Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)
00:00 - Happy Fats, Eddy "Raven" Futch;
01:15 - Aldus Roger's show; Cajun Bandstand Show, Saturday Hop, Lil Bob's Show, Rockin' Sidney's Show
02:20 - Feuds between bands
03:20 - Pressure to be profitable;
04:10 - Music shows dying out in the 70s, studio issues and switching to remote broadcasts for these types of shows;
news programming
Interviews with Raymond Blanco and Cleve Thibodeaux
00:45 - USL ROTC building bombing - anit-war movement;
01:55 - 3 students involved in bombing;
04:15 - Blanco says there was a car with dynamite found behind the sudent union - they were planning to blow up the Lafayette Courthouse;
06:00 - More about the students who bombed the ROTC building;
08:00 - Integration - Blanco says USL had the first African American football and basketball student athletes;
11:40 - Cajun hippies;
12:15 - "The most militant people on this campus were ex-seminarians";
13:00 - Flag protests;
19:00 - Coaching career; USL's change from the Bulldogs to the Ragin' Cajuns;
26:40 - Interview with Carol Bernard - 5/25/1998 - Declined to be interviewed on tape
27:00 - Interview with Cleve Thibodeaux - September 18, 1998;
27:15 - Left to go overseas on September 16, 1944 - Served in India and China;
28:15 - Eause Dugas joins the conversation - Talks about a bomb shelter that he built in 1961;
Interview with Cleve Thibodeaux and Eause Dugas
00:00 - Flooding on his land;
00:45 - Talking about bad roads in his area;
02:45 - French in school;
03:20 - More discussion on his bomb shelter - They were most worried about radiation;
04:45 - Building of the shelter. Someone in Lafayette designed and built it, used 20 tons of concrete, also had a well installed that the shelter can access;
07:30 - Food storage in the shelter;
09:30 - Using the shelter for storms;
10:10 - Targets for potential bombings;
11:30 - U.S. Government compiling data on how many private bomb shelters existed
14:50 - Meteor crash in Vermilion Bay - 1957. Many people thought it was a bomb;
17:20 - Military service - culture shock, never had basic training;
20:40 - Never felt out of place for being Cajun. Says people couldn't tell he was from Louisiana;
21:30 - Says his French came in handy while serving. Says he used his French a fair amount in China;
25:00 - Hearing about the Atomic bomb being used in Japan while he was in China;
26:15 - Explaining how LORAN (Long Range Navigation) works; He mostly worked in with radar and LORAN while in the service;
28:25 - Went into radio and television after returning from the war;
29:00 - Went to MIT in 1944 to learn about circuit design;
Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet
00:45 - Cajun revival - Bernard says there are two concurrent movements - Genteel Acadian movement, parallel grassroots movement in the mid 60s;
05:45 - James Domengeaux/CODOFIL;
07:20 - Balfa Brothers at Newport Folk Fest. Barry talks about how he, Zachary Richard, and their peers were involved in the revival;
09:00 - He was a student aid at CODOFIL for a while. Mentions that he and Zachary were sometimes militant, would refuse to speak English at times;
10:30 - Other leaders of the revival - David Marcantel, Warren Perrin, Richard Guidry;
11:20 - Dudley LeBlanc;
12:50 - Domengeaux's efforts;
15:00 - French language revival in Canada
17:00 - Discussing how early French education in Louisiana did not work;
18:20 - More on Domengeaux's approach and personal opinions;
20:45 - 1950s - people from rural areas moved to the city for work, intensified the notion of what their culture was;
22:00 - America's interest in folk music in the early 60s; Pete Seeger's influence;
23:20 - Civil Rights Movement;
25:00 - Discusses his studies at Indiana University;
29:00 - Quebec's role in the revival in Louisiana;
Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.)
00:30 - More thoughts on Jimmy Domengeaux;
02:00 - Problems within French education; importing French teachers;
04:20 - You can teach kids standard French, while still reinforcing "their own" French. Teaching standard French in school is a non-issue;
05:45 - Domengeaux would always apologize for the way he spoke French, Didn't care for Cajun/Creole music;
07:15 - Genteel Acadians and Cajun music - The thought of it as bas clas;
08:00 - Dewey Balfa changes Domengeaux's mind (to an extent) on Cajun music;
10:00 - Domengeaux's thoughts on Inez Catalon's performance at one of the early Festivals Acadiens;
11:00 - Domengeaux's legacy;
11:50 - The Faulk affair - (Assuming this is something with James Donald Faulk's book);
13:30 - "Cris sur le Bayou" - Domengeaux thought Cajun French shouldn't be taught, partially because there were no written examples until this book of poetry had been published. After this Richard Guidry was hired by the State Board of Education;
15:50 - Codofil's early funding through the Bilingual Education Act from the federal government;
18:20 - Bernard asks Ancelet if he ever heard a story about the FBI spying on CODOFIL;
18:45 - Discussing Barry's early interest in Cajun culture; Recounts hearing Roger Mason performing in Paris for the first time;
22:40 - Barry first meeting Dewey Balfa;
24:10 - Barry's early interviews that he conducted for CODOFIL;
25:30 - Ron and Fay Stanford's fieldwork done through an NEA grant;
28:00 - Early planning of the first Festivals Acadiens et Créoles;
Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.)
00:00 - Organizing the first Cajun Music Festival; Keith Cravey and Carol Rachou's roles in the festival;
03:30 - Booking artists for the festival, Paul Tate resigning from the committee;
04:40 - No artists were paid, but they all showed up and performed;
05:20 - Purposely designed the festival to not allow dancing. They considered having it in Bayou Bijou, then the Heymann Center before settling on Blackham Colosseum;
07:30 - Discussing why the festival was so important; Getting the public involved in the revival;; Was referred to as a "Grassroots rally";
09:30 - Domengeaux admits that he was wrong about how the festival would turn out;
12:20 - Moving the festival to Girard Park; Combining the crafts festival with the music festival
13:00 - Music festival breaks up with CODOFIL in 1980;
15:45 - First poster featuring Canray Fontenot;
17:00 - Arguments between Ancelet and Domengeaux;
18:30 - Discussion about Barry's early poetry;
22:30 - "How can you encourage people to be proud of themselves when they're declaring that they're proud to be coonasses?" Barry feels that many people internalized the stigma;
23:20 - "The Faulk Issue" - James Donald Faulk's textbook "Cajun French," was a collection of phrases and vocabulary. He and many others felt that they needed to teach kids to teach French that kids could use with their grandparents. There were two columns in addition to the phrases in the book - English and a pronunciation guide using English phonetics. They tried to talk him into adding a third column written with the French spelling system exactly how a Cajun would say it.
Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.); and Carl Brassueax
Interview with Barry Ancelet:
00:00 - Domengeaux - Wanted to integrate LA with the rest of the French speaking world - "He wanted to do it by getting us to speak Standard French, I wanted to do it by forcing the French speaking world to accept us on our own terms;
00:55 - It made sense for us to use the existing French spelling and writing systems;
02:45 - bias against Louisiana French;
04:30 - More discussion about Faulk's book;
05:30 - More about Domengeaux's opinions on Louisiana French, reactions by locals;
10:00 - Alan Lomax's involvement in the language renaissance;
12:15 - Establishing the Center for Acadian and Creole Folklore (Center for Louisiana Studies Archive);
13:00 - Picard and Debbie Clifton try to get Cajun French into LSU;
15:00 - David Marcantel, Richard Guidry;
17:00 - Domengeaux's motives for getting involved;
20:00 - Working for CODOFIL as a college student;
Carl Brasseaux:
23:15 - Cajuns and politics;
27:00 - Integration of schools bussing children into school;
Interview with Carl Brasseaux (cont.)
00:00 - Cajuns views on FDR, Truman and Eisenhower;
02:30 - Religious divide in the '50s;
04:30 - Climate of the South;
07:15 - Jimmy Carter;
09:00 - Reagan and Carter's administrations;
12:30 - Populism;
14:00 - Cajuns during this time were socially conservative but willing to follow populist candidates;
16:50 - David Duke;
22:20 - John Breaux;
24:30 - C.J. Bobby Dugas - references a speech he gave in the 70s;
27:00 - "Coonass"
29:20 - Ulysse Ricard - Part of a group trying to get LSU to teach Louisiana French;
31:30 - Gentile Acadians
35:00 - Grassroots cultural surge in the late 60s;
37:00 - Public perception of Cajuns;
39:00 - Bilingual education in schools;
40:50 - Instead of having native LA speakers get certified to teach French in schools, they brought in Belgians and Frenchmen, most of whom had no training to teach. They were here teaching in lieu of military service.
42:30 - The Randy Watley controversy, basically the same thing that happened with Faulk about a decade later;
43:30 - Change in CODOFIL's method of operations;
Interview with Carl Brasseaux (cont.)
00:00 - Cajun culture becoming trendy in France in the 70s;
01:30 - Bernard's theory on why Cajun culture became more popular around America in the 1980s;
02:00 - Oil bust caused many Cajuns to move, they started restaurants around the country - Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando, DFW, Houston;
03:45 - Images of Cajuns in the media;
07:25 - "Culture for sale";
10:00 - CODOFIL and Edwin Edwards;
12:20 - Rumor about CODOFIL being infiltrated by the FBI and CIA;
15:45 - War protests;
Interview with Richard Guidry
00:25 - CODOFIL was a response to the grassroots preservation efforts of people like Dudley LeBlanc;
02:45 - French education - At first, CODOFIL programs were only teaching French for 30 minutes per day;
04:30 - Bilingual education act was completely separate from the CODOFIL program;
09:00 - Deficiencies of the early CODOFIL programs;
14:30 - Recruiting Canadian French teachers;
19:00 - Shortcomings of how teachers were hired;
20:45 - Retaining hires with J1 visa;
22:00 - Developing a curriculum guide for the bilingual program;
22:30 - Language learning and retention; French teachers
Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.)
00:00 - Louisiana's education system;
01:30 - History of immersion programs;
03:20 - Parallel Spanish Immersion Program;
07:30 - Process of building immersion programs from nothing;
09:20 - Calcasieu's Spanish immersion program;
11:00 - Influential persons in the immersion movement;
15:30 - Discussing immersion programs around the state;
18:00 - Discussing the timelines of the various French programs starting in the late 60s;
21:00 - Issues with middle school programs;
26:30 - Successes of program in Acadia Parish;
Interview with Elvin Soileau (cont.)
ÒcoonassÓ; G. I. bill; welding; farming; picking up French in the home; Vietnam protesters; cold war; t. v.; air conditioning; plumbing; race relations; supporting WWII; news form the war; movies; cowboys; future of cajuns; tourism
Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.)
immersion in middle school; monetary allocations; bilingual advantage; FBI; Cajun French; Philippe Gustin
Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.); Johnnie Allan
Richard Guidry:learning Cajun French from parents; eating turtlesJohnnie Allan:Polycarp theme song
Interview with Allen J. Lasseigne
make up of Battalion; Robert Mouton; joining the Battalion; two platoons; training; Pearl Harbor; heritage; Pearl Harbor; Panama; appealing to Cajun pride; ethnicity of members; battalion vs. brigade; Catahoula training; legitimacy of battalion
Interview with T. K. Hulin
birthday; early recordings; Huey Meaux; recording for other labels; T. K.Õs Nightclub; Boure label; Smoke; Charlene Howard; nicknames;
Interview with Warren Perrin
petition to have Queen Elizabeth apologize for Acadian expulsion; England apologizes for other things; three things petition calls for; letter form the IRA; conference; file repeats
Interview with Philippe Gustin
moving to Louisiana to teach French; Belgians; working with CODOFIL; Jimmy Domengeaux; other teachers imported by CODOFIL; Cajun French; controversy; Domengeaux redeems himself; training Louisiana teachers; CODOFILÕs international ties; evaluating the program; immersion programs; success of immersion in Lafayette; statewide goals; older programs to save Cajun French; Raymond Rogers; Rogers/Domengeaux relationship; becomming director of CODOFIL; Claire Heymann; directors;
Interview with Philippe Gustin
being director of CODOFIL; Bertrand; CODOFIL under different directors; stepping down; Arlene Broussard; ÒcoonassÓ; Cajun shame; French presence in Louisiana; future of the Cajuns;
Interview with Edgar Mouton
founding of CODOFIL; McKithen Ôs support; culture catches on; petition/resolution; negative campaigns; conflicting data about resolution; Raymond Rogers; group effort; CODOSPAN; correspondence with McKithen; Beaujolais; money for French education; different strategies; Cajun French dilemma; Jimmy DomengeauxÕs career; postwar Cajun culture
Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU
Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU
***Recording date unknown***
-Unknown song;
-"Don't Wave Goodbye" - Gene Faulk
-"Loneliest Man in the World" - Willie Mallory
-"I'm a Country Boy" - Iry Lee Jackson
-"Bye-bye, Little Angel" - Elton Anderson
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"Highway Zydeco" - "Bon Temps" St. Marie
-"You're No Longer Mine"
-"Lean on Me" - Willie Mallory
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"My Little Angel" - The Royal Jokers
-"Do the Best You Can"
Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU
-Unknown Song - Little Junior Parker
-"It's Alright" - Unknown artist
-"I Love You So" - Elton Anderson - Lanor Records recorded at Cosimo's Studio
-"Love Repairman" - Donald Jacob
-"Little Honey" - Marvin and Johnny
-"Hot Hot Lips" - Ralph Prescott
-"House of Love" - Henry Hall and the Bellaires
-"Move on Down the Line" - unknown artist
-Unknown song - Earl Bostick
Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU
-Tall Tom - Introduction
-"Do You Remember Me" - Jimmy Donley
-"Gee Baby - Heartbeats
-"Blow Wind, Blow" - Frankie Four and the Heartbeats
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"The Ending of Love" - The Heartbeats
-"Love Letters" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Baby, You're so Fine"
-"Baby Won't You Turn Me On"
Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU
-"Baby You're So Fine" - Bobby Day and Willie Dixon
-"Every Once In A While" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-Tall Tom
-"At the Mardi Gras" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Sack Dress" - Lloyd Price
-"I'm Boss"
-"Come on Home" - The Bellaires
-"Baby You Belong to Me" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Driftin' Charlie"; unknown song
-unknown song
Compilation of Rod Bernard Recordings
Correspondence enclosed with cassette dated January 21, 1991 from Shane Bernard to Larry Benicewicz
-00:00 - "Southland" - The Boogie Kings;
-02:15 - "Lost Love" - The Boogies Kings;
-05:00 - "Jambalaya" - Rod Bernard;
-07:00 - "Linda Gail" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-09:13 - "Little Bitty Mama" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-11:45 - "Set Me Free" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-15:04 - "All Night in Jail" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-17:35 - "A-2-fay" - The Shondells;
-19:53 - "Boo-ray" - The Shondells;
-22:35 - "Dear Buddy" - Rod Bernard;
-25:25 - "Just a Little" - Rod Bernard;
-27:45 - "Who Knows" - Rod Bernard;
-30:14 - "Lonely Hearts Club" - Rod Bernard;
-32:38 - "Little Mama" - Rod Bernard;
-35:05 - Cowboy Stew band rehearsal - Lil Buck Senegal on guitar, C.C. Adcock on guitar, Larry Jolivette on bass, Nat Jolivette on drums - "Baby, What you Want Me To Do," "Good Hearted Woman"
Interview with Rod Bernard
Rod Bernard:
-00:00 - Getting started with Mercury records
-01:00 - "This Should Go On Forever" - Floyd Soileau not being able to keep up with orders
-02:00 - Working with Huey Meaux on distribution of "This Should Go on Forever;"
-04:00 - Management contract with Bill Hall, discussion about Bill's various music business endeavors. Hall Records; Mentions of J.P. Richardson "The Big Bopper,"
-08:40 - Recording for Argo Records
-12:00 - Recording with Johnny and Edgar Winters
-14:40 - Beginning work at KVOL
-16:40 - Cutting "Colinda" for Bill Hall - discussing the successes of the record
-18:30 - Discussing the title "Swamp Pop" - John Broven
-19:15 - The Shondells with Skip Steward and Warren Storm, Carol Rachou, La Louisianne Records
-20:50 - Jimmy Donley
-23:15 - Discussion about drug abuse, burnout and retiring from performing
-25:00 - Discussing his tenures with KVOL and KLFY
-27:00 - "Boogie in Black and White" - album that Rod made with Clifton Chenier; Discussing Clifton's music and style
-30:00 - Returning to part-time public performances and potentially recording again
-37:00 - Awards - One award at Acadian Village, One award from the Times of Acadiana
-39:20 - Arbee Record Lable - Label that Carol Rachou and Rod made together
-42:45 - Going into treatment for substance abuse
-44:00 - Discussing his job at the station
Interview wth Rod Bernard
Rod Bernard:
-00:00 - Background information
-00:50 - Early musical influences, First guitar paid for by picking and shelling pecans
-02:30 - Playing on an amateur radio show - Sponsored by Red Bird Sweet Potatoes
-04:25 - Upgraded to a Harmony brand guitar
-05:40 - Musicians getting their starts very early in life
-05:30 - Playing with the Twisters - Mike Genovese, "This Should Go On Forever"
-07:45 - Bobby Charles influence on Rob
-09:30 - Working at KSLO after school in high school
-11:40 - Guitar Gable and Bernard Jolievette "King Karl" - Recording "This Should Go On Forever" for Excello
-14:30 - Recording "This Should Go On Forever" - released on Jin
-15:30 - J.D. Miller recording songs and sending them to Excello to release what they felt would sell well
-18:50 - Cashbox and Billboard reviews of "This Should Go On Forever"
-19:45 - Chess Records, promotion of the record
-24:45 - Bill Hall - Managing Rod
-27:45 - Recording in Nashville - Cliff Parmon, Boots Randolph, The Jordanairs, Grady Martin
-29:40 - Cutting "Colinda" at Bill Hall's studio, Sold 40,000-50,000 copies
-30:45 - Jack Clement - producer and engineer - adding a rock 'n roll feel to Cajun songs
-31:35 - "Fais do-do"
-32:45 - Rod didn't want to cut "Colinda" - a lady across the street from the studio helped him with the French words
-33:50 - Kids being punished for speaking French at school. Rod never learned French when he was young, popularity of Cajun music over the years
-36:50 - Never wanted to play music for a living
-38:00 - Working at KLFY - Writing and producing tv commercials
-41:08 - Rod's "comeback;" Making a Country "flavored" album
-42:40 - "Sometimes I Talk in my Sleep"
Interview with Floyd Soileau
Floyd Soileau:
-01:45 - Changes in the recording industry
-02:10 - Floyd's relation to Leo Soileau
-02:30 - Speaking about the town of Ville Platte
-03:45 - How Floyd got involved in recording - started out as a disc jockey with KVPI, opening a record store
-04:30 - Cajun records got Floyd into making recordings (1957); First recording was made at a house party
-05:20 - First Swamp Pop recordings - Boogie Kings, Rod Bernard and the Twisters, Tommy McLain
-06:55 - Rockin' Sidney - sent to Floyd from Eddie Shuler
-08:00 - Early label - VeePee, Forming Swallow, Jin, Maison de Soul
-11:30 - Dave Allen - releasing his album
-14:20 - Johnny Winters, Sessions he was involved in at Bill Hall's studio
-17:00 - artists breaking contracts
-18:45 - Dego Rutledge - Bobby Charles recording for him
-20:40 - Jivin' Gene
-22:00 - Floyd's recording studio - Mono and 2 track tape
-25:00 - Donnie Jacobs, Jerry Devillier "Booksack" playing harmonica on the record
-29:30 - Lil Bob and the Lollipops
-34:30 - Rod Bernard
-38:40 - Johnnie Allan
-44:30 - Flat Town Music
Interview with Eddie Shuler
Eddie Shuler:
-01:00 - Talking about his new 24 track console
-01:15 - Love Bug Pellerin
-04:10 - Background information
-07:00 - Managing a record store in Lake Charles
-08:30 - Joining the Hackberry Ramblers as a singer
-11:00 - Chicken wire between musicians and spectators at clubs
-14:00 - Mothers chaperoning daughters at dances
-16:25 - Singing in French but not being able to speak it
-17:00 - Early versions of the Hackberry Ramblers - Edwin Duhon, Luderin Darbonne, Cheek? Widcamp, ?? Gentry, Johnny Fab
-19:00 - Ramblers on KPLC radio, Producing advertisements
-24:00 - Leaving the Ramblers, moving to Houston and trying to start a new band
-25:45 - Moving back to Lake Charles, forming the Reveliers
-26:30 - Forming Goldband Records
-28:15 - Meeting Iry Lejeune - First time Eddie had seen an accordion
-29:25 - Eddie reprimanded for putting Iry on the radio
-31:40 - Producing Iry Lejeune's records - 24 78 rpm records; Reissuing Iry's recordings
-34:45 - Pressing plants Eddie used
-38:00 - Recording process before the studio was built
-40:30 - Boozoo Chavis, Sidney Brown
-42:00 - Zydeco music
-43:00 - Hiring Classie Ballou to play with Boozoo, Discussion about Boozoo's recording sessions
-46:35 - Folkstar Record Label
Interview with Eddie Shuler
Eddie Shuler:
-00:00 - Starting the Folkstar label
-01:00 - How he was separating artists between Goldband and Folkstart labels
-01:40 - Starting Goldband Records
-02:55 - Cookie and the Cupcakes
-04:55 - Phil Philips - "Sea of Love"
-05:45 - George Khoury - Publishing company that George and Eddie started but never used
-06:30 - Publishing companies - Eddie's first publishing company - K-Mar; Fort Knox Publishing, TEK Publishing
-09:45 - Rockabilly Music
-12:15 - Katie Webster - discussing her early session work with Barbara Lynn
-15:00 - Rockin' Sydney - Eddie cut 156 sides with him through the 60's, Sydney changing to playing the accordion
-17:00 - Eddie expanding his studio to 16 track capability
-18:55 - "Juke Boy" Bonner - Hitch hiking to Lake Charles from California "I Can't Hardly Keep From Crying"
-19:40 - Jimmy Wilson
-22:20 - Hop Wilson - Rhythm and Blues played on lapsteel guitar
-24:10 - Guitar Jr. - "Family Rules"
-27:00 - Why many artists were gravitating to recording for Eddie over others
-28:00 - Bill Parker, Miss Peggy, Ole Yvonne
-30:25 - Don Pierce
-40:00 - Respect that Eddie has built - talking about his legacy, Wayne Shuler
-43:50 - Missing out on recordings because he was out of town. Rod Bernard - "This Should Go On Forever" and J.P. Richardson "Chantilly Lace"
Sea of Love
Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler
Eddie and Wayne Shuler:
-00:00 - Eddie makes statement to Wayne Shuler - naming Wayne as successor to Goldband / TEK companies
-01:30 - Eddie talking about not wanting to work for other people
-02:55 - Eddie's thoughts on how to be successful in the record business - approaching big companies; finding artists; leasing songs
-08:50 - Zydeco music
-10:00 - Speaking about the longevity of any given artist
-13:25 - Conversation between Eddie and Wayne - Wayne discussing his vision for Goldband's future
-16:30 - Record collectors
-17:15 - Goldband being known for Cajun and Zydeco genres
-18:50 - Finding the right song for a particular artist
-19:05 - Goldband Blues releases - market for Blues genre
-20:30 - Record labels overextending themselves and going into debt
-23:30 - Market for Country music - tough market to break into
-26:30 - Herman G., Rockin' Sidney
-29:30 - Management business, working with other labels and distributors;
-34:20 - Hackberry Ramblers - prestige for the label - Issues with Luderin Darbonne not wanting to work with Goldband
-38:50 - Finding a select group of artists to work with and push
-43:00 - Existing catalogue; selling lesser-known artists
Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler
Eddie and Wayne Shuler:
-00:30 - Skip Dowers, Herman Gee
-03:35 - Boozoo Chavis - His momentum and following
-06:15 - Gulf War - effects on the business
-08:00 - Younger demographic
-08:45 - Eddie's thoughts on female musicians
-13:00 - Issues with being in Lake Charles / Louisiana
-15:15 - Robert "Bobby" Parker
Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler
Eddie and Wayne Shuler:
***Explicit language***
-00:00 - Wayne says he's looking forward to working with his dad
-02:30 - White blues
-03:00 - Kerri Gregory
-03:15 - Eddie's commentary on Wayne's issues with patience
-06:45 - Working with others, Compromising
-08:00 - Wayne things Eddie is difficult to work with
-09:00 - end of track - Long argument between Eddie and Wayne
Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler
Eddie and Wayne Shuler:
***Explicit language***
-00:00 - Continued discussion about Kerri Gregory
-01:15 - More of Eddie's commentary on women musicians, Jo-El Sonnier
Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler
Eddie and Wayne Shuler:
Copy of BE2-013
***Explicit language***
-00:00 - Wayne says he's looking forward to working with his dad
-02:30 - White blues
-03:00 - Kerri Gregory
-03:15 - Eddie's commentary on Wayne's issues with patience
-06:45 - Working with others, Compromising
-08:00 - Wayne things Eddie is difficult to work with
-09:00 - end of track - Long argument between Eddie and Wayne
Warren Storm - Live Music Performance And Interview
Warren Storm - Live Music Performance And Interview
-00:00 - "At the Ball Tonight"
-04:55 - Moving from J.D. Miller to Huey Meaux's label - Sincere Records
-06:20 - Session work for Carol Rachou - Dale and Grace, Bobby Charles, Jewel and the Rubies, Eddy Raven
-08:15 - "Troubles, Troubles" - Regional popularity, played shows with Johnny Cash around that time
-09:00 - Billboard ratings for "Mama Mama" and "Prisoner Song"
-09:40 - Band members and session musicians - Rocket Morgan, Bobby McBride, Ryan and Al Ferrier, Katie Webster
-12:20 - Warren played on the album that Rod Bernard and Clifton Chenier made in 1976
-13:10 - Recordings made with Happy Fats, Doc Guidry, Al Terry
-14:00 - Rebel label - Marty Collins - Baton Rouge discjockey
-15:20 - Rockin' Sydney - 1984 album on Maison de Soul
-16:00 - Other genres of music Warren likes, his drumming style, brushes, auxiliary percussion
-17:20 - J.D. Miller used 2-track recording until the mid-60's
-18:25 - J.D. Miller's pay for session musicians, long sessions
-20:00 - Modernization of recording in South Louisiana, overdubbing
Live Performance by Warren Storm
Warren Storm - Drums and Vocals, Willie T. - Sax and Vocals, Lynn August - Piano and Vocals
-00:00 - "I'm Gonna Miss You"
-05:30 - "Let's Do the Twist"
-10:25 - "House of the Rising Sun"
-14:27 - "Mississippi Bullfrog"
-17:50 - "Sea of Love"
-22:40 - "Jalapeno Lena"
-27:20 - "You Could Make It"
-33:20 - "Jolie Blond"
-37:55 - "Seven Days"
-43:40 - "Please Forgive Me"
Interview with Warren Storm
Warren Storm:
-00:00 - Forming Lil Band of Gold - C.C. Adcock and Steve Riley talked Warren into joining a jam session
-02:20 - David Egan, Richard Comeau joining the jam
-03:20 - First Lil Band of Gold CD
-03:45 - List of gig locations;
-08:20 - Band members - Dave Ranson, David Greely, Kenny Bill Stinson;
-10:00 - Small talk
-12:00 - Talking about the song "I Don't Wanna Know;"
-12:30 - Discussing a recent concert;
Interview with Tommy McCalin with Warren Storm in the Background
Tommy McCalin:
-00:00 - Lil Bob and the Lollipops
-01:45 - Background information - Born in Jonesville, LA, grew up in Pineville
-02:30 - The Crystals, Early gigs in Baton Rouge
-03:50 - Meeting Jack Horner and the Flames, E & E Club in Alexandria
-04:50 - Birthday is 3/15/1940, Mentions that Warren Storm, Bobby Charles, Huey Meaux, Johnny Allan, Tommy are all Pisces
-05:30 - W.M. Smith - Clubowner who put The Roller Coasters to work. Tommy was playing with them at the time
-07:40 - The Roller Coasters split, Joining the Boogie Kings with Clint West
-08:20 - Leroy's Lounge in Alexandria
-09:10 - Recording and release of "Sweet Dreams"
-12:00 - Boogie Kings - issues within the band and eventual split
-14:00 - Joining Ray Brown Booking and hitting the road, Dick Clark Caravan of Stars
-16:00 - Tax Issues, popularity falling, drugs and money
-16:40 - "No Tomorrows Now"
-18:30 - Mule Train Band - Sheraton Town House gig and Hollywood connections, Movie with Paul Newman
-23:10 - Freddie Fender covering one of Tommy's songs; Touring with Freddie
-25:15 - Playing with his sons
-28:00 - Bad times and good times
Interview with Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester:
-Mid 1950s bands with John Jackson (guitar), Sonny Martin (piano and vocals), band name was Eddie Hudson and the Bossa Novas
-Lazy Lester utility man- 13 piece band with other band members were Charlie Adams, June Adams, Jack Charles King, Donald Bates.
-Gigs in high schools, bars, auditoriums
-White clubs loading in through back doors- staying on the band stand
-Johnny Allan
-studio musicians- Merton Thibodaux, Katie Webster, UJ Meaux, Carol Fran, Lionel Prevost, Warren Storm, Tal "Pop-P" Miller, Jockey Ettienne,
-Played Pink Corner Club (Hope and Harrop) and Blue Gardenia in Rayne with Guitar Gable.
-Band mates: Big John and Lazy Lester and the Rhythm Rockers
-eventually became the 13 Cases- could split into two bands and play high school dances while other group play "wine joints"
-John Jackson lost his eye in a bull dozer accident
-Baton Rouge to Rayne bus ride- met with Lightning Slim to record in Crowley
-Harmonica- recorded because he was hanging around the studio; Tuned Lightning Slim's guitar and recorded "Sugar Plum"
-Recording for Exello records; different records
-Big band
-Tours with Lonesome Sundown; Chicago, Cleveland, Rome, Georgia, Polka Dot Slim, Mr. Calhoun
-"Sunny Side of Love"
-tap dancing
-gigging with famous guys
-day jobs
-recording the blues
-blues records
-moving about
-book discrepancies
-touring Europe
-festivals