Interview on the road with Beau Jocque by Michael Tisserand #2

Accession No.: 
TI1-020

0:00 Michael Tisserand and Beau Jocque are traveling in the car on the way back from his performance at the House of Blues in New Orleans

1:50 To stay awke on long rides Jocque says he keeps thinking and planning. Down the oad he'd like to own his own club.

8:18 Talk about the show at House of Blues earlier that night.

10:35 Jocque watches B.E.T. to get ideas and study what makes people popular.

17:15 They talk about imitators and people sampling Jocque's music without permission. Rounders had attorney write letter to Fred Charlie in Eunice who produced Keith Frank, Preston Frank's son who recorded the song "Yesterday". They toldhim to pay royalities or pull from shelves.

23:36 Todd Mouton, writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune wrote a negative article about Zydeco and Cjun music where he called Beau Jocque the Michael Bolton of Zydeco.

26:10 Willis Prodhomme plays the song Cornbread. He and Jocque are friends and Jocque says he is going to teach him how to play the triple node accordion.

33:24 Jocque has another nickname "Juke Jack" given to him by Warren Ceaser back in high school at W. W. Stuart High School in Basille. He and Warren had a band back then that would play pop music around DeRidder. Jocque played tuba this was long before Warren played with Clifton Chenier. When Jocque enlisted, Warren went on to play with several big names including Isaac Hayes. Jocque says Warren was arrogant. But that he and all the guys in the band were like family.

38:12 Jocque met Clifton Chenier once at Chenier's house with some friends in 1979. He has played Margaret Chenier's club once. He wanted to buy one of Clifton's accordions from Margaret. Someone offered her $40k for the one that he wanted. It was a Petosa. Jocque spent $10k on a Gabbanelli he felt was just as good.

43:38 Jocque says there's only one King of Zydeco--Clifton Chenier.

47:18 Jocque says he was exposed to neurotoxic gas while in the military. He had top secret security clearance.

52:00 They talk about an incident at Hamilton's when Jocque threw Hamilyon against a wall when he was reaching for a knife in his pocket.

55:00 They talk about the new album coming out. He says he records what feels right to him. Says he wants to record and release the song "Yellow Moon" soon as a single. Michelle Espre wakes up and speaks occasionally throughout the rest of the interview. Jocque says his favorite Zydeco musicians are Buckwheat and C.J. Chenier.

1:06:30 Wolfman Jack

1:09:50 Jocque was asked to call if he ever wants to play Mulate's in New Orleans. Steve Riley plays there every Friday night.

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Michael Tisserand Collection
Subject: 
Zydeco, Cajun, Creole, Oral History
Creator: 
Michael Tisserand
Informants: 
Michael Tisserand
Recording date: 
Thursday, March 10, 1994
Publisher: 
Michael Tisserand
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:16:11
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Original Format: 
cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore-- Drawer 111