Mitch Reed:

01:00 - Birthplace of Bayou Vista, LA
01:20 - Growing up on Doucet Road in Lafayette, and musical motivation
03:00 - Playing with his father, Bob Reed, in a Cajun band called "Mamou Prairie Band"
04:20 - Octa Clark and Hector Duhon sparking inspiration for Cajun music
04:50 - Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin
05:45 - The influence of Irish Music; Planxty
07:30 - Fiddle beginnings

08:00 - His father taking him to visit older fiddle players
09:20 - A fiddle maker from Grand Prairie, Adner Ortego
09:50 - Stories about Adner Ortego
12:00 - Story about 'Madame Sosthene'
14:15 - Studying music at U.S.L
15:45 - Influence of Jazz on Cajun Music
17:00 - Improvisation in Cajun Music

19:15 - Making a fiddle with Adner Ortego; and the involvement of a belt sander
22:00 - Learning music, cooking, gardening from Ortego
23:50 - Having the proper playing technique, while trying to incorporate emotions used by older musicians
29:00 - A fiddler from North California, Carol Robinson, introducing Mitch to Canray Fontenot and Wade Frugé
31:45 - Playing with Wade Frugé and Canray Fontenot and their performance styles
34:00 - Definition of Creole
34:30 - The results of meeting Cory McCauley at the Savoy Music Center jam

38:00 - Forming the trio of: McCauley, Reed, and Randy Vidrine
38:45 - Trio travel memories, and gigs
39:00 - Experiences in Darby, England, Chris Hall, and the inception of a Cajun music scene in England
43:25 - Touring on bass guitar with Dewey Balfa
44:20 - 'La Bottine Souriante'
46:00 - Ways of family's story telling and Pascal stories
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