Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog

00:20 - Interview with Caroline Helm
- Talks about upcoming event Nue Moon Revue and how the idea for the event started
- House band is made up of Joel Savoy, Chris Courville, Cal Stevenson, and Chris Stafford
- Talks about the Jingleberries
04:33 - Interview with Yvette Landry
- Started on piano at three years old
- Played in band during high school
- Didn’t get back into music till much later
- Learned accordion, fiddle, guitar, banjo, and started writing songs
- Talks about inspiration from Ginny Hawker
06:53 - Silver Tongue and Gold Plated Lies by Ginny Hawker
11:05 - Interview with Yvette Landry
- Talks about the process of songwriting and playing at the Nue Moon Revue
12:38 - Blue Moon Girls by Yvette Landry
14:15 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about playing in Arbor Vitae, Dire Wood, Givers, and Rotary Downs
- Started writing songs and playing multiple instruments
- Everyone played music in family while growing up
- Talks about KRVS radio show called The Diamond Sea that showcase women artists across all genres
- Influenced by independent rock music
22:02 - Lap Dog by Rickie Lee Jones
26:00 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about future of songwriting
27:44 - Radio Scare by Tiffany Lamson
30:28 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about playing with several bands
33:00 - Interview with Jane and Jean Schexnayder
- Jane is from Morgan City, Louisiana
- Listened to a lot of 60’s folk growing up
- Started playing guitar
- Talks about writing songs with husband, Jean
- Plays music with the Wildflowers
- Jean is from L’anse Meg in Mamou, Louisiana
- Grew up loving Mexican music and moved to Mexico
- Started playing guitar while going to University of Lafayette
40:22 - It’s Happening To You by John Prine
42:40 - Interview with Jane and Jean Schexnayder
- Talks about the process of songwriting with each other
- Playing for the upcoming Nue Moon Revue event
46:05 - Are You Really Gonna Go by Jean and Jane Schexnayder
49:30 - Interview with Jean and Jane Schexnayder
- Talks about being backed up by the house band for the Nue Moon Revue
51:52 - Interview with Eric Schexnayder

01:12 - Brushy Fork of John’s Creek by Rafe Stefanini
04:17 - Interview
- Originally from a small village in Northern Italy
- Was a big fan of the TV show Bonanza as a kid and learned the songs from the show
08:00 - Bonanza Theme Song
08:40 - Interview
- Was a big fan of Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- Got into bluegrass music after listening to the album “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
- Through bluegrass, he began to delve into old time music and started playing banjo and guitar
- Says about how bluegrass music has become performance oriented music and old time music is still a social and folk tradition
16:20 - Settle Up The Grave by New Lost City Ramblers
19:12 - Interview
- Started a band with his brothers called the Moonshine Brothers
- One of his brothers began making fiddles
- Started playing the fiddle
- Traveled to US and went to a fiddler’s convention in Galax, Virginia
- Moved to Philadelphia and has lived there ever since
- Talks about jamming with Tommy Jarell in the old time scene
28:50 - Fall On My Knees by Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham
32:35 - Run Mountain by Plank Road String Band
35:00 - Interview
- Was inspired by Plank Road String Band
- Became friends and musical partners with Bruce Molsky
- Talks about finding his own style in playing old time music
42:17 - The Killing Blues by Rafe Stefanini
45:16 - Stingy Woman by Roscoe Holcomb
47:17 - Interview
- Roscoe Holcomb is one of his favorite musicians of all time
- Talks about playing music with his daughter and making their upcoming record
- Currently repairs instruments and teaching music lessons
55:36 - Sitting on Top of the World by Rafe Stefanini
58:27 - John Henry by Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown

01:10 - La prairie ronde by T-Sale
04:12 - Interview
- Grew up in Pineville, Louisiana
- Father played country music
06:40 - Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea by Jimmie Rodgers
09:32 - Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
13:27 - Interview
- Started playing rock n’ roll guitar
- Played in the jazz band in school
16:46 - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting by Charles Mingus
22:29 - Frankie by Mississippi John Hurt
25:50 - Interview
- Went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and majored in history
28:09 - Old Time Calypsos by Lord Melody
30:55 - How Blue Can You Get by B.B. King
36:00 - Interview
- Played with a jazz band in college
- Briefly went to graduate school in North Carolina for folklore
- Moved to Baton Rouge and started going to blues clubs
- Was introduced to gypsy jazz and minush music
41:40 - Blue Drag by Django Reinhardt
44:32 - Interview
- Started playing a lot of different styles on guitar
48:47 - Three Forks of Cheat by The Hammons Family
51:01 - Cankton Waltz by Cheese Read
53:26 - Interview
- Got into early Cajun and Creole recordings
- Started playing fiddle and going to jams
- Joined a band called T-Sale
- Talks about playing music with his wife, Anya Burgess
58:09 - I’ll Walk Alone by T-Sale

0:56 - Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore
05:10 - Interview
- Born in Coventry, England in 1970
- Dad owned a folk music club called the Rocky Road in Coventry
- Many musicians including The Dubliners, The Furies, Christy Moore, and Planxty would stay at his parent’s house while traveling
13:02 - The Rocky Road to Dublin by The Dubliners
15:31 - Interview
- Moved back to Hollywood County Wicklow, Ireland when he was seven or eight years old
- Played football and was in the choir in school
- Was into punk music growing up
- Got a job in a tower house in Coventry, England
- Met a group of bikers who played Irish music which inspired him to start playing Irish music
27:33 - Three Jigs by Planxty
31:22 - Interview
- Bought a mandolin and learned to play it by ear
- Started to get invited to jam sessions in Dublin
- Joined an Irish choir called Anuna
39:24 - The Rising of the Sun by Anuna
42:39 - Interview
- The Anuna choir recorded with artists including the Chieftains, Sting, and Sinead O’Connor
45:31 - Sting with the Anuna choir
46:55 - Interview
- Joined Riverdance, an Irish choir and theatrical show that participated in the Eurovision contest and won
- Traveled the world and made many musical connections with Riverdance
- Played with Riverdance for six years
- Met Dirk Powell which eventually brought him to Louisiana
- Met Sheila Ryan, his wife, who was a dancer in Riverdance
- Moved to Louisiana
- Met Mitch Reed and formed the band Celjun
58:50 - Knife Fighting Set by Celjun

01:00 - Les blues à Catin by Bonsoir Catin
04:06 - Interview
- Aside from music, she is a teacher of eighth grade and sign language interpreter
- From Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
- Grew up listening to country and swamp pop
08:00 - Shirley Jean by Rockin’ Sydney
10:45 - False Eyelashes by Dolly Parton
13:20 - Interview
- Grandparents were swing and jazz musicians
- Grandmother played the banjo and grandfather played the drums
17:09 - Back Home in Indiana by Cap Hebert and his Louisianians
20:59 - Le Vieux Dodge a Bill Landry by Bonsoir Catin
23:30 - Interview
- Started learning piano at three years old from aunt who was a piano teacher
- Discovered motown, blues, and soul music in high school
27:52 - Voodoo Woman by Coco Taylor
31:37 - Interview
- Played wood winds in high school
- After high school, stopped playing music
- Studied education at UL
- Bought a bass guitar and started playing along to records
- Started going to Mitch Reed’s jams
- Started listening to Octa Clark
38:55 - Chere Alice by Octa Clark and Hector Duhon
42:06 - Interview
- Saw Drew Simon playing accordion and was inspired to start playing
- Played a gig with the Lafayette Rhythm Devils and then joined the band
47:06 - Café Chaud by the Lafayette Rhythm Devils
50:23 - Interview
- While in Chicago with the Lafayette Rhythm Devils, she met a woman named Geraldine Gay and played with her band that night
53:14 - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again by Geraldine and Donald Gay
56:57 - Interview
- Started playing with Balfa Toujours and Bonsoir Catin
- Spent time with Ginny Hawker in Virginia
59:10 - Black Cat Bone by Jessie Mae Hemphill

0:57 – McGee’s One Step by Blake Miller and Chris Segura
3:04 – Interview
- Plays accordion, fiddle, and guitar
- Grew up in Iota, Louisiana
- Grandfather is Larry Miller, an accordion maker, who was originally a science teacher, high school assistant principal, elementary assistant principal, and then went into the oil business. Larry Miller learned accordion building from Shine Mouton.
- Grandfather, grandfather’s brother, and their dad and uncle were all musicians.
- There were instruments everywhere in all the houses that he grew up in.
- When he was three and four years old, he was obsessed with Boozoo Chavis, and would mimic all his movements from a video tape.
9:28 – Dog Hill by Boozoo Chavis
12:00 – Interview
- Met Boozoo Chavis at his grandfather’s house when he went to buy a new scrub-board.
- Started seriously playing accordion around nine or ten years old.
- Took lessons from Kenneth Thibodeaux in Eunice, Louisiana
16:39 – Choupique Two Step by Nathan Abshire
19:14 – Interview
- Grandparents brought him to Augusta Music Camp in West Virgina in 1999, where he met a lot of musicians
- Listened to a lot of Nathan Abshire, Iry Lejeune, Balfa Brothers.
21:28 - Valse de Cajun by Iry Lejeune
24:05 – Eunice Two Step by Nonc Allie Young and Shirley Bergeron
26:59 – Interview
- Grandfather would have jams at the house.
- Horace Trahan came to one of the jams and made a big impression on him
29:05 – French Blues by Horace Trahan
32:10 – Interview
- Started playing his father’s guitar while his friend, Lyle Guidry, played accordion
- Then he started playing fiddle while his other friend, Joe Romero, played guitar
- Formed a trio with friends. Started by just playing chords on the fiddle.
- Learned melodies on the fiddle from Brandon Moreau
- Started playing fiddle with Howard Noel
37:55 – Quoi c’est y a mon ‘tit bébé by Belton Richard
39:20 – One Hour Too Late by Horace Trahan
41:36 – Interview
- From eleven to fifteen years old, he didn’t listen to anything but old Cajun music.
- Started playing gigs with New Pine Grove Boys and Howard Noel
- Toured with the Red Stick Ramblers
- Started playing with Wilson Savoy and Cedric Watson
- Went to Université de Sainte Anne with Cedric Watson. Afterwards, they moved into the same house together right next door to the Blue Moon Saloon, and then started the Pine Leaf Boys.
- First Pine Leaf Boys record was released on Arhoolie Records
- After leaving the Pine Leaf Boys, he became Cedric Watson’s bass player.
50:05 – Sud de la Louisiane by Cedric Watson
54:10 – Interview
- Currently in school
- Playing with Lafayette Rhythm Devils and Bijou Creole
57:55 – My Suitcase Is Always Packed by the Red Stick Ramblers

0:55 – Sick, Sad and Lonesome by Caleb Klauder
4:17 – Interview
- Currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
- Grew up on Orcas Island, Washington.
- Played with the Foghorn Trio, and the Caleb Klauder Band at the last Blackpot Festival
- Lots of music around while growing up
- Started singing in church
- Started playing saxophone in middle school band
- Got a guitar, and started writing songs with a friend
- Started playing music seriously in high school
- Got into Bob Marley from his cousin’s record collection
10:38 – Trench Town Rock by Bob Marley
15:08 – Six Days on the Road by Taj Mahal
18:05 – Interview
- Stepdad had a record collection that introduced him to a lot of musicians like Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead.
- Had a friend whom he grew up playing and writing music with
- Started a band in college called Calobo
- Went to college for anthropology, but decided to move to Portland and go to music school.
- Learned music theory, started listening to old time music
- Started taking fiddle lessons
27:00 – Poor Ellen Smith by Tommy Jarrell
30:00 – Let’s Have a Feast Here Tonight by Bill Monroe
32:25 – Interview
- Went to National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho
- Started playing mandolin in the band
- Music style developed and changed
- Joined an old time band called Pig Iron and played mandolin
- Would go to bluegrass jams in Portland
40:15 – Fill Me Up by Pig Iron
43:00 – Interview
- Made a solo album called Sing’s Out
- Formed the Foghorn String Band with friends in Weiser, Idaho
49:24 – Georgia Railroad by Foghorn String Band
53:13 – Interview
- Talking about Foghorn String Band currently
- Influences are Louvin Brothers, Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Bill and Mary Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton.
58:45 – Pieces On The Floor by Fog Horn String Band

00:58 – Bosco Stomp by Boozoo Chavis
3:50 – Interview
- The radio was one of the ways he got into Creole French music
- Wanted to help people understand Creole
- Originally from Texas
- Formed Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
8:58 – Two Step d’Amédé by Amédé Ardoin
11:59 – Interview
- Talks about how Cajun Creole, and Zydeco use the same songs and share a similar language, and how they differ from each other
- Talks about how Cajun takes Country influences and Creole and Zydeco take R&B influences
- Talks about Dominican musician named Everard DeJean that shares similarities to Amede Ardoin
15:20 – Quadrille by Everard DeJean
19:30 – Couche dehors hier au soir by Beau Jacque
22:55 - Interview
- Talks about African rhythms compared to Creole and Zydeco rhythms
25:15 – Bernadette, Chere by Albert Chevalier
29:10 – Interview
- Says how Creole music had a different style in each town, just like the language
32:08 – Bébé’s Stomp by Carriere Brothers
34:00 – ‘Tit monde by Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin
36:25 – Interview
- Talking about Canray and Bois-Sec Ardoin
39:33 - Contredanse by Nemours avec Jean Baptiste
43:33 – Interview
- Talking about the history and liberation of Haiti
- Talking about the experience of going to Haiti and learning about the similar Creole culture
48:09 - Je vais by Haiti Troubadours
53:46 – Unknown song by Preston Frank
55:55 – Interview
- Talks about Preston Frank
57:41 – Allons danser by Dexter Ardoin

1:03 - McGee’s Reel by Feufollet
3:33 – Interview
- Born in New Orleans and grew up in Berwick, Louisiana
- Family would play Cajun music around the house
- At four years old, parents would go to Marc Savoy’s jams and old Cajun musicians’ houses
- Started listening to records at three years old
7:22 – Two Step de Eunice by Amédé Ardoin
10:45 – Zydeco Gris Gris by Beausoleil
13:47 – Interview
- Talks about Feufollet experimenting with Cajun music
- Parents would go Mulatte’s and the Liberty often
- Mom played piano at Marc Savoy’s jams
- Started playing fiddle at four years old
20:40 - Deux Valses à Wayne Perry by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
23:28 – Lake Arthur Stomp by Lionel Leleux
25:15 – Interview
- Great grandfather was a fiddle player, Robert Fontenot, who was from Bellaire Cove
- Took lessons with Tammy Luke and learned by ear
- Played along with albums
- Took lessons with Mitch Reed
30:43 – Lulu’s Back in Town by McCauley, Reed, Vidrine
32:47 – Lulu’s Back in Town by the Lafayette Rhythm Devils
34:40 – Quelle Étoile, One Step de McGee, Reel de Deshotel Medley by Charivari
38:50 – Interview
- Met Chris Stafford at eleven/twelve years old and started the band Feufollet
- Played lots of gigs and went on the road
- Feufollet has currently been together for ten years
45:27 – Cacklin' Hen by Feufollet
47:40 – Interview
- Listened to fiddle music of Old time, Country, Swing, and Gypsy Jazz
- Listened to the Kinks, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys, Jack White
52:40 – No Hiding Place by Elvis Costello
56:30 – Interview
- Talks about the next Feufollet record
58:17 – Chère bébé créole by Feufollet

01:10 – Breaking Up Christmas by Clelia and Rafe Stefanini
05:20 – Interview
- Dad moved to the United States from Italy in the early 1980’s
- Grew up playing old time music with mom and dad
12:12 – Old Time Train 45 by Roan Mountain Hill Toppers
16:28 – Pas Javier by Balfa Toujours
20:30 – Interview
- Grew up listening to Old Time, Cajun, and Irish music
- Wasn’t really interested in the music as a child, but suddenly became interested as a teenager
25:28 - Pig in a Pen by Tara Nevins
27:40 – Jack of Diamonds by Tommy Jarrell
34:34 – Interview
- Talking about Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham influence
37:55 – Rost About (Hop High) by Fred Cockerham
41:11 – The Devil with the Devil by Red Stick Ramblers
44:36 – Interview
- Became friends with members of the Red Stick Ramblers
- Started playing fiddle at fourteen years old
- Became friends with Emma Good and Kelli Jones
51:35 - On the Frisco Line by Mississippi Fred McDowell
54:34 – Interview
- Talking about emotion in music, no matter what the genre is
- Currently learning to play the drums
57:24 - No One Cares For Me by Rafe and Clelia Stefanini

01:12 – La valse à Balfa by Mamou
05:20 – Interview
- Talks about how Cajun music is in constant evolution
- Talks about how contemporary Cajun music is honest, because it is a real portrayal of all the music that the musicians listen to
09:48 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers
11:15 – Interview
- Talks about how the Newport Folk Festival was a completely new experience for the Balfa Brothers and other traditional Cajun musicians
16:00 – The Cajun Streak by Belton Richard
20:12 – Interview
- Talks about Zachary Richard
23:31 – Bosco Stomp by Zachary Richard
27:45 – Les Zydeco Sont Pas Sale by Wayne Toups
37:38 – Interview
- Talks about how Wayne Toups created a new way of playing music
39:37 – Zydeco Gris Gris by Beausoleil
43:20 – Interview
- Talks about Michael Doucet
46:14 - Pointe aux Chênes by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
49:55 – Grand Chenier by The Blue Runners
52:34 – Interview
- Talking about the rock n' roll style in the Blue Runners
54:02 – Quand Rita est arrivé by the Pine Leaf Boys
55:19 – La Jog à Plombeau by Cedric Watson
57:17 – Interview
- Talks about reading the liner notes of a Feufollet album
58:50 – Cow Island Hop by Feufollet

01:05 – Summertime in New Orleans by Anders Osbourne with Monk Boudreaux
05:00 – Interview
- Manager of KRVS
- Grew up In New Orleans, Louisiana
- Parents had a beauty salon
- Played in band (clarinet and trombone) while in school
- Band teachers were mostly professional musicians
13:08 - Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears
17:06 – Interview
- Talks about fascination with marching bands
- Started playing drums, and playing in bands with friends
- Went to USL for college
22:39 – Search Until You Find It by Anders Osbourne with Monk Boudreaux
28:59 – Interview
- Met his wife after moving to Lafayette
- Studied broadcasting, and his professor was Tim Watts
- Worked at KSMB in the Northgate Mall
- Worked at KLNI in New Iberia
- Got his master’s degree in telecommunications at Miami University of Ohio
- Worked at the PBS station in Ohio
36:45 - You Can Bring Me Flowers till the Sun Turns Black by Ray LaMontagne
40:50 – Interview
- Worked at Bethany College in West Virginia
48:09 - Volunteer Slavery by Derek Trucks
50:14 – Interview
- Talks about coming full circle back to working at KRVS, and about expanding and renovating the studio
57:33 – Compared to What by Les McCan and Eddie Harris

0:55 - Peace Love and Barbeque by David Egan
5:45 – Interview
- Talks about details of the song “Peace Love and Barbeque”
- Talks about life as a professional songwriter
- Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Has been living in Lafayette for 22 years
- Mother was an opera singer and piano player
- Father was an attorney and played in the symphony
- Grew up in a very musical family with lots of parties
- Got turned on to a lot of music by their house maid, Marie Gyden
14:34 – Turn on Your Lovelight by Bobby “Blue” Bland
17:10 – Interview
- Started playing piano at a very young age
- Took lessons with Eddie Kozak
- Started writing songs around the 6th grade
- Took classical piano in college with Nina Wideman
- Played piano for the theater program at Centenary college
- Started playing in bands, and first band was called Mama
26:20 - Mess Around by Professor Longhair
29:58 – Interview
- Switched over to a music major
- Went to Denton, Texas to a music school
- Lived with two other students with composition majors
- Studied jazz education
- Joined a band called Mahala
- Went back to music school as a composition major
- Joined a jazz choir
- Started writing jingles
- Moved to Memphis, and made jingles and commercials as a living
39:30 – Bank Jingle by David Egan
40:10 – Put out the Fire by A Train
43:55 – Interview
- Moved to Nashville, and started working as a studio background singer and writer
- Got a job as a tour guide
- Joined the band A Train, played in it for 6 years
- Started playing with Joel Sonnier
- Got signed to Bug Records as a songwriter
- Joined the band, Filé
53:17 – Forbidden Love by Filé
56:20 – Interview
- Talks about playing with Filé, and countless other musicians that he’s collaborated with
59:09 - You’re Lyin’ Again by David Egan

0:55 - Cankton Two Step/The Rolling Pin Special by David Greely
4:00 - Interview
- Grew up in Baton Rouge
- Mother's last name was Theriot
- Got a job playing Cajun music at a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas
- Met Steve Riley and started a band
- Played with Denis McGee, Lionel Leleux, Felix Richard, Dewey Balfa
- Talks about second solo album, “Sud du sud”
09:45 - McGee’s A Minor Waltz by Denis McGee
10:50 - La valse à Balfa by David Greely
14:43 - Interview
17:07 - Cotillion by Denis McGee
18:03 - Chataigner by Denis McGee
21:39 - Interview
- Talks about inspiration from Denis McGee
25:18 - Bayou Teche Waltz by Columbus Frugé
26:25 - Bayou Teche Waltz by David Greely
29:25 - Interview
- Talks about making the Varise Connor album
- Talks about finding these tunes in the archive
32:42 - Chocoter by Varise Conner
33:55 - Cajun Polka Set by David Greely
37:00 - Interview
- Varise Connor played music in the 1930’s but dropped out of the music scene because no one was coming to the dances because of the great depression
- Varise was a logger/lumberjack in Lake Arthur
- Varise learned fiddle from his dad
40:12 - Old Cajun Waltz (GDGB tuning) by Varise Conner
41:32 - Old Cajun Waltz by David Greely
44:08 - Interview
- Had the tunes picked out before tracking his solo record
- Talks about recording future records
- Would like to sing more
47:22 - Paul Junius Malveaux’s Tune (Lomax Outtake)
48:19 - Paul Junius Malveaux’s Tune by David Greely
50:34 - Interview
52:52 - Les filles de Vermilion Lula Landry
53:57 - Fantaisie de Vermilion by David Greely
56:16 - Interview
- Talks about website, www.davidgreely.com
57:47 - J’ai marié un ouvrier by Lanese Vincent & Sidney Richard
58:31 - J’ai marié un ouvrier by David Greely

01:12 - St. Gallen by Dickie Landry
04:34 - Interview
- Was invited to an art museum in St. Gallen, Switzerland by Keith Sonnier, a visual artist from Mamou, Louisiana
- Recorded a song in the art museum inside a room with a dome ceiling that naturally created a quad reverb sound.
- Born in Cecilia, Louisiana
- His mother was a first grade teacher and had to tell her students that speaking French was against the rules, but she let them speak it in the classroom
- Older brother was a saxophone player
- Joined the choir at St. Joseph church in Cecilia and was in it from age six to thirteen years old
- Picked up the saxophone in the fifth grade
- Was not really interested in Cajun music
- As a child, he would sing along to the electric hum of the radio wire
- Would catch “Live From The Streets of New York Jazz” on the radio, and discovered Moondog, who was a Jazz composer from New York
13:45 - Music for Dogs by Dickie Landry
20:06 - Interview
- Learned to read music by joining his brother’s band
- Started to learn clarinet in high school from John Gilfry
- Saw Charlie Parker live in New Orleans
- Loved to look at art books and magazines
- Joined an orchestra after high school
- Joined a band called the Swing Kings and opened up for a lot of successful musicians
29:30 - Something Is Wrong With My Baby by the Swing Kings
34:23 - Interview
- Went with a friend to Manhattan for two weeks
- His friend, Keith Sonnier, gave him Phillip Glass’s telephone number
- Met with Phillip Glass and through him, met the musician Moondog and some other avant-garde composers
- Worked as a plumber with Phillip Glass for a year and a half
42:15 - North Star, Film Score by Philip Glass (with Dickie Landry)
44:21 - Interview
- Knew Keith Sonnier from Mamou and Bill Fisher from Opelousas when he moved to New York
- Started learning the flute
- Would play six hour sets with Philip Glass
- Their music fit in with the contemporary art scene
- Got into reggae music
- Hung up the phone on Bob Marley when offered to play with him
57:22 - Country Man In the City by Unknown (with Dickie Landry)

00:56 - Waterbound
04:17 - Interview
- Dirk’s grandfather is speaking at the beginning of the recording of “Waterbound”
- Talks about the distractions of technology in the way of playing music
- Mom played piano in church
- First musical love was Bach
- Started playing piano at eight years old
- Started playing folk music with his grandfather
09:05 - Moonshiner by Roscoe Holcomb
11:13 - Late in the Evening by Muddy Waters
14:22 - Interview
- Talks about how all types of Southern American music share more similarities than differences, and how these styles shouldn’t be put in a box because it is all transcendent music
- Was into the Beatles and Bob Marley growing up
- Went to eastern Kentucky and learned from old time fiddlers and bluegrass musicians
19:12 - How Mountain Girls Can Love by Ricky Skaggs
21:14 - Train Kept a Rollin’ by Johnny Burnette and the Rock n’ Roll Trio
23:26 - Interview
- Talks about meeting Paul Burlson, the guitarist from Johnny Burnette and the Rock n’ Roll Trio
- Talks about racial divide in music and fighting racism
- Pursued music by travelling and playing music during high school
- Recorded with Bruce Molsky and many other old time musicians
30:17 - Little Satchel by Dirk Powell
35:21 - Chère bébé créole by Denis McGee and Sady Courville
38:05 - Interview
- Talks about inspiration from Dewey Balfa and meeting him for the first time
43:28 -
46:02 - L'anse aux pailles by Balfa Toujours
50:07 - Interview
- Talks about learning the accordion
- Got to know Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin
- Talks about writing a music score for a movie called Overland, recording with the Raconteurs, and next solo album
- Talks about being home with family
58:44 - Sugarhill by Foghorn String Band

QUI-026 - Episode with Eric Frey
01:02 - Made In the Shade by the Red Stick Ramblers
03:31 - Interview
- Talks about working with Tom Krueger on a music video
- Grew up in Birmingham, Alabama
- Dad played bass
- Grew up around bluegrass music
08:20 - Drifting Too Far Away From Ashore by Ricky Skaggs
12:28 - A Vision of Mother by the Stanley Brothers
15:56 - Interview
- Grew up in Alabama
- Dad would play in bands at church
- Legend was that he was born at a festival
21:31 - Mando Bass Boogie Sonata by David Grisman and Edgar Meyer
24:28 - After You’ve Gone by Riders In The Sky
27:04 - Interview
- Started learning bass
- Played clarinet and contra-alto clarinet in the school band
- Joined the marching band
- Started getting back into bluegrass in college
- Played bluegrass and swing bass
32:26 - Six More Miles to the Graveyard by Hank Williams
35:15 - Right or Wrong by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
38:08 - Interview
- Was in rock n’ roll bands in high school and college
- Moved to Louisiana to play with the Red Stick Ramblers
- First gig with the Red Stick Ramblers was in Albuquerque, New Mexico
43:49 - Bring It On Down by Red Stick Ramblers
46:20 - Moi j’connais pas by Lost Bayou Ramblers
49:54 - Interview
- Started learning French
- Talks about life on the road with the Red Stick Ramblers
- Talks about Clifftop Festival and playing old-time music
- Talks about latest Red Stick Ramblers video, “Made in the Shade”
56:20 - Katrina by Red Stick Ramblers

0:45 - Interview
- Talks about upcoming benefit called Mother’s Day at the Moon
- Buckwheat Zydeco, Major Handy, L’Angelus, and Trio del Rio is on the line-up
03:49 - Lay Your Burden Down by Buckwheat Zydeco
09:00 - Interview
- Was diagnosed with Lymphoma cancer
- Talks about the process of recovery
15:30 - Give Him Cornbread by Beau Jocque and his Zydeco Hi-Rollers
20:22 - Interview
- Grew up in Lake Charles
- Moved to Lafayette in the 1970’s
- Started going to Randal’s and dancing
- Started dancing at Richard’s club
28:46 - Shake That Thing by Zydeco Force
32:00 - Interview
- Talking about the vendors that are going to be at the benefit, Mother’s Day at the Moon
- Talking about the exclusivity of black people at certain dancehalls
41:44 - Going to La Maison by Boozoo Chavis
45:53 - Interview
- Talks about dancing to Boozoo Chavis
- Started meeting people online from around the world who were fans of Zydeco
- Led a tour of thirty people from other states to see Geno Delafose in New Orleans and Lafayette, and then to Geno’s house
- Started teaching dance lessons on a Cruise line
- Started teaching yoga
- Last Quoi Ya episode in the old KRVS studio
58:20 - I’m On a Wonder by Clifton Chenier

01:10 - Tard dans la vie by Wayne Toups (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
04:27 - Interview
- The previous song, “Tard dans la vie”, won a CFMA award for Song of the Year in 1989
- Jean Arceneaux is from Marie Buller
- He was born at twenty-seven years old, and is currently fifty-eight years old
- Started writing poetry and lyrics
14:20 - A Secret Love by Wayne Toups (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
15:37 - Interview
- Talks about the collaboration with Wayne Toups
- Came up with a story about Hicks Wagon Wheel
22:30 - Night at the Wheel by Wayne Toups (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
25:28 - Interview
- Talks about writing song lyrics for other musicians
26:50 - Ma misère by Jambalaya
29:20 - Interview
- Talks about writing songs about his nightmares
32:20 - La tite heure de la nuit by ? (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
36:46 - Interview
- Sings “You’re Runnin’ Wild” by the Louvin Brothers
- Can sing in English, but can’t talk in English
42:42 - Une dernière chanson by DL Menard (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
47:00 - Interview
- He says that DL Menard was so excited to record that song because it sounded like one of his own songs
49:40 - Un amusement qui m’a couté by Hubert Maitre (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
51:56 - Le menteur by the Mamou Playboys (lyrics written by Jean Arceneaux)
53:30 - Interview (with Sam Broussard)
- Sam and Barry went to school together. Graduated from Cathedral in 1969.
- Sam said it was difficult to work with Jean Arceneaux because his French wasn’t that good
58:31 - Le loup by Jean Arceneaux and Sam Broussard