Interview by Michel Tisserand with Lawrence Ardoin

Accession No.: 
TI1-006

0:00-Lawrence Ardoin talks about his accordions and the technical issues he had during tours/recording sessions

6:54-Lawrence Ardoin talks about playing music when he was growing up and his childhood in duralde.

7.40-Lawrence did not hear good things about Amede when he was growing up

8:15-Lawrence calls Canray Fontenot's father Adam Acaze instead of Adam Fontenot

10:38-Lawrence played fiddle with his father (bois sec) when he was eleven but he did not like it. He stopped fiddle after Canray Fontenot quit performing.

Lawrence used to play in Lake Charles every friday

12:34-Lawrence played at the ardoin club (also called the Cowboy Club) in duralde

13:30-Back in the days people used to buy old houses to turn them into music clubs

16:00-Kids were welcome in the Zydeco clubs

16:40-Lawrence talk about the  baisse bas style of dancing

19:17-Lawrence talks about asking girls for a dance

20:30-Lawrence talks about Amede Ardoin

25:00-Lawrence Ardoin talks about house dances during Amede's time

26:40-Lawrence says his son Sean is a good entertainer and a good singer.

30:42-Lawrence talks what makes a song "sound" creole

31:40-Canray Fontenot was often drunk, the ardoins plyed "Mamou hot step" to sober him up.

32:38-Lawrence talks about a merry go round pulled by a mule in his town. People used to play music there.

38:05-Lawrence talks about mardi gras celebrations.

42:00-Lawrence talks about forming a band after his brother died

47:18-Lawrence talks about Boozoo Chavis and John Delafose

51:15-Lawrence talks about the rivalry between bands and the competion in music

53:40-Lawrence Ardoin talks about the racial segregation in the 1950, he says Eunice was very segregated

1:01:38-Lawrence talks about Chris first album (when he was only ten) for "maison de soul"

1:06:20-Lawrence claims that Boozoo cannot play his style, but he cannot play boozoo's style either

1:13:45-Lawrence talks about band etiquette 

1:27:24-"Zydeco is not a polished music, all the flaws are a part of it"

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
tisserand
Creator: 
michel tisserand
Informants: 
laurence ardoin
Recording date: 
Sunday, October 20, 1996
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:33:43
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Original Format: 
cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
896 KHZ
Storage Location: 
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