00:02 - La Toussaint by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
03:47 - Interview
- Talks about the inspiration behind the song, “La Toussaint”
- Father was a singer
- Grew up in Baton Rouge
- Spent a lot of time at church and was part of a gospel quartet
- His grandfather was a guard at Angola Prison so his father grew up there
09:26 - He Never Said a Mumbling Word (Lomax recording), Gospel Group at Angola
12:19 - Interview
- Got into rock n’ roll growing up
- At seventeen years old, he went to a Black Sabbath concert at the New Orleans Warehouse, and was blown away by a fiddler that was in a folk-rock band called Sea Train that opened up for Black Sabbath.
- He bought a fiddle, and got really into bluegrass music
16:03 - Lonesome River by Ralph Stanley
19:00 - Miss Molly by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
21:17 - Interview
- Joined a bluegrass and western swing band called Cornbread
- Moved to Nashville, and was influenced by guitarist and fiddler, Kenneth Lovelace
23:32 - Who Will the Next Fool Be by Jerry Lee Lewis
26:12 - Lacassine Special by The Balfa Brothers
28:54 - Interview
- Got a regular gig playing Cajun music in San Antonio, Texas
- Became friends with Joel Sonnier while living in Nashville
- Moved to Louisiana
- Met Denis McGee and Steve Riley at Mark Savoy’s music shop
- Started playing music with Steve Riley
- Was Denis McGee’s last apprentice
34:15 - La Valse Cajun by Rodney Lejeune
38:12 - Valse à Elise Malette by Varise Connor
39:33 - Interview
- Talks about getting into Lionel Leleux’s fiddle playing
43:13 - Glory in the Meeting House by Bruce Molsky
45:23 - Soir de Paris by Amestoy Trio
47:54 - Interview
- Heard the Amestoy Trio at an accordion festival in France
50:11 - Hasse A’s by Väsen
53:03 - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor by Nathan Milstein
54:43 - Interview
- Classical music influenced his love of Cajun music
57:15 - Two Step de Grand Marais by Denis McGee