Interview with Johnnie Allan
Interviewed by Shane Bernard and Charles "C.C." Adcock;
01:00 - Louisiana musicians who used stage names - Bobby Charles, Benny Graeff;
01:57 - Golden age of Swamp Pop;
03:25 - Defining Swamp Pop - "Half fais-do-do and half Domino";
06:13 - Engineering Swamp Pop sound - Floyd Soileau, J.D. Miller, Eddie Shuler;
06:40 - More on J.D. Miller's influence;
08:45 - Billy Joe Royal;
10:12 - Johnnie's musical influences - Started playing Cajun music pretty early in life, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard;
12:43 - Discussing radio stations he'd listen to when he was younger - Del Rio, Nashville, Chicago radio stations;
16:12 - Family members who played music - All of his siblings played and sang, his grandfather and mom were both musicians;
17:13 - Talking about his time playing with Walter Mouton and Lawrence Walker
18:45 - Swamp pop standards - Mathilda is what Johnnie considers the "anthem of Swamp Pop";
20:21 - Johnnie saw Elvis Presley perform in Shreveport on the Louisiana Hayride;
23:00 - African American and white musicians recording and performing together prior to integration - They discuss how this influenced the music
27:18 - Brushes with success - "Promised Land" was released four times in England
30:00 - Touring Europe;
31:15 – Andy Kershaw;
33:50 - Roots music revival;
36:38 - Discussing stage names;
41:01 - First Band - Krazy Kats - recording their first song - most of Johnnie's early recordings were w/ Floyd Soileau and recorded by J.D. Miller;
43:20 - Discussing payola;
45:35 - Discussing the other people who cowrote "South to Louisiana"
