Larry talks to Joe, Raymond, and Felton; Part II is BE2-075

Interview with Felton :

00:35 - Born March 12th, 1934 in Opelousas
-Started playing guitar when he was 14 and was playing dances when he was 15; No radio or TV

02:25 - Blues music; Would listen to a blues radio program from 11-11:15 pm
03:46 - Had his own band at the age of 15
04:15 - He recorded one record when he was 15, but he doesn't know what happened to it

05:10 - He stopped playing music to do construction work at 21
-In 1973, he got burned at the chemical plant
-Took 8 years to recover and during that time he started playing again

07:05 - Went back to construction in 1980, but had a back injury and surgery in 1983
-Now he only plays guitar

07:45 - Got in a wreck in 1987 and had to get neck surgery
08:50 - He did one record with Lee Lavergne in 1975 or 1976; Classie Ballo;
11:05 - When he was recovering, he played with different bands in the Lake Charles area; Katy Webster
12:00 - He played with Clifton Chenier, B.B. King, Fats Domino, Lightnin' Hopkins when they played around Opelousas
13:45 - Turned down playing with Clifton because he was more into blues instead of zydeco
15:10 - Plays gigs with Joe and Raymond; Made recordings with them
15:45 - They play maybe once a week together; Talk about gigs
17:40 - Talk about the record; They recorded parts at different times

Joe Walker:

21:00 - Born December 13th, 1944 in Lafayette
-Started playing the blues on guitar when he was 6
-Influenced by Lightnin' Slim, Jimmy Reed

22:45 - Played with Rockin' Dopsie when he was 15
-A few gigs with Clifton; Familiar with zydeco

23:35 - Recorded when he was 16 with Rockin' Sidney - "Just To Spend My Life With You" / "Our Last Goodbye"
-Recorded with Eddie Shuler; He played guitar and keyboard on the recordings

26:20 - Larry offers to help with booking
-Chubby Carrier; Story about Nathan Williams playing in New York
-How much bands get paid in Baltimore

34:30 - Lee recorded another LP with Joe with zydeco music; Not out yet

35:35 - Played on some sessions at Goldband; One solo that wasn't released
-One album with Rockin' Sidney
-Recorded a single with Henry Randle and the Zydeco Soul Express in 1984 at J.D. Miller's

39:00 - Lil Alfred and Charles Mann are playing, but Larry has to miss it
41:00 - At the beginning of the 1960s and into the 1970s, he had his own band; Rock and roll and blues

42:10 - Things were good while the oil industry was doing well, then it went down
-They used to have a lot of gigs; One man band

44:00 - Bon Temps Rouler Club, Grant St.
45:30 - Recorded with Roy Simon (Joe Simon's brother)