Interview with Johnnie Allan (part 1)

Accession No.: 
BR2-001-1

Johnnie Allan:

01:00 - Music in family and how Johnnie started in music
-Nightclubs in old days
-Cajun song lyrics and structure

09:00 - Joe Falcon's popularity and recording career
12:15 - String Bands, Hillbilly music and their effect on Cajun music and later musicians - steel guitar
13:50 - Harry Choates - Popular songs like Jolie Blonde and Grand Mamou
16:20 - Younger generations getting into Cajun Music

17:20 - CODOFIL
-Hit Cajun/Zydeco recordings of the period (early 1980s)

20:00 - Differences between Cajun/Zydeco Music - Clifton Chenier
22:40 - Development of Swamp Pop music
23:00 - Swamp Pop started in 1957-1958; Fats Domino, Joe Barry, Jimmy Clanton
26:30 - Discussing influential records - Guitar Slim, Earl King, Johnny Ace
28:30 - Bobby Charles
31:20 - Johnnie's first recording - Band members (U.J. Meaux, Al Foreman, Beul Hoffpauir, Nicky Stutes, Lee Castle) and Studio Information
34:50 - J.D. Miller and sales numbers - This Should Go On Forever being picked up by MGM and released nationwide
37:00 - Johnnie's recording career (MGM, Viking, Flat Town) after first record
38:30 - Huey Meaux's relationship with Floyd Soileau
39:50 - Other local record labels- L&K, Drew-Blan, Carl
42:15 - Local Artists - Big Poppa, Elton Anderson, Joe Barry

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music;
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Wednesday, April 25, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:30:32
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 13, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to Donor