01:30 - Born in the country about 6 miles north of Mamou, had 6 other siblings. Didn't have school in the area, so they walked 4.5-5 miles to Vidrine;
02:20 - Got school busses around 1931 or 32;
02:48 - Born on July 6, 1920. Raised in L'anse Grise near Bayou Nez Piqué and wrote a song about it;
03:35 - Patents were named Marcelus Deshotels and Athile Ortego, his dad played accordion and harmonica, fiddle, and was a story teller.
04:45 - Talks about a program that Ann Savoy put on at LSUE that his dad sang about mermaids (Au bord de l'eau)
06:25 - Brothers names were Darby, Darbis, Miller, Elby. Sisters were Verdie and Emily. Only Elby (Bee) and Ed played music;
07:45 - His grandmother, Virginia Billeaudeaux, sang old songs
08:55 - Finished grade school in Vidrine, attended SLI and worked on the farm, then entered the service. After WWII, returned to SLI and did graduate work at LSU. Finished in 1952 with a Masters in Agriculture;
10:05 - Worked for Monsanto and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture - was an inspector for sweet potatoes
10:45 - Served in the U.S. Navy for 4 years in the Pacific Theatre;
11:40 - Married in 1950,
11:50 - Bals de maison - were common because they couldn't go to dances in town. Musicians played Accordion, Fiddle, and t-fer. Popular musicians when he was young were Joe Falcon, Leo Soileau, ?? Thibodeaux
13:20 - Ed says that Paul Tate and Revon Reed were import figures in the preservation of Cajun music;
15:00 - Old songs that Ed and Bee recorded that they learned from their grandmother - L'arbe et dans ses feuilles, Les 'tites souliers rouges, Boitine Boiteuse;
16:40 - Ed and Bee learned to play music by listening to their dad and grandmother, talks about their early instruments;
18:20 - Talks about living through the Great Depression and what they could afford to buy;
18:45 - Discussing the dances that he and Bee played, started playing more after he came back from the service;
21:10 - Organized a band with Hadley Fontenot, Savy Augustin, Porkchop Roy;
23:00 - Owned a bar with Bee while he was attending college;
23:00 - After finishing school and forming their band, they played at most of the hotels in Lafayette, New Orleans, etc;
24:30 - Recorded with Harry Oster in 1968 or 1969, First commercial release was released in 1973 on Swallow Records;
26:05 - Also played with Leroy Tate, played fiddle;
27:00 - Ed wrote a song called "Garde, mais touche pas;"
27:30 - Talks about "Chevaliers de la table ronde," learned it from some French people who were visiting;
28:45 - Talks about playing "Veuves de lac bleu" for the French visitors;