Interview with J.D. Miller (part 1)

Accession No.: 
BR2-015-1

J.D. Miller:

00:00 - Early life - Born in Texas, music he heard, first guitar
02:30 - Moving to Lake Charles, then to Crowley
02:40 - Local string bands - Happy Fats, Hackberry Ramblers, Leo Soileau
04:20 - J.D.'s bands - Musical Aces, Daylight Creepers
05:15 - Playing with Harry Choates
06:45 - Bob Wills' influence on J.D.
08:15 - How J.D. got into the recording business - Lack of French records being produced
10:00 - Recording first records at Cosimo's studio, discussion on price of session
11:10 - Buying a wire recorder, The first tape recorder that he purchased
12:30 - J.D.'s first labels and bands he recorded
13:15 - Tommy Hill - AR man for Starday
13:40 - Discovering and recording Lightnin' Slim - record sales
14:20 - Clarence Garlow, Richard King
14:45 - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells covering the song
15:25 - Cry, Cry, Darling
17:00 - WXOK - Hearing and recording Lightnin' Slim for the first time
22:00 - Bailing out J.P Richardson, "The Big Bopper," to play harmonica for a Lightnin' Slim session
23:00 - Lightnin' Slim session - car breaking down, no drummer
27:00 - Making 5 cents per record with his distribution

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; French, Swamp Pop, Blues
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Crowley, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:15
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, August 28, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor