Interview with Roy Brown (Part 2)

Accession No.: 
BR2-026-2

Roy Brown:

00:25 - Palace Park (Shreveport) - Roy's first professional gig
02:00 - Major records that he recorded for Deluxe and Cincinnati Records
03:35 - Choosing songs for recording sessions
05:30 - Roy's approach to song writing
06:50 - Conversation about B.B. King and Elvis Presley
09:10 - Royalty issues
09:50 - Roy's time with Imperial Records
11:15 - Recording two records for Home of the Blues Records in Memphis

13:40 - Taking a break from music and becoming a salesman
-Using his name and reputation to help sell items

16:30 - Returning to singing with Bluesway Records
19:00 - "Love for Sale" - Friendship Records, Recording in Los Angeles, Artists he worked with
19:40 - Using Miles Davis' band for recordings
22:15 - Playing a show at The Armory in Flint, Michigan in the early 1950's
25:00 - Recording "Hard Luck Blues"
25:40 - Playing shows with Fats Domino in 1948
27:30 - Musicians who impressed Roy - Annie Laurie, Jackie Wilson
31:40 - King Records beginnings

32:00 - Compensation for making records
-Artists getting ripped off by record companies, segregation within the music industry

37:00 - Looking back on his career - timeline of events
39:10 - Present recording projects and label possibilities
43:10 - Feeling obsolete
43:40 - Henry Glover
44:20 - Poor management hurting artists

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop, R&B, Rhythm and Blues
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 22, 1975
Coverage Spatial: 
Los Angeles, CA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
45:37
Digitized Date: 
Monday, April 30, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor