Billy Ware:

00:40 - First experiences playing music; Bongo drums
01:45 - Taking lessons from Charlie Gahn
02:45 - Birthplace (Mobile, AL), family history, and how his parents met; eventually moving to Lafayette. Family owned Belle Grove Plantation in White Castle
04:30 - Learning to play drums

09:00 - Playing with different bands and attending jam sessions in high school
10:30 - Francis Pavy
11:50 - Attending U.S.L.
15:30 - Playing for dance studios
17:50 - Music and living in California

27:40 - Experimenting with different types of percussion instruments
28:00 - Modeling his playing style from Jazz recordings
32:15 - Flexitone and experimenting with obscure percussive instruments
33:45 - Percussion instruments taken on the road
36:15 - Experimenting and learning from early music making programs on the computer

39:30 - Returning to Louisiana, and playing with BeauSoleil; Tommy Alesi getting involved with the band
42:50 - Deciding to stay with BeauSoleil full time
45:20 - Touring
48:00 - Forming a tight band
50:00 - Remembering Tommy Comeaux
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