Interview with Roy Perkins and Carol Rachou

Accession No.: 
BE1-034

Interview with Roy Perkins (cont.):

00:00 - "The Mystical Musician;"
01:30 - Preaching; religious beliefs;
07:00 - Maturing as a writer and musician, writing methods;
12:30 - Defining Swamp Pop - Doesn't care for the term, says it's more an offshoot of Rhythm and Blues;
14:50 - Family music history - no other family members play music. Talks about his grandmother's piano;
18:00 - Describing piano triplets - Fats Domino started it;
20:00 - Always considered himself more of a blues musician, says he didn't like Elvis and The Beatles intitially. Eventually got into them with Sgt. Peppers album;
21:45 - Beatles "Oh Darlin" - Has a swamp pop feel;
23:50 - Bobby Charles - people considered him a pest early on;

27:25 - Interview with Carol Rachou:
27:35 - Personal history - Born in New Orleans Dec 27, 1932;
28:05 - Moved to New Iberia when his father started working for his uncle in the oilfield trucking business, stayed there for 2 years;
29:00 - Moved to Lafayette in 1948, went to Lafayette High School;
29:50 - Attended SLI for a couple of years, but quit to open his store in 1954;
31:00 - Had a band called The Swingsters - played popular music;
33:35 - Went into music retail business in 54 - Music Mart - sold records, TVs, radios and stereos;
35:45 - First recordings made at his music store, didn't yet have the studio; The current La Louisiane Studio building was a grocery store at the time;
37:00 - Eddy "Raven" Futch worked for Carol at the retail store and studio for 10 years;
38:10 - Discussion about Eddy's stage name, his early career, and his personality;
40:30 - Closed the retail business and opened La Louisiane studio when Eddy went to Nashville in 1958;
43:00 - Jazz at the Music Mart / Jazzmar labels - Bobby Webb

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana, Folk Music, Swamp Pop, Rock 'n Roll, Recording Industry;
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Recording date: 
Thursday, October 24, 1991
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, La
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
46:30
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore