Interview with Albert Davis
Albert Davis:
00:25 - Father Molette was their pastor; He was a farmer; Born May 6th, 1936 in Leonville
-He went to school with Murphy till he was 12 then he went to school with Gabriel
02:15 - After the Swing Masters, he made his own group: The Blue Eagles
-He sang and played guitar; They played until some of the guys went into the service
-They called Clayton "Fats"
03:30 - Recorded with J.D. Miller but it was never released
04:40 - King Carl; Joseph Zeno; Story about playing at the rec center in Lafayette for teenagers
-They actually made double than what Joseph told them; Another story in Franklin
-Joseph kept extra money for himself, so Albert stopped playing for him
08:10 - After Blue Eagles, he joined a group from Opelousas called the Reboppers
-Played with them for about 4 years until he moved to Lake Charles
10:00 - Played with Katy Webster in Lake Charles
-Katy Webster recorded at J.D. Miller's studio; Warren Storm
12:00 - Story about playing with Katy; Bamboo Club in Lake Charles
-He met Otis Redding and he asked him to play, but he had a family
13:50 - Eddie Shuler; George Khoury
14:15 - Band after Katy: Mitzi and the Mystics; Mitzi was the best female singer after Katy
-Played in a lot of clubs; He played guitar
15:10 - Big Ike; Played with Mitzi for 5 or 6 years
16:25 - Beginning of the 1970s; Played with The Cupcakes
-Cookie was in California but Shelton Dunaway kept the band going; Hot Rod
17:25 - Rosco Chenier; Gradnigo boys
18:30 - Murphy lived across the Teche from him
19:40 - Joe Walker joined the Cupcakes; Didn't get along with Shelton
-He did a lot of recording with Joe; In the 1980s
22:45 - Worked at Conoco - oil refinery
24:00 - He played guitar on some CDs with Joe recorded with Lee Lavergne
25:00 - Joe went overseas twice, but he didn't go with him
25:30 - Played with Rosie Ledet; He traveled with her
-Then played with Roy Carrier; He went overseas with Roy
27:20 - 50 years of playing music; Story of how the band started
-Jerry Morris was a drummer; His brother, Joe Morris, started playing bass
