Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
Interview with Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester:
-Lazy Lester played Jazz Fest four times
-Travels and tours
-Elvis and his travels; safety belt on a bed
-Money in writing books? writing books
-Harry Oster recordings
-"Smokey Babe" recording session at Saturday Dotson's house
-Scotlandville- Jenkins family musicians
-Band crash house in Crowley- Nappy Brown, etc.
Interview with "Big" Al Carson
"Big" Al Carson:
-History of playing at the Funky Pirate- eight years
-Steve Yoakim Dog Packs Maison de Bourbon- Dixieland band
-Spike Jones revival theater run six weeks Masonic Temple Cultural Center
-Born New Orlean- Alton Carlton 10/2/1953
-Mom church singer in gospel choirs
-Played trumpet- one of first music students at William O Rodgers elementary school - early 1960s walk to Phyllis Wheatly- music teacher Guy Leer
-Tuba from Junior High to College at Xavier
-Walter Payton taught private lessons- bass lessons at Xavier
-musical education- Booker T Washington High School orchestra- tuba player got to play ahead with older orchestras
-playing in the street- Doc Paulin band
-Xavier University band
-Sunday gigs
-Snap Bean Band
-overseas festivals
-Walter Payton's show
-Magnolia and Camellia Brass Bands
-R&B and blues
-Europe; the internet
-New Orleans Heartbreakers
-new C. D.s
Interview with 'Big' Al Carson
"Big" Al Carson:
-Touring in US
-Discussion of discography- Magnolia Brass Band, The Heartbreakers, The Blues Masters featuring Al Carson-Live at the Funky Pirate
-Eagle Brass Band-tuba: Olympia Brass Band, Spirit of New Orleans Brass Band, Riverwalk Jazz Band
-plays Santa Clause at the Riverwalk 8 years
-Latest CD- "Take Your Drunk Ass Home"
-controversial photo
-Santa Clause
-movie and commercial work
-Funky Pirate gig
Interview with Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
Interview with George Khoury - recatalog
Clarence "Jockey" Etienne:
Clarence:
-born 11/22/1935 in St. Martinville
-bugle player at school- parade
-rode horse with his dad- that is why his nickname is 'Jockey'
-Victor Jordan- first band late 1940s
-JD Miller "Laka lai, Lakai Lai"
-met Guitar Gabriel added drums
-Joe Simon after Guitar Gabriel late 1950s
-local agent Charles Carter
-played Leo's Rendezvous- New Iberia
-toured with Solomon Burke after "He'll Have to Go"
-Bobby Powell
-Rodney and the All-Stars
-in 1976 joined Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders until July 1989
-Blues Unlimited label
-Shelton Skerrett recording Fernest
-JJ Callier in the studio
-Bobby Price and Gene Morris recordings
-Creole Zydeco Farmers
-European tours: Germany, Holland (Festival in Utrecht), Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, 1991, 1993, 1994
-tour in states: Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City
-photos
-band mates
-new C.D.
-Jazz Fest
-Fernest
-Memphis
Interview with Kenny "Tibbs" Thibodeaux
Kenny "Tibbs" Thibodeaux:
-0:00- Early love of music- singer as child- grandfather had orchestra- Big Band swing
-1:30- Full name Ken Thibodeaux
-2:00- born Youngsville 7/17/1942- moved to Lafayette
-2:30- first band; Alvin Dugas 1958 played guitars: Alvin and the Chipmunks- played bass- too young to drive
-4:00- Belvedere Club in Delcambre- played there 12 years
-6:00- Willie T played sax, Willie and the Jokers- Willie Trahan- Kenny played bass and sang; ten years- moved on to other bands: Jimmy Newman, Boogie Kings
-8:00- the sound;- six pieces tenor and alto sax, bass
-9:00- 1960 started covering soul, blues, South LA rock
-10:40- recording 1961 "I Promise" at JD Miller's studio for Charles Rutledge at Viking Records
-11:30- KVOL radio play led to local popularity
-13:30- controversy with songs and writers and distributors
-15:00- Viking Records owner
-16:00- "I'm Still Alone" and "The Worm"- Rod Bernard DJ at KVOL
-17:00- 7 Seas/Bayou Club, Forrest Club, Boundary Club - band before midnight then a band after: Warren Storm, Cookie and the Cupcakes
-18:30: CJ Broussard formed super band: Rhythm Masters: Pouchie Benoit (guitar), John Smith (sax), etc. lasted 8 or 9 months
-19:40- Pouchie Benoit and John Smith- played with Jokers one year- CJ Broussard call liquor board to stop gigs
-21:00- JD Miller warehouse
-21:30- Bobby Charles covers 1964 in Ville Platte with Solieau
-22:15: 1974 last recording "Little Girls Grow Up too Fast"
-23:30- played music as second job all along starting 1958, married 1963
-24:30- have to book in advance- no unions, verbal agreements to set price
-25:45: tough during oil bust
-25:45: small clubs around Lafayette: OST in Rayne on Saturday nights, River Club in Mermentau on Friday, Martinez Club in Morse 8:30-12:30 then two miles away
-1-5 Town and Country in Riceville (8-30-12:30 Cajun older crowd, 1-5), Leonville till 12:30 the Boo-Boo's 2-5 after Johnnie Allan
-27:30- Top End now 9-2 then to work at 7:30am
-28:30- Current band- Mike Leger (guitar), always The Jokers- after Willie T left, changed to Kenny and the Jokers
-29:45- 7 nights a week at Acadiana Motor Lounge (Fox Trap) in New Iberia; Cajun Wharf at hotel, replaced by hard rock crowd
-31:15- Now at Four Seasons in Lafayette- Top End for afternoon gigs
-32:30- new six nights a week gig while things are slow but hard to do with real jobs
-34:00- bar owner tries to control band song choices and timing- how to gauge dance crowd
-35:15- no jokes from stage- even though band is Jokers
-36:00- Carencro bar: Cajun Country: 1950s review with costume changes helped him become entertainer- not fun to watch people sit and stare at the band
-37:00- Benicewicz gigs; article soon
-39:00- Bobby Charles tried to take Memories book
-39:30-: Austin (band member with Johnnie Allan before)
-40:00- photo descriptions
-42:30 Roy Perkins- Riff Raffs, Tramps George Arceneux
-43:15- 3 Piece band- two guitar and drums
-45:30- shortening name- JD miller suggested "Tibbs" from Thibodeaux- full name Henry Kenneth Thibodeaux
Interview with Lynn August
Lynn August:
-0:00 - background information- born in Lafayette
-1:00 - blind from birth- parents supportive of music
-2:00 - early musical experiences- Mom bought piano records: Johnny Ace, Ray Charles, Lloyd Price, Fats Domino
-2:30 - family entertainer- sang and played harmonica
-3:00 - practiced drums on washtub while other kids played guitar
-3:45 - Dad managed kid band- got first gig when drummer wasn't able: sang 1958 song Willie West: "Did you have fun?"
-7:00 - joining a band- Buckwheat on keys, piano accordion in early band- nickname given
-7:30 - gigs- Dad managed band, Wednesday night in New Iberia until people caught on- then Saturday nights: "Little August"
-9:30 - 1959 Lafayette Club- piano players every night Rolling Dice (3 nights) and Fats Junior (3 nights)
-11:00 - Esquerita (Eskew Reeder)- special Friday night guest- something from outer space- had played New Orleans- started playing with Esquerita- Abbeville first, then New Orleans
learned funk from New Orleans records
-13:45 - Jay Nelson- 1961 to 1963 needed a temporary drummer- three piece horn section- New Orleans R&B
-15:30 - state school for the blind in Baton Rouge- boarding school- certain age to play music- Henry Butler was his roommate- quit at 8 years old
-18:00 - learned braille 1975/1976, later learned to read/write braille music and composition
-20:00 - formed band with Buckwheat in Lafayette
-20:30 - Eskew Reeder told him to play piano- said he got Little Richard on piano; wanted to play with foot pedals- Dad traded painting job for organ
-22:30 - 1965 bought Hammond B3, later Wurlitzer electric piano
-23:00 - weekend gigs, band having a tough time- approached to play for $300 a week for four nights @ 17 years old
-25:00 - St. Martinsville- Beano's Club; week nights slower, but weekends packed at $2 a head
-27:30 - had new car and a live-in chauffer
-28:00 - four piece band- every other Saturday at Slim's Y-Ki Ki
-28:30 - band drama; car and trailer vandalized and broke up the band 1970- started with drum machine
-29:00 - hotel gigs- six nights a week- 1976- stayed six weeks at a time in one place
-30:00 - 1976 gospel and choirs; popular and very busy- multiple churches and choir- correspondence courses to read
-31:15 - Lynn August Trio with female singer
-32:00 - JD Miller wanted more of a swamp pop sound- 1963 "Little Red Rooster" and "Let Them Talk" at La Louisiane, then at JD Miller's- session musician at Miller's
-35:00 - 1974 recorded record at Floyd Solieau's- "Sick and Tired" and "If You Love Me"- done with JD Miller
-36:30 - late 1977 rub board played with Marcel Dugas playing zydeco- could keep job at church- until 1979
-38:00 - 1979 back to work in lounges and more involved at church- until 1981-82 oil industry crashed
-39:00 - making a deal with the wife- help her through school and then he could do what he wanted
-40:00 - 1987-1989 six nights a week in small clubs / supper clubs
-41:45 - built studio in 1988 20 digital 4 analog tracks DAT tape
-43:30 - signed with Blacktop Records playing zydeco
-44:30 - 1988 "Party Time" on Maison de Soul Helping Morris Francis with a recording
-46:30 - singles
Interview with Lynn August
Lynn August:
-00:00 - Keyboard patches for sounds on zydeco recording
-01:00 - Bought piano accordion from Mark Savoy- $2200 and played day and night
-03:00 - difference in piano and accordion
-04:00 - picked up accordion at session jam and played that day
-04:30 - Clifton Chenier- preserve his sound- not impersonate
-05:00 - bought accordion June 1989 and October 1989 in Florida January 1990 already on tour playing accordion
-06:00 - recording zydeco album- September 1989
-07:00 - Recording at La Louisiane zydeco band;
-07:30 - The Big Shoot Out on Rounder Records recorded at El Sid O's 1991
-08:30 - Creole Cruiser on Blacktop Records with Rodney Bernard, George Porter, Sammy Brophette on keys, Selwin Cooper guitar, Carmen Jacob
-10:00 - Jure/Lala style acapella 1990
-12:00 - Tours: New York City, Boston, Chicago,
-13:00 - Eric Clapton, Johnny Winters, Stevie Ray Vaughn came to shows
-14:00 - Festival gigs
-15:00 - West coast tour coming up
-15:30 - 1991, 1992 European tours
Interview with Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson:
-00:00 - Background information
-00:30 - Born 4/24/1947, in Oxford, England- currently 46 years old
-01:00 - Musical influences from older brother's records (three years older)- Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, London/Decca labels
-02:15 - Guitar playing skiffle (guitar, washboard, tea chest string bass)
-03:00 - The Outcasts- had a hard time finding practice space: cheap acoustic, then Burns electric guitar
-04:00 - Played for school functions, then US Air Force bases Upper Heyford and Glouster. Introduction to the US on bases
-05:22 - playing bass in early sixties, covers, talent contest, etc.
-06:00 - Four piece rock band covering Chuck Berry, etc.
-07:00 - School functions and clubs
-07:30 - Manager had driving school and the band used his cars to move equipment- still as The Outcasts
-09:00 - Opened for The Big Three, Eric Delany Band, TV talent contest on "Ready, Steady, Go!" TV show, Screaming Lord Sutch
-10:30 - Band broke up, discovered blues around 1965
-11:30 - More interested in blues than Beatles pop
-12:00 - Marble Arch and Sue record labels for blues
-13:30 - Bought tape recorder and started recording and working on songs- fascinated with taping
-14:30 - Marriage at 20 or 21 in 1968/1969- met wife at a gig
-15:00 - Brother working in New Jersey, so they came over to see the US, stay with brother and see what happens
-17:00 - Visited Canada to stay legal- might stay a year- lived in Toronto a while
-18:37 - Acme Blues Band in Toronto- friend Brian Wickham (vocals and harmonica) who played lots of records for him
-20:15 - Ed's had deep record collection
-20:45 - Working in retail
-22:00 - Played smaller clubs in Toronto; Hawk's Nest, Le Coq d'Or
-24:00 - Mike Levine from Triumph, The Band rehearsed across from the shop in a club- got to know them
-26:00 - Moved back to England (1979) for a break, then started to set up a studio
-27:30 - Interested in Reggae, so went to the West Indies: Antigua, Jamaica, Trinidad-
-29:00 - Wife, Diana, cut hair to pay rent while he hung out with other musicians
-30:00 - Island transportation- airfare then
-31:00 - Grenada to England
-31:30 - Culture shock after time in Canada
-32:00 - Jamaican artist Jason Barnes was first to record- in Mad Professor's studio in Brixton- dub
-33:45 - Set up own studio in Redding 1984- basement of house is studio- 16 tracks
-35:30 - Recorded project with members of Status Quo, singer songwriters and local band demos
-38:00 - now working remixing
-40:30 - 1988 Jazz Festival New Orleans visit- someone told him about Floyd's Record store in Ville Platte bought Charles Mann- "Walk of Life"
-44:00 - Wrote to Lee Lavergne at Lanor Records about licensing and make an album of Charles Mann
Interview with Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson speaks about the start of Zane Records
Interview with Lee Lavergne
Lee Lavergne:
-00:55 - Background information, Born Dec 10, 1932
-01:40 - Early exposure to Cajun Music - Amedé Ardoin, Joe Falcon, Aldus Roger, Nathan Abshire
-02:50 - Eddie Shuler - Iry LeJeune recordings. He also made one recording in Houston
-03:35 - Radio programs - Nathan Abshire was on the radio every Thursday afternoon
-04:10 - Lee always had an interest in music, but never played much
-04:35 - Sold seeds to buy his first guitar
-05:30 - Talks to another person (unknown) in the room. He played with Lawrence Walker
-06:30 - Johnnie Allan leaving Lawrence Walker's band and taking several members
-07:15 - Lee says he really liked Nathan Abshire and Hank Williams
-08:30 - Lee leaving for the service - changes in the music while he was gone
-09:00 - Good Rockin' Bob - Camille Bob, Cookie and the Cupcakes
-10:00 - Racial issues at live music shows back in the 50s and 60s
-10:55 - Lanor Records started in 1960. Lee talks about recording music, first reel to reel tape machine
-12:10 - Used Floyd Soileau's, J.D. Miller's, Cosimo Matassa's, Huey Meaux's studios
-13:00 - Lee says it was tough to get good session musicians
-13:40 - First releases - Shirly and Alphée Bergeron, Elton Anderson
-15:30 - Goldband's release of Sugar Bee - others trying to release French Rock 'n Roll records
-16:30 - Talking about various musicians - Duke Stevens, Elton Anderson
-19:30 - King Karl / Guitar Gable songs - "This Should Go On Forever," "Irene"
-21:00 - Lee started his own studio in 1982
-21:25 - Charles "Drifting Charles" Tyler, Lloyd Renault, Classie Ballou; Elton Anderson
-24:25 - Phil Phillips
-26:15 - Classic Ballou release circa 1980
-27:10 - Robbie Robinson
-28:45 - Maw-Maw Theriot - In Angola
-29:25 - Charles Mann - Talking about first recordings and musical style
-35:15 - Jim Olivier
Interview with Camille Bob
Camille Bob:
-00:30 - Other musicians in family - Second cousin to Clifton Chenier
-01:30 - Background information - born in Arnaudville, Started his band in 1958
-03:10 "Take it Easy, Katie" and "Little One" - Recording he made for Eddie Shuler. Katie Webster played piano
-05:00 - Lil Bob and the Lollipops; bands and members - Morris Francis
-06:30 - Recordings - Went from Goldband, to La Louisianne, to Jin
-07:10 - "I Got Loaded;" - Writer credits
-10:30 - Hits for Jin -"I Don't Wanna Cry"
-11:25 - Band Personnel - John Perrodin, Morris Francis
-12:45 - Driftwood Lounge - Northgate Mall
-14:00 - Played Zydeco tunes occasionally
-14:30 - Acadiana Studio - Studio Camille was trying to start with some other musicians
-15:30 - Talking about his name
-17:30 - Hairspray - Movie that Larry provided music for
-18:50 - Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr. - played in Camille's band for 4 years
Interview with Guitar Gable
Guitar Gable:
-00:05 - Working with Camille Bob "Lil Bob"
-00:40 - Back in the business - First show at Festival International in 1995 with C.C. Adcock, Rod Bernard, King Karl
-02:00 - Gigs - Swampwaters in Lafayette, Tiffany's in Opelousas, Washington Campground, Paul's Playhouse in Sunset
-03:30 - Situation with an impostor in Lafayette
-04:40 - Background information - Father played accordion and harmonica, speaks French
-06:10 - Learning to play guitar - Talks about his first Gene Autry guitar
-07:00 - Family members who play music
-08:10 - House parties
-09:20 - First professional gigs - Had to have a guardian to play at clubs when he was young
-12:00 - Joining with Bernard Jolivette "King Karl"
-14:50 - Guitar Gable and the Swingmasters
-15:45 - Forming his own band - Guitar Gable and The Musical Kings featuring King Karl
-17:25 - Clarence "Jockey" Etienne - Making the "Congo Mambo" beat
-18:15 - Recording for Eddie Shuler and J.D. Miller
-21:00 - Producers getting songwriting credits for songs other people wrote
-22:45 - Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
-24:00 - Vidrine Studio
-24:55 - Moonlight Inn, Evangeline Club, Southern Club, Youth Center in Eunice, Clover Club
-27:00 - Studio musician for J.D. Miller
-27:50 - Hits that he had
-28:40 - Contract with J. D. Miller; Sales for "This Should Go On Forever," continued discussions about issues with J.D. Miller
-33:45 - Playing with Lil Bob
-35:00 - Adjusting to changes in music when he came out of the army
-37:45 - Racism problems and playing white clubs
-39:45 - The Outcasts - Band with some school band directors - reading music
-41:30 - Stopped playing in the 1980s
-46:45 - Rod Bernard - "This Should Go On Forever"
-50:50 - Musicians in the family
Interview with Isaac "Big Ike" Martin; Interview with Mel Melton
"Big Ike" Martin and Mel Melton:
"Big Ike" Martin:
-00:00 - Background information
-01:00 - Early exposure to music - Aunts were singers at church
-01:45 - Talent show that he won in school
-02:55 - The Episodes, changing name of the band to Lake City Show Band in 1976 - repertoire
-05:00 - Opening for bigger acts - Aretha Franklin, Bobby Blue Bland
-05:45 - Clubs they played at - Paul's Auditorium, Jones' Flying Fox
-06:45 - White clubs
-07:30 - Only sang, never played instruments in his bands
-08:00 - Recordings made with the Lake City Show Band
-09:30 - J.D. and Mark Miller - Mastertrak Studio and Label
-17:20 - Playing casino shows
-19:30 - Magic City Club, The In Crowd Club
-25:00 - Eddie Shuler
-27:00 - Playing Zydeco music - Cacean Ballou, Classie's daughter, plays accordion for Isaac
-27:40 - Plaisance Zydeco Festival - Not being booked for the Festival
-28:15 - Playing with Wayne Toups
-29:20 - Band Lineup - Cacean Ballou, Joe Orsot, Shelton Dixon
-32:20 - Artists he's backed - Bobby Blue Bland, Johnny Taylor, Benny Wright, Buddy East
Mel Melton:
-34:05 - Another interview starts - Unknown person, possibly Mel Melton
-34:38 - Playing for Zachary Richard
-35:00 - Playing in Colorado when Zachary Richard wasn't working
-37:30 - Having trouble learning to play the accordion, sticking with playing the harmonica
-40:00 - Reaction to original material
-41:00 - Quitting "Bayou Rhythm" after getting married
-44:45 - Retiring in Chicago
-47:00 - Returning to playing music
-50:00 - Talking about his new band and new release
Interview with Guitar Gable
Guitar Gable:
-00:00 - Background information - Born in Belleview
-00:45 - Musicians in the family - Father played accordion, several of his brothers played. Oliver and Charles played fiddle
-04:45 - Started to play professionally at 16
-11:15 - Recording for J.D. Miller - "Congo Mambo," "Irene"
-11:55 - King Karl
-12:30 - Royalities "Life Problem," "This Should Go On Forever"
-15:10 - Left J.D. Miller in 1960, Joined the army
-16:00 - British invasion
-16:40 - Playing with The Directors from 1971-1975 and Lil Bob and the Lollipops from 1976-1980; The Outcasts
-20:00 - Clubs he played with Lil Bob - Evangeline Club, Southern Club, Roof Garden, Signorelli's
-24:15 - Military service
Louisiana Hot Stuff Radio Show with Buddy King
Louisiana Hot Stuff Radio Show with Buddy King:
***All songs are edited into short fragments***
-00:00 - Clifton Chenier - "We're Gonna Party." Live at the 1984 San Francisco Blues Festival
-02:45 - Interview with C.J. Chenier about Clifton - "Bow Legged Woman"
-04:30 - Irma Thomas - "Break Away"
-05:25 - Charles Mann - "Red, Red Wine"
-06:30 - Wayne Toups - "Sweet Jolene"
-08:15 - Zachary Richard - "Zydeco Party"
-10:00 - Mamou - "Jolie Blonde"
-11:50 - Cookie and the Cupcakes - "Matilda"
-13:05 - Beausoleil - "Colinda"
-14:18 - Rod Bernard - "Colinda"
-16:20 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry - "You Gonna Need Somebody Someday"
-17:28 - Buckwheat Zydeco - "Hot Tamale Baby"
-18:58 - Boozoo Chavis - "La butte de chiens"
-21:00 - Uncle Ned's Joke
-22:00 - Professor Longhair
Interview with Hammond Scott
Hammond Scott:
-00:00 - Background information - Born in Alexandria, May 1950
-01:40 - Talks about clubs that had good music scenes going - Shep's in Mansura, Pelican Club in Marksville, Purple Peacock
-02:45 - His siblings had alot of records at home when he was growing up. A friends' dad had a Jukebox company, so they would get used records
-03:45 - Always had blues records around while growing up
-05:40 - Buddy King - Broke Tommy McClain'
-06:15 - Parents didn't have any musical background
-07:20 - How he became involved with recording music
-09:00 - Older blues musicians reemerging, collecting old records
-11:25 - Booking and traveling with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
-18:00 - Recording; producing; mixing
-21:30 - Most important thing a producer can do is get the best performance from the band and have a good engineer in the control room
-24:00 - Band chemistry in the studio
-26:30 - Changes in how he mixes records
-28:45 - Working as a graphic designer
-30:00 - Work after Gatemouth with the D.A. and going back to law school. Starting Blacktop Records while in law school
-34:30 - Rounder Records became their distributor
-34:45 - Artists recorded for Blacktop - Johnny Reno, Buckwheat Zydeco, Ronnie Earl. Discovering other blues bands
-43:00 - Big Jesse Yawn
Interview with Hammond Scott
Hammond Scott:
-00:10 - Maison de Soul, Black Top Records
-01:30 - Mentions that marketing singles is difficult
-02:45 - Lists projects recorded - 50 records
-05:25 - working for D.A.'s office while recording
-07:00 - Blacktop and Rounder Records
-07:15 - Overseas distribution; Demon/Blacktop Records
-08:30 - Had a backlog of unfinished records due to work. Decided to quit D.A. office and work at Blacktop full-time
-11:00 - Working with other labels - Alligator and Rounder, competition. He thinks that too many records are being released
-15:00 - Continued discussion about the market being saturated
-18:30 - Talking about sessions that happen at the studio - recording, mixing projects
-19:15 - Nathan and Sid Williams - Nathan being tied down to playing El Sid O's every Friday
Interview with Willie Tee Turbinton
Willie Tee Turbinton:
-00:30 - background information - Feb 6, 1944 in New Orleans. His dad was a jazz saxophonist
-01:20 - Lived on Saratoga Street - Professor Longhair lived around the corner, also near the Blue Eagle Club
-03:00 - His brother, Earl, inspired him to start playing piano. Started at 3 years old
-03:45 - Harold Battiste was his 7th grade music teacher - Harold talked to Willie's mother about playing and recording with them
-04:45 - First record - "Always Accused" "All For One." Made it with Harold Battiste
-05:20 - Origin of the name "Willie Tee"
-06:50 - Solomon Spencer - Band Director who took him and Aaron and Art Neville to play at Lincoln Beach
-09:45 - First band they had as kids - Ervin Charles, Earl Turbinton, Henry Mitchell - The Seminoles
-12:00 - Playing gigs as kids
-13:00 - Influences - Eddie Bo, Tommy Ridgely, Gene Allison
-14:30 - Growing a following after his first record
-16:00 - Jazz influences - McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver
-17:00 - Writing songs
-18:15 - Mardi Gras Indian group that lived near Willie - their influences in his music
-18:45 - Nola Records - Wardell Quezergue
-20:20 - Recording at Cosimo's studio
-22:00 - Signing with Queen Booking out of New York
-22:20 - Apollo Theatre
-22:30 - Backup band with Gene Chandler, Patti LaBelle, Barbera Mason
-26:20 - Cannonball Adderley - Produced Willie and his band
-26:40 - Al Hirt's club on Bourbon Street, Ivanhoe Club
-30:30 - George Davis, David Lee, George French, Earl Turbinton
-32:40 - Released 4 singles for Capital
-35:30 - Gatur Records; Willie T. and the Gators
-39:20 - Barclay Records - Wild Magnolias Album - "Smoke My Peace Pipe"
-42:00 - Says they were the first to put music behind Mardi Gras chants
-46:35 - Clyde Fox
Interview with Willie Tee Turbinton
Wille Tee Turbinton:
-01:00 - Playing more solo hotel gigs and focusing on writing
-02:00 - The Weather Report - "Can it be Done" by Carl Anderson
-03:25 - Touring Europe with the Wild Magnolias - Natives, Cannes, Monte Carlos
-08:45 - NOLA record label
-10:15 - Writing songs for other artists. Wild Magnolia's hits "A New Suit," "Smoke My Peace Pipe," They Call Us Wild"
-13:50 - Wrote singles for Margie Joseph
-15:00 - Playing Newport Folk Fest, Talking about his association with Quint Davis
-17:00 - Rounder compilation C.D.
-20:00 - Mentions that he's a full-time musician, Luther Kent album
-23:15 - Movie score projects;
Interview with Roy Carrier
Roy Carrier:
-01:15 - background information - born in Church Point
-02:00 - learning to play the guitar when he was 16, influences
-03:20 - KVPI Radio out of Ville Platte
-04:00 - Starting to play professional gigs
-04:45 - switching to accordion, liked Rockin' Dopsie and Clifton Chenier
-08:00 - First recordings - with Lee Lavergne
-11:00 - Talking about Chubby Carrier
-12:50 - Oilfield work, drilling and roughnecking
-14:15 - Touring and playing festivals
-17:00 - Band mates - Raymond Randall, Chubby, Calvin Sam (Sam Brothers 5), David Edmond, Jimmy Sherell
Interview with Herman Guiee (Herman Guidry)
Herman Guiee (Herman Guidry):
-00:00 - background information - From Lake Charles, family and stage names
-01:10 - musicians in the family - Brothers and Father played music. His dad played and made fiddles
-02:45 - His brother, Calvin Guidry, played with Clifton Chenier; Lil Buck Senegal
-04:30 - Started learning accordion two years ago
-05:00 - Playing guitar and slide trombone with Katie Webster, says that she inspired his playing
-07:55 - Big Ike and the Episodes - played R&B
-09:00 - First recording with Eddie Shuler with "The Young Generation"
-10:50 - Herman's own first band - Cold Love (circa '76)
-11:50 - Magic - "I'm Loving You and You're Loving Him"
-14:45 - Working with Boozoo Chavis and Lil Buck Senegal
-17:45 - playing in various Zydeco bands - Leo Thomas, Lawrence Ardoin, Rockin' Sidney, C.J. Chenier
-22:00 - Recordings he's made with Goldband - The Freeze and Harlem Shuffle
-25:25 - Played on some of Jo-El Sonnier's old recordings when they were remixed
-26:35 - Playing music is his job - freelances and focusses on his recording career; Eddie Shuler; Albums and singles
Interview with Jockey Etienne
Jockey Etienne:
-00:00 - background information - Born in Saint Martinville
-00:45 - Exposure to music at school
-01:25 - Explains his nickname
-03:00 - Early session with J.D. Miller
-04:00 - playing with Guitar Gable
-04:45 - Joe Simon, Leo's Rendez-vous
-06:10 - Touring with Solomon Burke
-07:30 - Working with Bobby Powell
-09:10 - Furnest and the Thunders - Furnest's injury
-10:40 - Playing with Shelton Skerrett, J.J. Callier, Bobby Price, Gene Morris
-13:15 - Forming of the Creole Zydeco Farmers
-13:45 - European tours - Germany, Holland, France, Luxembourg
-16:45 - Creole Zydeco Farmers members - Morris Francis; Chester Chevalier, Joe Richard, Murphy Richard
-22:40 - Going overseas with Furnest Arceneaux
-24:10 - Steve Nails - Dockside Studios
-25:20 - Jazz Fest
-27:10 - Sullivan Club in Memphis
Interview with Johnnie Allan
Johnnie Allan:
-00:15 - Popularity of Swamp Pop in Europe
-02:30 - Background information - Falcon and Guillot; Joe Falcon's dad came directly from Spain and learned how to speak French
-05:30 - Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys - played with them when he was 13 in 1951
-05:50 - Rodney Miller's son, Timmy, plays sax with Johnnie
-06:45 - Played rhythm guitar, switched to drums, then to steel guitar when playing with Walter
-09:00 - State of South LA music business in the 70s
-10:50 - Putting together the "Memories" book - meeting old musician acquaintances
-14:50 - Jimmy Donley
-16:25 - Playing drums and steel guitar with Lawrence Walker - sang 5 or 6 songs a night
-16:50 - Rock 'n Roll influences - Fats Domino and Elvis Presley
-20:15 - Parting ways with Lawrence and starting to play rock 'n roll music - Krazy Kats with U.J. Meaux, Al Foreman
-22:10 - Al Foreman working as a session musician
-22:30 - Beuhl Hoffpauer's death
-24:30 - Writing of "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights;" Recording with Floyd Soileau for Flat Town
-24:50 - Rhythm Kings
-28:00 - recording and record sales; Bill Hall, signing over writers credits for songs
-30:30 - "Dego" Rutledge - Viking Label - songs were never registered and Johnnie never received royalties; collecting on songs
-35:50 - Switching to Jin
-39:00 - Johnnie's musical roots, defining swamp pop
Interview with Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles:
-02:00 - First record in 1955 - meeting with Phil Chess, thought Bobby would be black
-05:00 - How Bobby hooked up with Chess Records - Charles Rutledge, Dego's Record Shop
-06:00 - First band - Harry Simoneaux
-07:15 - Recording "See You Later, Alligator" with Paul Gayten in New Orleans
-10:40 - Left Chess in the late 50's, went to Imperial Records
-11:30 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry recording Bobby Charles songs
-14:00 - Owned only a third of many of the songs that became hits for Fats Domino and others
-14:55 - Structure of his songs - comes naturally, doesn't focus on making a song sound a certain way
-15:50 - Stan Lewis
-21:00 - Tennessee Blues
-22:00 - Didn't trust record execs that he was working with. Talks about being taken advantage of
-26:30 - Discussing the rumor that Bobby is a hermit
-29:45 - Discussing Clifton Chenier
-34:00 - Discussing Rockin' Dopsie and how he proclaimed himself "The King of Zydeco" after Clifton passed away
-35:35 - Chuck Berry - Said Bobby Charles was booed off of the stage at the Apollo, when that never happened. Bobby said he had him confused with somebody else
Interview with Benny Spellman
Benny Spellman:
-00:10 - Singing solo parts in mass
-01:00 - background information - Father died when he was a baby, Mother had a large record collection and a hi-fi system, which influenced his musical tastes
-03:20 - Left Saint Josephs High School to play football. Had to get the bishop's permission to transfer to Booker T. Washington high school
-04:10- Received scholarships to play football at Southern University in Baton Rouge
-08:00 - Winning the freshman talent show and being given a job with the collegiate swing band with Alvin Baptiste
-10:15 - "white" music influences - orchestration, learned a lot from listening to music scores from old Western movies
-11:30 - Classical music - Visiting the Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall as a child in New York City
-13:00 - Learning to play piano
-13:55 - Describing his voice - bass baritone
-15:30 - Was in the ROTC and drafted into the Army, served until 1961
-19:00 - Minit Records
-19:15 - mother's death in 1958, wrote "Life is too Short"
-21:45 - First recording of that song - Allen Toussaint wrote his first string orchestration for the studio session
-26:45 - Gigging at the Dew Drop, Biloxi, Thibodeaux
-27:55 - Backing musicians
-31:50 - Benny and Irma Thomas used many of the same studio musicians
-32:30 - Tommy Ridgely opening the door for Irma
-33:45 - Allen Toussaint - Was a catalyst for many of the New Orleans musicians of that era. Knew how to get the most out of them
-34:30 - Esquerita - Benny says he was a great entertainer, talks about how he influenced others
-37:00 - Percy Stovall
-37:40 - "Life is Too Short" on the Minit Label; Allan Toussant
-39:10 - Joe Baltimore
-40:20 - Allen Toussaint was in demand as a producer
-42:00 - Other releases
Interview with Benny Spellman
Benny Spellman:
-00:20 - Royalties - Has never received royalties from record sales
-02:30 - Made most of his money playing shows - Would play several shows per night
-05:30 - "Word Game" record sales
-12:00 - Working for Anheuser Busch
-15:00 - Talking about his kids
-19:30 - Didn't like being on the road away from his family
-25:30 - spiritual awakening; ministry; quitting Anheuser Busch
-39:00 - Spiritual side of music
-42:15 - Power of words
Interview with Barbara George
Barbara George:
-00:30 - background information - Born in Gilbert, LA on 09/26/1941
-01:50 - Started singing in church
-02:40 - Studied music in school
-03:20 - Started out singing with Walter "Wolfman" Washington
-04:10 - Sitting in with different bands at Club Tijuana, Dewdrop Inn - Hotspots for New Orleans musicians (circa 1959)
-05:45 - Senator Jones - was a talent scout
-06:25 - Harold Baptiste first brought her into the studio - A.F.O Records
-07:30 - WMRY "Groovy Gus" Lewis - Pushed and promoted her first record
-10:45 - Dick Clark - American Bandstand and other caravan type shows
-12:00 - Wrote all of her early songs, talks about her new album
-13:00 - Recorded her new album with Milton Baptiste, discussing her current band
-21:00 - Giving up music, moving to Florida and becoming a teacher
-22:00 - Moving back to New Orleans in 1985 - starting to perform again
-22:30 - "Take Me Somewhere Tonight;" "I've Got My Guard Up"
-24:00 - Discussing her new album
-24:30 - Played at the Lions Den with Irma Thomas during the Jazz Fest. Also plays Maple Leaf, Tipitina's
-25:20 - TV Special with Eddie Bo
-28:00 - Discussing booking agents, press materials
-35:00 - Looking at and discussing pictures
-40:00 - Jazz Fest - Two Live Crew being invited to perform - Alienating local acts
Interview with Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Clarence "Frogman" Henry:
-00:50 - Glory days of New Orleans Music, British Invasion
-01:30 - Bob Astor - Connections to the Beatles (touring with them in 1964)
-02:45 - Herb Holiday - DJ in New Orleans
-04:25 - dad's musical talent - played guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano
-04:55 - Sister took piano lessons, Clarence continued lessons when she quit
-08:10 - "Nothing Sweet as You"
-09:00 - Talking about early gigs
-11:30 - "Ain't Got No Home"
-13:20 - Leonard Chess, Bobby Charles
-14:50 - Poppa Stoppa Breaking "Ain't Got No Home"
-15:20 - Cosimo Matassa
-17:00 - Touring - clubs in other states, used house bands
-19:20 - breaking Fats record - Apollo Theatre
-22:00 - recording with Allan Toussaint
-22:30 - Joe Barry - "I'm a Fool To Care"
-23:30 - Recording a Bobby Charles tune
-27:00 - Dick Clark tour; Party with The Rolling Stones
-27:30 - Nationwide tour with the Beatles - 18 cities
-30:15 - Parrot Records
-33:30 - Playing on Bourbon Street 3 or 4 sets/night from 1959-1980
-39:50 - Huey Meaux; Bear Family
-42:00 - World Tours - England, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand
-43:30 - Not currently under contract with any labels, supports himself with music
-44:00 - gigging, talking about his current band mates
Interview with Senator Nolan Jones - Part 1
Senator Nolan Jones:
-00:00 - Background information - Born in Jackson, MS on November 9, 1934
-01:15 - His Mom was a gospel singer. Sang with Mahalia Jackson
-02:10 - Heard his favorite songs on the Ice cream parlor juke box - Louis Jordan, Cap Calloway, T-Bone Walker, Roy Brown
-04:15 - Moved to New Orleans in 1947. That's where he really got into music
-04:45 - Met Allan Toussaint, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Smiley Lewis, Guitar Slim
-07:15 - Enterred armed services in 1955
-07:45 - Joined a band, The Desperados, while in the army - played service club gigs
-11:50 - Dew Drop Inn
-13:20 - Late 1950s - Would hand-pick his musicians and play in the Lower 9th Ward - Billy's Night Club,The Amusement Palace
-14:50 - Band members - Earl King, Johnny Adams, Aaron Neville
-16:15 - Went to Chicago around 1965. Worked with Junior Wells, Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White
-17:25 - Songs recorded during the early part of his career
-20:50 - Recording hiatus around 1967-68
-22:00 - Working at Club 77 - Was the entertainment booker - Booked artists like Etta James, Joe Tex, Lil Milton
-23:50 - Producing and recording on his own label, Shag Records - The Barons
-25:50 - Working at Cosimo Matassa's studio
-27:40 - JB's records - Johnny Adams, James Rivers
-29:55 - SuperDome Records, Jinmark Label
-32:25 - Hep Me Records - artists recorded
Interview with Senator Jones - Part 2
Senator Nolan Jones:
-00:00 - Finding talent - Cadillac George Harris, Pat Brown
-00:35 - Talking about George Jackson's songwriting and recording him
-04:10 - George Jackson writing for Atlantic, Warner Brothers, Maleco
-04:45 - Hep Me label- New numbering system
-06:00 - National distribution
-07:50 - new artist potential - Eddie Raspberry
-10:15 - Releasing old recordings
Interview with Beau Jocque
Beau Jocque:
-00:00 - Background information - Born in Basile, LA 11/1/1957. His father played music but stopped after he got married
-01:35 - Influenced by Gustave "Bud" Ardoin (Morris Ardoin's brother), was killed in a car accident
-02:40 - "Bud" Ardoin learned to play the accordion from Nathan Abshire - Talking about Nathan's junkyard
-04:00 - Other instruments played in high school - tenor sax and tuba
-05:00 - Bud encouraged him to play the accordion
-05:40 - Sunday afternoon community dances at Morris Ardoin's place
-08:00 - Plays a B flat diatonic accordion
-08:45 - Hearing his father play the accordion for the first time
-10:00 - Had a band with Warren Ceasar in high school
-11:30 - Mastering the instrument
-12:45 - Boozoo Chavis and John Delafose - hottest bands at the time
-13:45 - Injury from work at the refinery - unable to walk for 9 months
-14:55 - Recording for Lee Lavergne "Pop That Coochie"
-16:15 - Hip Hop influence in his music
-17:25 - Plaisance Zydeco Festival; Hamilton Club
-18:50 - Festival International
-20:15 - Six-piece band
Interview with Donnie Jennings
Donnie Jennings:
-00:20 - Background information - Born and raised in Opelousas
-00:35 - musical influences - His brother, Terry Jennings. Started learning to play drums at age 5
-01:30 - Parents and other siblings also played music - would all play songs together
-02:20 - Instruments played in school - trombone and drums
-03:00 - First band with other kids, age 8, making money playing gigs
-04:30 - Early band names - The Young Revolution, Toast to Freedom
-05:30 - Going door to door and playing songs for neighbors
-08:00 - Starting to play guitar
-09:50 - Playing 6 nights per week, quitting high school
-10:40 - Making a living playing music
-11:50 - Hacienda Lounge - Carencro
-13:00 - Going to Nashville - recording his first 45 for Indigo Records. Hargus "Pig" Robin
-15:00 - Bad record deals
-17:00 - Playing keyboards with a Christian rock band "Wisdom" on tour
-18:50 - Playing bass with Terrence Simeon - Blue Bayou Movie
-21:20 - Left Terrence's band, wanted to play more guitar
-22:00 - Forming a new band - Donnie Jennings and Louisiana's Blues at Eleven
-23:00 - Touring with Chubby Carrier
-24:50 - Sherman Robinson, Joe Murphy
Interview with Johnny Vincent
Johnny Vincent:
-00:10 - background information - Born on 10/3/1925 in Laurel, Mississippi
-01:10 - Got his start in the jukebox business
-01:50 - Went work for a regional record distributor in New Orleans - William B. Allen Supply (late 40s)
-03:40 - Buying a jukebox business and then started taking over small labels
-06:30 - Griffin Distributing
-07:55 - Types of records he was selling for Allen Supply
-09:30 - Popularity of jukeboxes at black locations
-12:00 - Talking about going on the road when distributing records, seeing live shows and starting to sign musicians to record
-14:35 - Artists signed - Frankie Lee Sims, Guitar Slim, John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke
-15:45 - Being let go from Specialty Records and starting Ace
-18:00 - Producing Lloyd Price
-20:50 - Talking about signing Guitar Slim
-23:35 - Started Ace around 1953 - Eddie Bo recorded at Cosimo's on Rampart
-26:00 - Sonny Boy Williams, Earl King, Huey Smith, Frankie Lee Sims
-29:10 - Rex Records - Cosimo Matassa - Mickey Gilley, Dr. John were on Rex
-31:55 - Jimmy Clanton
-33:50 - Regrouping after having money issues
-35:10 - British Invasion - effects on New Orleans music
-36:40 - Frankie Ford - "Cheatin' Woman"
-38:50 - Let go from VeeJay Records
-41:00 - Memphis Records; Talking about his building that was once the headquarters for Ace
-45:45 - Lost all of his masters
-45:00 - Cliff Thomas
Interview with Johnny Vincent
Johnny Vincent:
-00:00 - Johnny says he's optimistic for the future
-01:20 - Says he's done it all - Had a distributing company, Pressing plants, recording studios, etc. Had #1 Blues, Country, Pop records
-04:00 - Talking about overseas distribution - Zane Records - Peter Thomson
Interview with Rosco Chenier
Rosco Chenier:
00:30 - Talks about musicians in the family; Learning from them; His father, Arthur "Bud" Chenier, played accordion
-Played at house dances; Duke Stevens father, John Stevens, played fiddle with Arthur; Mention Lanor records in Church Point
02:00 - Duke Stevens was on Rosco's early recording
02:30 - Larry tells a story of meeting John Hart's backing band at a truck stop
03:35 - Talk more about John Stevens and Bud Chenier playing french music; Music was in the family
04:45 - Larry says Roy Carrier might take Duke to London with him
05:20 - There wasn't much black music on the radio back then
-A lot of his songs came from Good Rockin' Bob, Lonesome Sundown, Lightnin' Slim, Leroy Washington (His first cousin, his mom's nephew)
06:00 - All of those people recorded with J.D. Miller; Leroy died pretty young; He played with Good Rockin' Bob in Leesville Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
-He died on a Saturday night; Lil Bob was playing with Good Rockin' Bob back then; Rosco was born in 1941; He started as a singer
07:50 - Started playing with Rockin' C.D. when he was 15 in the mid-1950s; The record came out in about 1962; This was his first real band
09:10 - White Eagle Club in Opelousas - Little Richard, Ray Charles, B.B. King played there; Southern Club - Fats Domino played there; Guitar Slim
-Rosco was too young to go to the clubs; The man who ran the club, Bradford, told him he could stand there but not dance
-White Eagle (Blanchard St. - it was known as "the Hill") was a black club and Southern Club (Highway 190) was a white club
11:40 - Not as many clubs as there used to be; Rita's Continental Lounge in Opelousas
-He's been gigging on Sundays at the Charcoal Lounge in the Hill on Academy, which was owned by a man named Mason who owned hotels
-Rosco plays Franks every Thursday night; Bob's pub in Lafayette
13:00 - He hasn't had to call for a gig in two months; Turning down jobs; Did a workshop at Festival Acadien with Lil Buck, John Henry, and a few others
-Talk about Baton Rouge; Tabby's Blues Box; Rosco wants an agent to book some tours
-Larry has been started to book zydeco up north; Murphy's mother is cousins with Rosco's dad and is related to C.D. too
16:40 - J.J. Caillier record; Rosco started learning guitar to gut bucket blues; Popular back then in the area until mid-1960s
-He started playing guitar on the bandstand around 1964; He played with C.D. for 12 years
20:00 - Blues in competition with zydeco; He mostly plays at white clubs (Franks); White kids are getting into blues; Not as popular with black kids
22:50 - Talk about his band; Early 1970s; Said Clifton Chenier would play zydeco and people would laugh, but he kept playing
-Rosco wouldn't change his style for the audience; He knows at least 350 songs
25:15 - He was a teenager when he started playing guitar; His mom bought him a Kay guitar for $21; His first electric guitar was $57 ($5 a month)
27:20 - He retired from playing with C.D. 5 years ago; He was a truck driver for almost 20 years and has some back and leg injuries; So started playing music full-time
29:00 - After C.D.'s band, he played with Good Rockin' Thomas for a year and a half; After that, Good Rockin' Bob; Sometimes with Lonesome Sundown
-C.D. started being a DJ; Rosco played with C.D.'s brother Robert's band for a year; Then played with Duke Stevens for about 3 years (about 1979-1980)
31:00 - Now he plays with his own band: Wadsworth Johnson - tenor sax, Patrick Lavergne - bass, Peter Burby? - drums; Blue Angel club in Lafayette
33:00 - Talk about the old clubs he played with C.D.; Lafayette clubs: Chipped Mirror, Bon Temps Rouler, Cliff's Country Club
-Opelousas clubs: Gabriel's Lounge, Hollywood Inn Club, Southern Lounge; Frank Andrus' Bar and Lounge in Port Barre; Teenage parties, school dances
34:35 - His band started in 1980; Played for 3-4 years; Original band members started moving, so he replaced them
36:45 - Recorded a single on ?; Then recorded a single on his own label called Chenier about 6 years ago; 500 pressings; A side: You Don't Understand
-Recorded it in Eunice and Floyd Soileau pressed it; Then recorded CD in Vidrine Label; Avenue Jazz label picked him up and he's recording a new CD at Vidrine studio
41:10 - Touring overseas; Explains how he got booked overseas
43:15 - Talk about Raymond Randle and his family
45:20 - Talk more about booking
46:40 - Audio cuts out
Interview with Rosco Chenier
Rosco Chernier:
-0:00 - Lester Chevalier
-0:20 - Lil Bob, Tommy McClain, Rod Bernard
-1:35 - Swamp pop;
-3:00 - Rosco talks about upcoming gigs; Says gigs have been steady the past few months; He wants to travel more
-4:00 - Larry says he'll help out with booking; Larry helps Lazy Lester with booking somtimes; Lazy Lester moved to Michigan where Lightnin' Slim used to live
-5:30 - Talk about playing festivals - Festival Acadien, Baton Rouge Blues Festival
-6:00 - Talks about some gigs in Port Arthur
Interview with Willis Prudhomme
Willis Prudhomme:
-00:15 - Background information; Born in Kinder, LA, September 22, 1931
-00:50 - Father was a sharecropper, he helped on the farm growing up
-01:30 - Farmed for himself for many years - soybeans and rice
-02:15 - His older brother (played bass with John Delafose) got him into playing music
-03:30 - Started playing diatonic accordion around 1970
-04:30 - Inspired by and learned a lot from Nathan Abshire. Used to watch him play in Basile
-05:45 - Time he spent with Nathan Abshire, talks about his house in the junkyard
-07:00 - Talks about Nathan's accordion - he wanted to buy it after Nathan passed away, but somebody beat him to it
-09:20 - Talking about his recording experiences - Maison de Soul, Lanor, Rounder
-12:15 - Singles on Lanor, recording with J.D. Miller
-14:30 - Band members - Cornelius Guidry, Lee Andreas Thomas
-16:00 - Casinos affecting crowds for bands
Interview with Benny Jones
Benny Jones:
-00:05 - Born August 11, 1943; New Orleans; His father, Chester Ralph Jones, and his brother were drummers
-02:05 - Started playing drums when he was 16-17; Started playing professionally around 20-21; Olympia Brass Band in the early '60s; Dirty Dozen Brass Band in '79-'80s
-03:45 - Talks about Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Names some of the band members; Named after Dirty Dozen Kazoo Band
-04:45 - He married into the Baptiste family in about 1979; He and his wife went to high school together
-07:00 - Plays at Russell's in Treme (area in New Orleans)
-07:40 - Touring and traveling with both bands around the states and internationally
-09:50 - They talk about tuba players and booking back up musicians
-10:50 - After Dirty Dozen, he joined Chosen Few Brass Band and then Treme Brass Band
-12:30 - Talk about booking musicians from other bands; Union members
-13:00 - Tuba Fats and his wife Linda run Chosen Few now; Talks about touring with Chosen Few
-16:00 - Treme Brass Band formed in about 1991
-17:40 - Talks about band lineup for Treme Brass Band
-23:30 - Different band sizes depending on the event; Normally has a 8 piece band; 10 piece for parades
-25:00 - Traveling with the Treme Brass Band overseas
-26:00 - About a half a dozen individual tours
-26:45 - Talk about Lynn August
-27:50 - No of his kids play music; Has two boys and two girls; He has 5 grandchildren; His brother Eugene Jones passed away; He played with Frogman and worked on Bourbon street
-29:00 - Audio cuts out
Interview with Crawford Vincent
Crawford Vincent:
00:06 - Born October 4th, 1921 in Gueydan; His dad played fiddle for house dances; His mother didn't play; He started playing with Hackberry Ramblers in 1940
01:50 - Stationed in Hackberry in a CC camp; He played guitar and fiddle, but they needed a drummer so he played drums; Talks about Hackberry Ramblers
04:10 - Traveled with Hackberry Ramblers; Music was a side gig
05:35 - Drafted into the Army in 1942; He was wounded and was discharged after one year; Moved to Lake Charles and started playing with Harry Choates and Leo Soileau - Jolie Blonde band
07:15 - Accordion wasn't very popular until 1948; Played drums with Leo and Harry for 3 years; Harry died in 1951
09:30 - Played with Harry on and off for 6 years; He recorded one record on Khoury with Harry: Jolie Blonde Is Gone / Lake Charles Waltz; Recorded in 1948-1949
11:20 - Started playing with Marie Falcon in the 1950s; Marie played guitar, Shuk Richard on accordion; Bertrand (?) on fiddle, and Crawford on drums
12:25 - Played with Iry Lejeune, Joe Bonsall, Marie Falcon and Shuck Richard; Played with Iry first then Marie;
13:45 - He became a barber; Went to school in barber school in Houston; Worked as a barber during the week and played music on the weekends
-Conversation jumps back to playing with Leo Soileau's band; Harry was a member of Leo's band, then had his own band; Crawford played with both groups
16:20 - Played drums with Joe Bonsall
16:40 - Cover of the Johnnie Allan photo book is Crawford playing guitar while he was at the CC camp
-Photo was taken behind the barracks in a field of salt grass--not a rice field; He wishes he had his shirt on
17:22 - Recorded with both Marie and Iry; Marie's band recorded with Khoury; Iry with Eddie Shuler at Goldband
18:45 - Played with Joe Bonsall for about four months than with Sidney Brown for a year in 1953
20:00 - Rufus played with Happy Fats and Papa Cairo; Crawford played with Papa Cairo in the 1940s with Leo's band
22:30 - Recorded one record with Sidney Brown on Goldband
23:10 - Played with a string band; Algia Breaux and Cledis Mott (Matte); String bands still sung in french but no accordion
26:30 - Made more playing music than barbering when he just started out
27:50 - Rock and roll; He rejoined the Hackberry Ramblers in 1953-1954; Continued playing for about 10 years
30:30 - Played at the World's Fair in 1984 then retired; Worked as a barber till 1970
31:00 - Hackberry Ramblers reunion; Touring
33:22 - Recording with Hackberry Ramblers in 1963; Talk about Ben Sandmel (Johnnie joins the conversation--Johnnie Allan?)
-Recorded at La Louisiane with Carol Rachou; Arhoolie; Luderin Darbonne; Frying Fish Records
38:30 - Crawford did some vocals on the most recent recording; Glen Croker, Edwin Duhon; Eddie?
Interview with George Porter Part 1
George Porter:
00:05 - Born December 26, 1947 in New Orleans in the 3rd ward; His mother sang and his dad listened to a lot of jazz
-Lot of jazz on the radio when he was a kid; Local musicians on the radio--Blues and R&B
03:50 - Popular bass players; Ellis Marsalis relation; AFO record
06:25 - Art Neville is the reason he plays the bass; Piano was his first instrument; He picked piano up quicker than Zig (his cousin?)
08:00 - The Royal Knights was his first band; He was 15-16 years old in 1961-1962; He played guitar and drums
-Him and Zig didn't get along when they were younger; The Royal Knights backed up singers (Earl King, Ernie K-Doe, etc.) at fraternity parties
11:45 - New Orleans musicians got drafted for Vietnam but he was too young and had a twisted spine
12:25 - Art hired him to play guitar for a gig; The bass player had to leave, so he started playing bass
13:30 - Learning how to play guitar; Got an acoustic guitar when he was 10; Pope (Benjamin Francis) played bass and guitar
-People used to play both bass and guitar; He'd pass Pope and his grandpa playing the blues when he'd go to classical guitar lessons
16:00 - 2 recitals; They learned popular songs in classical guitar style
-For his second recital, he played St. Louis Blues instead of the song he was supposed to play and that was the end of lessons
18:30 - Learned how to read music; Him and Pope would switch out on bass and guitar; Classical guitar set him up to play bass
20:00 - The Royal Knights - no one in that band became famous; played with them for many years
-Frat house band in New Orleans and Baton Rouge; The were hired as a backing band; Tulane more than Loyola
22:15 - He stayed in New Orleans for the Vietnam War; Aaron had a hit ("Tell It Like It Is") and Art went on the road with him; Studio on Nicholas St.
25:00 - Played with Irving Banister and the All-Stars; Famous for a guitar solo; 1966 was a big year
27:40 - Figuring out when he joined the Neville's; He was with Irving for 3-4 months
28:10 - About the middle of 1966 Art, Leo, different drummer than Zig, and George started playing; Sophisticated Cissy
30:00 - Art asked him if he wanted to play in a new band; They started playing at the Night Cap; Glen was the original drummer
-Lists other band members; Glen got sick and Zig filled in for him for a couple of weeks; Late 1966
32:50 - Moved to playing on Bourbon St. in 1967; Sometimes they'd play 8pm-5am; They played a lot of covers
-Art was lead vocals and George and Leo did background vocals; Zig didn't get a mic until after they recorded an album
35:00 - Allen Toussaint approached them to record with Lee Dorsey; No song titles or lyrics--just laying down rhythm tracks
36:45 - Walter Payton; Neville Ville; His parents split up and he moved to Neville Ville; He knew Cyril Neville from school
38:45 - After Lee Dorsey, Allen had them come back to record more; Alan was never in the studio with them even though he was the producer
-They wrote the first three albums in the studio
41:30 - 3 albums and 15 singles
41:50 - Touring; Chitterlings circuit; Macon, Georgia
43:00 - Band wanted to change leadership in late 1969; Art got blamed for the problems with Josie Records; Financial issues
-Marshall always had contracts to his advantage; Art left the band for a few months;
-Marshall owned the name "The Meters" and tried to make another band with Art with that name