Interview with Bobby Charles (cont.); Skip Stewart; and T.K. Hulin

Accession No.: 
BE1-019

Interview with Bobby Charles (cont.):
French song - "Champs Élysée" Bobby mentions that he's been to Paris, but never went to the Champs Élysée;

02:20 - Interview with Skip Stewart;
02:30 - Changing name from Guillory to Stewart (1959) when he was with The Twisters. Their manager suggested something easier to pronounce
04:00 - Early solo recordings for Jin and La Louisiane;
04:50 - "Take Her Back" Written by Rod Bernard
05:15 - Forming The Shondells; Warren Storm was working at Romero's Music in New Iberia when they approached him about joining the band. Rod Bernard came up with the name;
09:00 - The Shondells first gig at the Southern Club;
11:55 - Drug use within the band - Skip wanted to avoid them. Talking about eventually leaving the band to focus on his family;
13:10 - Stan Lewis - Owner of Jewel, Paula, Ron Records;
15:30 - Joining the Boogie Kings - First gig at a Catholic Church in Elton in 1957;
18:30 - Swing Kings - Albert Miller formed the band after the Boogie Kings broke up;
21:00 - Session work with Carol Rachou, Jay Miller, Floyd Soileau;
25:00 - Defining Swamp Pop;
27:30 - Musical influences - ;
30:30 - Musicians in the family - Skips Dad, Maurice Guillory, was an accomplished Cajun fiddler;
32:00 - Personal history;
33:00 - Becoming a DJ

35:55 - Interview with T.K. Hulin;
36:00 - Getting the nickname T.K. - Came from his uncle who gave he and his siblings nicknames;
37:30 - Early recordings - "I'm Not a Fool" released in 1964, Mercury picked the record up;
38:20 - T.K. plays drums, bass, guitar, mentions that he never wrote any songs;
39:00 - True to R&B; Musical influences were Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Sam Cooke;
39:30 - Defining Swamp Pop -"Mixture of Louisiana Music and R&B"
40:45 - Personal information - Born in Saint Martinville in 1944; Was a farmer in his early days. Couldn't go on American Bandstand due to crop harvest;
42:20 - Cajun music revival;
43:10 - The Lonely Knights - formed in 1959, His dad owned the LK Label with Robert Thibodeaux;

44:30 - Interview with Clint West;
44:30 - The split of The Boogie Kings - Ned Theall's group kept the name, Clint changed his band to The Fabulous Kings;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana, Folk Music, Swamp Pop, Oral History, Songwriting
Creator: 
Shane K. Bernard
Informants: 
Johnnie Allan, Charles Adcock
Recording date: 
Tuesday, June 12, 1990
Coverage Spatial: 
Abbeville, LA; Opelousas, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
46:37
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore