Interview with Joseph "Smokey" Johnson
Joseph "Smokey" Johnson:
00:00 - Birth and family info
01:30 - Tremé
03:30 - Marching bands, Jazz funerals
04:40 - Learning to play the drums / influences
08:50 - Smokey's first paying gig
10:00 - Playing with Bill Senegal
11:30 - Playing with James "Sugarboy" Crawford
13:45 - Joining Dave Bartholomew's band
14:15 - Frank Williams - Blues records he made
15:20 - Roy Brown
17:38 - Working for Imperial Records and working in Motown - Earl King, Robert Parker, Fats Domino
18:10 - Recording with Fats Domino
20:00 - Recording solo projects / Band members / record labels
23:00 - Leasing his record to VeeJay, killed sales
25:00 - Other NOLA records that Smokey recorded
33:30 - Fats Domino's band - members, shows
34:35 - Fats' management of his band
36:30 - Working for Fats and fighting for raises
38:15 - Young people playing New Orleans Jazz music
39:45 - Refusing to play New Orleans Jazz as a young boy
41:20 - Playing with Lillian Boutte
44:20 - Touring Europe
44:45 - Future plans with music
-Walter Kimble's Death
