0:59 - Cote Gelée by Les Frères Michot
4:15 – Interview
- Father was born in Lafayette, grandparents were from Avoyelles Parish, mother was born in Patterson, mother’s mother was from Iberia Parish, and mother’s father was from Bayou Darbonne.
- Laura Normand, his great grandmother who was from Avoyelles Parish, played the accordion.
- Laura Normand’s mother, who was a Gaspard, was a ballad singer.
- Blind Uncle Gaspard was one of his cousins.
- At family gatherings, everyone played music. They played popular music, mixed with classic Cajun tunes.
- His siblings, Rick, Anne, and Tommy played music.
8:36 – Corina Corina by Joe Falcon
13:39 – Interview
- From around 1948 to 1955/56, a lot of Cajun bands would play at the Lafayette Drive In theater before the movies would start.
16:40 – Allons Danser Colinda by Joe Falcon
21:31 – Interview
- Learned to sing “The Ballad of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton by heart when he was four years old.
- His siblings were into The Beatles and American folk music, and had a band called The New Castle Sings.
- He was into blues and Cajun music.
- When he was around twelve years old, his friend, Jay Leblanc, would play a lot of Clifton Chenier records.
- He tried to speak French as much as he could, even though it wasn’t particularly popular at the time
- At thirteen years old, he started playing accordion.
- At sixteen years old, he started playing guitar.
- Went to Jay’s Lounge often, as well as other local festivals, to see Clifton Chenier
30:43 – Tous les temps en temps by Clifton Chenier
34:28 – Interview
- Talks about Jay’s Lounge. Happy hour was from 5-7pm. It had rooster fights in the back of the building. The dances would start at 9:30/10 pm.
- Listened to southern rock including Charlie Daniels, Allemand Brothers, Jimmy Buffet, and Willie Nelson during high school.
- During college, he would hire local bands for his fraternity parties
38:46 – Les bons temps rouler by Clifton Chenier
42:15 – La valse à Howard Herbert by Les Frères Michot
45:26 – Interview
- Tells story behind the song “La valse à Howard Hebert”
- At twenty-two years old, he started a band with his brother, Rick, called Les Bons Riens.
- After several members came and went, the band was eventually comprised of Bobby, Rick, Tommy, David, and Michael, which became Les Frères Michot.
50:00 – Lake Arthur Stomp by Lionel Leleux
51:45 – Interview
- From 1984 to 1988, he was playing a lot of gigs with Les Frères Michot
- In 1989, he went to France with Eddie Lejeune and Lionel Leleux
- He ended up staying in France for two and a half years, and then came back and opened up Old Main Street Lounge in Basile, Louisiana. He had dances every Saturday and a jam session every Thursday.
- Toured with several different musicians in Europe.
- Went back to France and met his wife, with whom he had two children.
57:50 – Bosco Stomp by Austin Pitre