Interview with Eddie Shuler (Part 1)

Accession No.: 
BR2-017

Eddie Shuler:

00:00 - Originator of the word "Rockabilly," Al Terry
01:25 - Why Rockabilly was relatively short lived
04:15 - South Louisiana Rock n Roll music
05:55 - Jukebox Sales in South Louisiana
09:45 - Born in Texas, 1913, First recollections of music
12:45 - Recording on acetate discs
15:15 - Eddie's influences - Bob Wills
16:00 - Taking voice lessons
17:10 - Popular Hillbilly artists - Ernest Tubbs, Roy Acuff, Cliff Bruner, Bob Wills
18:00 - How small record labels came to be in the region
19:00 - First record, the beginnings of Eddie's Record label - recording in New Orleans
21:20 - First tape recorders
21:50 - Recording Iry Lejeune - devoting more time to the record label
23:45 - Harry Choates, Joe Falcon, Hackberry Ramblers - Different versions of Jolie Blonde
28:20 - Virgil Bozeman, George Khory - Nathan Abshire's "Pine Grove Blues"
31:45 - Missing out on recording "Mathilda." Cookie and the Cupcakes
32:30 - Honky Tonk Bars, Barfights, "Ace of Love"
37:00 - Played dances from 8pm-2am with one intermission - $35-75 per night
38:00 - Radio show sponsors
39:30 - Local "Hillbilly" artists - Will Kegley, Moon Mulligan
40:30 - Playing guitar with a Dixieland band
41:35 - James Freeman, Boogie Joe and other blues artists
45:35 - Eddie's description of a Cajun person, Cajun Music

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Rockabilly, Swamp Pop, Cajun, Record Label, Goldband
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Monday, April 30, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Charles, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:47:40
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor