Interview with Mitch Reed

Accession No.: 
QU1-041

01:00 - Canray’s Reel/Knife Fight Reel by Tony Davoren and Mitch Reed
05:00 - Interview
- Talks about Tony Davoren moving to Sunset, Louisiana
- Started playing fiddle from discovering Kate Bush’s album “Hounds of Love”
10:03 - Jig of Life by Kate Bush
14:10 - Interview
- Played cello before starting to play fiddle
- Dad played accordion
- Went to an Irish fiddle camp in Augusta, West Virginia with Cory McCauley
- Talks about the history of the Celtic connection to Cajun music
- Theory that Acadians took musical influence from the Scottish, whereas a lot of people from Evangeline Parish took musical influence from the Virginias
21:00 - Vent O’uest by Eric Martin
23:14 - Interview
- Talks about the connection between Louisiana and Bretagne, France
25:45 - La Madeleine by Lo Jai
29:40 - Madame Josette by Beausoleil
35:09 - Interview
- Talks about Irish and Appalachian influence in Dennis McGee's fiddling
40:48 - Say Old Man by Brad Leftwich
44:07 - La jig française by Wallace Cheese Read
45:45 - Interview
- Talks about all the Reeds in Evangeline Parish being related
- Says that the Acadians brought mouth music to all the places where they migrated
51:05 - Mon vieux est jaloux by Madame La Bolduc
53:58 - Choupique One Step by Beausoleil
56:14 - Interview
- Talks about Frankie Gavin
57:58 - Alice’s Reel by Frankie Gavin

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Corey Porche - Quoi Ya Radio Show
Subject: 
Cajun Music, Irish Music
Creator: 
Corey Porche
Informants: 
Corey Porche, Mitch Reed
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies; Corey Porche; KRVS
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
59:33
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Original Format: 
Born Digital
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1 kHz