Larry talks to Joe, Raymond, and Felton; Interview continued from BE2-076:

Interview with Joe Walker:

00:01:10 - Jones auditorium
00:01:40 - One man band; Drum machine; Started playing gospel music on keyboard in the 1980s
00:03:00 - He was making a living playing as a one man band
00:04:00 - After, he branched into zydeco; Played with Boozoo Chavis when he was 15 or 16
00:05:15 - Touring with a zydeco band; Played with Lawrence Ardoin, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Sidney
00:07:40 - End of interview

Interview with Raymond Randle:

00:08:25 - Born in Opelousas on February 28th, 1948
-His dad, Clarence Randle, had a zydeco band, so he started with them; Clarence never recorded

00:09:30 - Started playing around 12 years old; His dad played accordion

00:11:30 - Picked up guitar then started playing professionally 5 years later when he was 17
-Played with his dad's band for about 5 years

00:12:15 - Played around Louisiana and Texas; Made his living playing music

00:13:00 - Band wasn't reliable so he left
-His band backed up Oscar Perry, Lightnin' Hopkins in the 1960s
-Some new members and some from his dad's band

00:15:00 - Blues was doing good even during the disco era; He never opened up for a band
00:16:30 - In the 1970s, he worked some odd jobs but mostly played music
00:17:25 - The first recording he made was with Lee Lavergne

00:18:15 - In the 1980s, he played with different zydeco bands; June Taylor and the Burning Flames
-Roy Carrier; Chubby Carrier; Roy's Club in Lawtell
-He's playing with Roy tomorrow night at the Holy Ghost Catholic Church

00:22:45 - Roy wants to Raymond to record with Lee on Wednesday night

Interview with Nathan Williams Sr.:

00:24:15 - His three year old son plays scrub board with him; From St. Martinville, LA

00:24:50 - His mom liked to go to zydeco dances
-She'd go see Clifton almost every weekend; He would hear music all the time from his uncle

00:26:15 - He'd go see Clifton but couldn't get in the club
-He didn't start playing accordion until 1985; He moved to Lafayette in 1979

00:27:30 - His brother Sid bought an accordion from Buckwheat for him
-Then he bought one from someone he met in Romero Music Shop in Lafayette
-Japanese accordion; He got it for $250

00:30:20 - He always played the piano accordion; He got sick in 1986 and was in the hospital for 8 months
-Thyroid issue; He'd play accordion in the hospital

00:31:30 - Play with feeling; Personal style

00:32:25 - After the hospital, he started practicing with a band
-Then Sid opened the club and they started playing there on Friday nights for free
-Buckwheat encouraged him - they were close friends

00:33:50 - Started playing Saturdays at different clubs
-The Tee Connection (?) in St. Martinville, Double D's (changed to Daulphine's Club) in Parks
-Hamilton Club in Lone Plantation (Lafayette), El Sido's, Richard's Club in Lawtell
-Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, Blue Diamond Club in St. Martinville (burned down), Tipitina's in New Orleans

00:36:45 - Toured to Boston, New York, Hartford, North Carolina, South Carolina

00:39:45 - Played at a cajun festival in Long Beach; Big Easy Festival in Rhode Island
-Frog Island Festival in Detroit; Names some of the bands at the festivals

00:44:25 - Local concerts: Golden Wheel Club with Millie Jackson, Denise Lasalle, Tyrone Davis
-Yambilee in Opelousas with Bobby Blue Bland; Jesse James
-Don Apollo Wilson and John Ford booked all these shows

00:47:00 - The radio station helped him out