose
-Pascale
-des mentries
Interview with Clement Boudreaux
Clement Boudreaux:
-Giraumon
-L'homme qui peut pas dormir le soir
-les maringouins du Texas
-des gros cochons
-Pascale et ses amis dans la lune; sur les barills
-le bourgue qu'avait tomber dans la puit; des patates; l'enfant perdu
Clement Boudreaux
Interview with Clement Boudreaux
Clement Boudreaux:
-Deja moru
-M. Rouge Jaune
-la bataille entre les negres
-l'argent enterrée
-feu-follets
Clement Boudreaux
Cajun music audio clips
Iry Lejeune:
-La valse du pont d'amour;
-Jolie catin;
Lawrence Walker:
-Valse du malchanceaux
D.L. Menard:
-La porte d'en arrire
Canray Fontenot:
-Barres de la prison
Les Frères Balfa:
-Valse des Balfa
-Valse du bambocheur
Joketelling at Fred's in Mamou/ Pascale Stories
Fred's in Mamou:
-Les deux frères a la pêche
-les tites filles baigne dans le bayou
-the bartender; the train
-slaughtering a dog with pitchfork; hitch hiking
-Fred Tate
-Les contes de Pascale marquer des poules
-le prêtre; une femme
-les femmes suivent les filles au bals
-deux pouces
-une vielle fille
Musical Performance by Odile Falcon
Musical Performances by Lula Landry, Canray Fontenot; Inez Catalon et al
Lula Landry, Canray Fontenot, Inez Catalon et al:
Lula Landry:
-Le papier d'épingles
-Quelle petite homme
-La sauterelle
-La terre nourrit tout
-La Ôtite poule gris
-A mon beau chateau
-Isabeau
Inez Catalon:
-Malbrough
-Frank Blanchard
-La jolie Rochelle
Canray Fontenot:
-Les barres de la prison
-Edouard Alleman
-Pas ici et pas la-bas
-Fiddle Tune
Varise Connor and Lionel Leleux:
-Valse de la Belle
Varise Connor:
-Grand Bois
-blague
-"Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin"
Freeman Fontenot:
-unaccompanied accordion;
-Bonsoir Moreau;
Varise Connor, Lionel Leleux and Don Montoucet:
-La Dernier Valse;
-Les flammes d'enfer
Lula Landry, Canray Fontenot, Irez Catalon et al
Poetry recitiation by Jean Arceneaux
Jean Arceneaux:
-La nuit s'aperoit
-Le loup se pose de question
Jean Arceneaux
Don Montoucet Joue l'Accordion
Don Montoucet- Joue l'Accordion
16mm film by Barry Ancelet, Stephen Duplantier, and Marc Porter- Featuring Don Montoucet and Roger Montoucet:
-Don Montoucet on phone giving directions to his home
-Virgil Montoucet working on a car
-Don talking about where the accordion has taken him
-Don working on a school bus
-Don playing Chère tout tout
-Virgil Montoucet - Les flammes d'enfer
-Don Playing Jolie Blonde
-Don and Virgil playing Jolie Blonde in a jam session - footage of women cooking
-Family eating gumbo and conversing at the dinner table
-Folkmusic, Work, Foodways
Redigitize - Cell Phone Noise
Don Montoucet et al
American Rice - Food for the World
American Rice - Food for the World
16mm film by Kennedy Film Productions
-Machines replacing animals to help produce rice
-Rice in Asia, Africa and Europe
-First rice planted in North America
-Preparing soil for rice planting
-Machines used to plant rice
-Making rows for proper irrigation
-Planting, Fertilizing
-Harvesting rice - drying and being stored at the rice mill
-Sorting and grading the rice
-Refining the rice - Brown and white rice
-Quality certification
-Different rice dishes made around the world
Featuring: Rice, work, farming, foodways
Mardi Gras Louisiane
Mardi Gras Louisiane - 16mm film by Bayou Films
-Footage of New Orleans, Mississippi River, coastline, from riverboat;
-Harmonica playing a tap dancing;
-Old man describing Mardi Gras day;
-Hog butchering and boucherie footage - Saint Martinville, LA
-Cracklin making;
-Food being served;
-Dance footage;
-Ambrose Thibodeaux Band playing live at Fred's Lounge (10:30)
-Footage of musicians - Nathan Abshire, Zachary Richard, Preston Manuel, Sady Courville
-Nathan Abshire - Pine Grove Blues (12:00)
-Mamou Mardi Gras Courir footage (16:20)
-Band footage at American Legion Hall - Petite ou la grosse (25:00)
Director Robert Audet - Featuring Nathan Abshire, Guy Beaudoin, Andre Belanger, Francoise Berd, Raoul Bertucelli, R.B. Desrosiers, Gabriel Gagnon, Gilles Garand, Blaine Kern, Charles Leborgne, Fritz Lewertoff, Preston Manuel, Jose Mena, Gaby Persechino, Revon Reed, and Michel Robitaille
Cajun film
Cajun - Produced and Directed by Robert D. Clark
16mm film by CBC Ottawa
-Merlin Fontenot playing fiddle walking in woods;
-Aerial shots of bayous, towns, & oil rigs;
-Interview with Jimmy Domengeaux - state of French language in Louisiana, development of CODOFIL;
-French classroom scene - interview with teacher Marie-Claude Petrault;
-Children sing in French;
-Interview with Jan Lobelle;
-CODOFIL program coordinator;
-Street scenes with horse drawn wagon sales;
-Interview with Aaron Flegeance, St. Martin Parish school board;
-Car driving rural Breaux Bridge;
-Interview with Bill Clause and Tom Periou, bank executives about French usage in business;
-Mamou Mardi Gras courir- masked riders on horseback;
-Interview with Revon Reed, teacher and broadcaster- old world traditions;
-Mamou Mardi Gras street parade- Manuel's Bar- unknown band on bandstand;
-Gumbo
-Cemetery scene
-French names on business signs
-Interview with Leo LeBlanc, Quebec Government Representative about French and CODOFIL;
-Aerial shots of bayou and houses under credits
Interview with Lee Lavergne
Interest in music - plays guitar, steel guitar;
The change from Country Music to Rock 'n Roll and Rhythm and Blues;
Establishment of Lanor Records;
First recording with Shirley Bageron, use of various music studios 1960-1965 [04:25];
Recording with Bill Matte - "Parle Vous Francais";
Elton and the Eltradores;
Duke Stevens and Sputnik [10:48];
Soliciting for artists;
Defining Swamp Pop [13:54];
Cosmo Studios - names of people he recorded;
Charles Mann;
Changing names, Complication of having Cajun Names;
Music and Dating;
Kris Kristofferson;
Charles Mann;
Big record labels;
Swamp Pop revival
Interview with Jake Graffignino
Jake Graffignino
Early experience playing and recording music;
Starting an Air Force band during World War II;
Musical influences [06:40];
Big Jazz bands coming to South Louisiana;
Artists recorded - [09:15];
Three record labels owned;
Regrets of a producer;
Music contracts;
Three record labels owned;
Songs written - royalties [21:50];
Finding gigs for musicians;
Helping out new bands;
Interview with Floyd Soileau
Interest in music and early experiences in the industry;
Recording French music and beyond;
Other independent producers and labels;
Building the studios;
Record Pressing Plant taking the place of the studio;
Early releases;
Splitting off the Jin label;
Editing the spelling of Soileau to Swallow;
Starting his roots music label and his Zydeco music label - the "house of soul" "Maison de Soule" [21:30];
Flat town music co. [20:40];
Other labels founded by Soileau;
Rare records;
Popular recording artists;
Changing artists names;
Future of Swamp Pop;
Defining Swamp Pop - Origin of the name "Swamp Pop" [40:50];
Hank Williams;
Creating a great song;
A touch of sax.
Interview with J.D. "Jay" Miller
The life of a musician;
Current projects for the label;
Buckwheat Zydeco;
Clifton Chenier;
Recording before regional studios;
78rpm records;
Recording-then and now;
Nashville Studios;
Al Perry;
1950s;
Hickory Records;
Playing music- 1930s;
Military service;
Fais Do-Do Records;
Feature Labels;
Blues Unlimited label;
Zen labels;
Warren Storm;
Johnnie Allen
Interview with J. D. Miller (cont.)
Jake Graffagnino and JIN records;
Recording techniques;
Segregation and Racism;
Publishing companies - lawsuits, royalties;
Bands recorded;
Define Swamp Pop - Cajun Accent [27:50];
How the sound of Swamp Pop changes per studio;
Importance of Echos to the Swamp Pop Sound;
Trying to make an Echo Room;
Future of Swamp Pop - Roots to Country Music [39:35];
Rebel Records;
Interview with J.D. Miller (cont.)
Warren Storm releasing new music;
Benefits of modern recording techniques;
Rumors and stories - Lazy Lester
Interview with Chick Vidrine
Various bands and band members;
Origins of the Southern Club;
Early years and performers;
Wesley Brown;
Rise of Rock 'n Roll;
Fats Domino;
Problems with bands;
Loretta Lynn [17:00];
Freddie Fender [17:20];
Keeping the bands watered, hard times;
Fights;
Floor bouncers;
Bobby Charles [32:30];
More origins of Southern Club;
Rock 'n Roll Saturday nights;
Family of club owners;
The Tampico;
Paul Soileau
Interview with Chick Vidrine (cont.)
Paul Soileau;
Little Richard;
Chuck Berry;
Segregation in the dance halls [04:40];
Cookie and the Cupcakes - playing for white crowds, violence of the white crowds [05:45];
Club competition;
First association with Zydeco music [12:55];
Clifton Chenier - heading Zydeco music, diabetes;
Rockin Dopsie;
Changing names of Cajun names [18:10];
Leaving Louisiana;
Band wages;
Ray Charles;
Club capacity;
Hard rocking 1970s;
Interview with Johnnie Allan
Changing names;
Golden age of Swamp Pop;
Defining Swamp Pop [03:25];
Engineering Swamp Pop sound - Floyd Soileau, J.D. Miller, Eddie Schuler;
Billy Jo Royal;
Musical influences;
Early experiences with music;
Musical family;
Playing instruments;
Swamp pop standards;
Elvis Presley;
Melding musical styles;
Brushes with success;
Touring Europe - Cult music;
Roots music revival;
Changing names;
Recording the first song - most of his early recordings with Floyd Soileau was recorded at J.D. Miller;
Payola;
Songwriters