Interview with Floyd Soileau (part 4)

Accession No.: 
BR2-022-2

Floyd Soileau:

00:00 - George Khorey's music store and recordings of Nathan Abshire and Lawrence Walker
01:35 - Cookie and the Cupcakes "Mathilda" recorded at a local radio station (KAOK)
03:15 - Information about other record labels - Drew-Blan, Montel
06:30 - Floyd re-releasing older albums like Dale and Grace and compilations
10:00 - Floyd's supplying music to jukeboxes in South Louisiana
11:45 - Music charts
13:50 - T.K. Hulin, Eddy Raven, John Fred, Bobby Charles
17:00 - Apple Records buying one of Floyd's records - Lesa Cormier and the Sundown Playboys
20:45 - Johnnie Allan - "Promised Land" - Becoming a hit in England
23:35 - La Louisianne Records
25:40 - Bud Fletcher and Cajun humor
26:45 - Revon Reed - Comedy record
27:40 - The word "coonass"
28:45 - Cajun's personality and hospitality

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop, Cajun, Record Label
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Wednesday, May 2, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Ville Platte, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:24
Digitized Date: 
Monday, January 22, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor