Episode 9: Carol Fran - Bury My Heart with the Blues - Hosted by Zachary Richard

00:50 - Zachary Richard explains that the careers of many musicians started in Crowley, Louisiana, including that of Carol Fran;
02:15 - Zachary talks musicians who suffered and used that pain to inspire their music;
02:51 - Footage of Carol getting ready in her room;
03:30 - Carol singing "Mon coeur est casser" and playing piano;
04:39 - Carol says her mother played piano. There was a piano in her home growing up;
05:00 - Carol talks about the custom of burying a baby's umbilical cord under a rose bush and the baby becoming a musician or singer;
05:59 - Carol Fran singing "Emmitt Lee" (1958) (shows Carol arriving at the old KRVS studio) Speaking with Zydeco Joe Citizen, John Broussard, and Melvin Cesar;
06:49 - Melvin Cesar interviewing Carol Fran on KRVS show;
06:57 - Carol discusses when she started singing, Carol singing "On the Battlefield for My Lord;"
07:14 - Images of Laural Valley Plantation located in Thibodaux, LA
07:47 - Carol singing in the KRVS studios;
08:03 - Zachary explains that Carol sings it all but she started with gospel music;
09:08 - Zachary talks to Carol about her childhood and her mother letting her sing in other places besides church to make money;
10:05 - Carol Fran singing "I'm Gonna Try" (1965);
10:17 - Carol and friend, Willis Constantin, talk about getting old and old recipes;
12:13 - Carol Fran singing "Knock Knock" (1959);
12:23 - Zachary talks to Carol about her neighborhood and if a lot of French was spoken when she was young;
13:04 - Carol talks about if her parents spoke French or not when she was young;
13:10 - Discussing how French and Creole language was different from town to town;
13:49 - She talks about being able to tell the difference between the two languages;
14:24 - Carol talks about taking care of her sister's son along with the rest of her family after her father died;
17:22 - Carol Fran singing at the Cruiser's Club in Lafayette, LA;
18:53 - She speaks about her family and their skin color. (She recounts about by called "pickaninny" by her cousins because of her dark skin);
20:38 - Carol Fran singing "Crying in the Chapel" (1965);
21:05 - As she walks through a cemetary she talks about the death of her loved ones;
22:55 - Zachary thanks Carol for everything she has done in her life;