Interview with Floyd Soileau (Part 3)

Accession No.: 
BR2-022-1

Floyd Soileau:

00:00 - Nathan Abshire - recording, playing with the Balfa Brothers, drinking problems, "Pine Grove Blues"
02:45 - Pop and R&B releases - Rockin' Sidney; Margo White "Don't Mess with my Man" and "I'm not Ashamed"
08:00 - Outside musical influences
09:00 - "Swamp Pop"
10:50 - Benny Greaff (Rufus Jagneaux) - "Opelousas Sosthaine." Popularity of the song
16:45 - Cajun Hits - D.L. Menard "The Back Door" and "Les traces de mon bogée"
18:30 - Belton Richard's songs "Un autre soir ennuient" and "The Cajun Streak;" - Impact on local scene
22:20 - How Floyd got into pressing records - Building his pressing plant
23:35 - Camey Doucet - "Hold My False Teeth" How they got the idea for the song - La Poussière
25:45 - "Mom, I'm Still Your Little Boy"

26:25 - Pressing what he claims was the first 12 inch album of Cajun Music
(Chamo Records Aldus Roger release is actually the 1st full length - See interview with Bill Rutledge)

28:45 - Plans and current state of Jin and Swallow Records
-Johnny Allan, Rod Bernard, Belton Richard, Dewey Balfa, Camey Doucet, Jambalaya

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Cajun, Record Label
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Monday, February 5, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Ville Platte, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:53
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor