Interview with Elwood "Bobby Page" Dugas (cont.) and Roland Robin

Accession No.: 
BE1-044

Interview with Bobby Page (cont.):
00:00 - Explaining the name Riff Raffs / Rift Raffs ;
00:40 - Changing name to Bobby Page - Combination of Bobby Charles and Patti Page;
02:15 - Plumbing work - Did this during the daytime and music at night;
03:20 - Discussing RAM Records, Myra Smith;
04:45 - Recorded in Shreveport, New Orleans, Saint Martinville. Dego Redlich, Carol Rachou, J.D. Miller, Bill Hall;
06:00 - Recorded "Hip et Taieau" at J.D. Miller's studio;
07:00 - More about Myra Smith;
09:45 - He speaks French
11:00 - Discussing Swamp Pop, rock 'n' roll vs. rhythm and blues;
12:30 - First paying job - Lloyd's Bar in Rayne in 1956;
14:30 - Drug use within the scene;

20:25 - Interview with Roland Robin:
21:35 - Background - Born June 13, 1936 in Duson, Moved to Lafayette at 13 and attended Cathedral High. Attended Tulane from 1954-58;
22:25 - Graduated from Northeastern in 1963, is a registered pharmacist;
23:15 - Getting into the music business - Had written and recorded some songs at J.D. Miller's for RAM;
25:00 - Musical tastes - Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly;
26:00 - There was a lack of booking agents in Monroe during the time he was in school, so he started an agency;
28:30 - Worked a 1 year apprenticeship while in school while running his agency;
29:10 - Forming N-joy records - Noticed that artists didn't make much money, decided to take the next step and form the label;
29:50 - Bands signed - John Fred, Duayne Yates,;
31:15 - Studios used - Cosimo's, La Louisiane, Floyd Soileau - Used record press in Memphis;
33:50 - New CD compilations;
34:00 - J.D. Miller and Floyd Soileau;
38:00 - Groups managed/produced;
38:30 - John Fred and the Playboys - "Boogie Children;"
41:20 - Stan Lewis was one of Roland's distributors, Floyd Soileau, also. Never set up his own distribution network;
42:55 - After college - ended up owning a pharmacy, continued running his label and agency;
43:40 - Quitting the music business;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop; Recording Industry
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Recording date: 
Thursday, January 2, 1992
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
47:41
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Monday, January 30, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore