Interview with Joe Barry (1)

Accession No.: 
BR2-003

Joe Barry:

-Family History and early musical influences

01:30 - Joe's first guitar and first lesson with Vin Bruce
03:30 - Famous Cajun musicians from Joe's childhood
05:30 - Playing in clubs as a child
11:00 - Early Swamp Pop; History of his first and second bands
14:30 - Sending a tape to Floyd Soileau for Jin Records
18:00 - Recording for Floyd Soileau - Flat Town Records
20:00 - Joe's second record and its success (I'm a Fool to Care) Huey Meaux taking over distribution of the record
22:00 - American Bandstand with Dick Clark
24:13 - Old Clubs - Blue Room, The Country Inn, Sherwood, Tony Morello's
28:50 - People who were in the band for the recording of I'm a Fool to Care
31:50 - Joe's "outlaw" days, damaging hotel rooms
33:45 - Other hit records on the Smash label
37:00 - Drug use on the road
43:00 - Playing with Freddy Fender
Getting back into music after working in the Oilfields
47:00 - Recording with the Houma record label

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Saturday, April 28, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
New Orleans, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:48:05
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--30
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to Donor