There is some audible tape print through for first several minutes
00:17 - Introduction - Ambrose says he was born and raised in Acadia Parish near Eunice;
01:50 - Started playing at 15 years old. Says that he was 72 years old at the time of the interview. Learned to play by ear;
02:38 - His father was a fiddle and accordion player; Ambrose tells a story about not knowing that his dad played the accordion until he decided to buy his first one at 15;
04:00 - Ambrose would pull "Coffee Weed" out of the rice fields when he was younger, that's how he made enough money to buy his first accordion;
05:30 - Talking about watching his dad play at small house dances and learning some of the songs that he would play;
06:40 - Mazurkas - different dance steps from normal, songs were played differently;
07:45 - Talking about the Valse à deux temps and jigs;
09:00 - Ambrose talks about his timing when playing and also how musician's timing affects dancers;
10:10 - Discussing what house dances were called - Ambrose says they used the word "bal" not "fais do do;"
12:15 - No amplification used in Ambrose's early days of playing.
12:45 - Mentions he never played with a fiddle or guitar until right before he made his first record in the early 60s;
13:30 - Ambrose quit playing music and never went to dances when he got married - He stopped playing for 38 years;
15:20 - Ambrose says that Revon Reed's radio program is what inspired him to start playing music again;
16:50 - Ambrose tells a story about finding and buying his new accordion from a coworker;
20:45 - Talking about playing on Revon Reed's program;
25:10 - Played many dances by himself, occasionally had triangles and spoons;
27:15 - Talking again about musical timing and how it affects dancers;
28:55 - Ambrose says that most of the dances he attended when he was younger were at homes;
28:40 - Talks about the first dancehall he went to in Eunice. Ambrose says that it was a converted house;
30:00 - When dancehalls started becoming a thing, many parents didn't want their daughters to attend;
30:45 - Bal de maison musicians were typically paid at the door or they would pass a hat. The charge was typically 10 or 15 cents;