Interview with Bobby Charles (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1-018

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Content Warning - Strong Language
Interview with Bobby Charles (cont.):
00:01 - "See You Later, Alligator";
00:28 - Zachary Richard covering his song;
01:25 - "One-eyed Jack" and inspiration behind the song;
01:45 - Writing "Yea Yea Baby" for Elvis;
02:20 - Meeting Elvis in Memphis;
02:50 - Tom Parker;
03:28 - Recording "See You Later, Alligator," performing songs with Dave Bartholomew;
05:30 - Woodstock, recording and living here;
10:20 - Song writing;
11:22 - Sounding black;
13:58 - Hub City, Stan Lewis, Jewel Records, and getting ripped off;
15:25 - Louisiana's role in the American music industry;
15:50 - Rejecting local artists;
19:00- Born an artist;
20:35 - Inspiration;
22:22 - Dr. John;
24:10 - Defining Swamp Pop;
25:50 - Fats Domino and the triplet piano style;
26:44 - Roy Perkins;
27:15 - Cosimo Matassa's studio;
28:00 - Interest in music;
28:20 - Getting publishing rights back to songs he wrote;
29:03 - Rice and Gravy label;
29:40 - No respect within Louisiana;
32:30 - Solution to pollution;
33:39 - "Walking to New Orleans" - promotes Louisiana tourism, but it isn't appreciated;
34:35 - Plays songs for interviewer;
36:50 - Bobby Charles the environmentalist;
41:27 - "See You Later, Alligator";
42:15 - The business of music;
45:30 - Politics;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
music; swamp pop; song writing
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Booby Charles (cont)
Recording date: 
Saturday, August 3, 1991
Coverage Spatial: 
Abbeville, LA
Publisher: 
Shane Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
46:29
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
CLS Archive - Room A, Drawer 18, Row 1