00:00:25 - Talks about how he started learning music; His dad had an accordion and he listened to his dad play; His dad taught him; He would keep his accordion under his bed;
00:04:30 - He would go see Cleby Richard play and he would sit in for half the dance;
00:04:55 - Austin Brasseaux had a club in Duson called the Four Roses; Tony Thibodeaux on fiddle, Bee Abshire on guitar, and Walter on accordion; They played from 4pm to 12am; PA systems; Bought a fender concert amp in 1963; Bought a full Yamaha system, then switched to Peavey;
00:08:10 - He played with the Scott Playboys for 57 years; Sat in with Lawrence Walker's band before that; They played at La Poussiere for 44 years; The first photo of his band was taken at Malthide Babineaux's place on Oak Avenue in Lafayette;
00:10:18 - He played music as a hobby; He kept playing because people kept coming see him; Played at Happy Landing Club, Jolly Rogers in St. Martinville, 'Tit Maurice, Reno Club in Kaplan, Colonial Club in Estherwood;
00:12:50 - Talks about the first time he went to the Grassroots Festival in New York; He was blown away that everyone was waltzing and two-stepping;
00:14:40 - He dad was a barber; He would listen to his dad's older customers tell stories;
00:16:00 - He is most proud of his three children;
00:17:00 - He was fortunate to have had a dependable band throughout most of his career; After U.J. Meaux passed away, he hasn't found a regular fiddle player; He watched his band members kids grow up; The band was like a family because they were together every weekend;
00:19:30 - He says he had a reputation for being hard on band members, but he just wanted people to give their best; He told his band to be kind to the audience because they are paying their salary; He used to have more people that would go see him regularly, but many have passed away;
00:22:10 - La Poussiere used to be packed every Saturday; The racetrack and other clubs and restaurants took some of the crowd away;
00:24:00 - He's been going to the Grassroots Festival for 18 years; The main difference between playing in Louisiana versus outside of the state is that older people in LA prefer waltzes, but people in other places prefer two-steps;
00:27:40 - (Conversation switches from french to english) Importance of singing in french; Belton Richard would translate english songs to french; French immersion;
00:32:00 - His favorite musicians are his father, Lawrence Walker, Aldus Roger;
00:33:40 - He remembers meeting Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Jackie Caillier;
00:36:00 - He calls it Cajun music; Advice to younger musicians; Listen to the music first; It isn't smooth at all at first and it takes a lot of patience;
00:38:00 - They talk about his last show later this evening; He has mixed feelings about stopping; He is the parrain of the owner of La Poussiere's daughter, Nicole;
00:41:00 - He makes a mean gumbo; Okra, chicken, andouille sausage; Fricassée;
00:42:45 - If he has something to tell you, he will tell you to your face; He won't argue with someone when they are drunk; He won't get drunk at a gig because people pay money to go see him;
00:45:15 - Story about playing in Wisconsin;
00:48:00 - Talking about his first record;
00:49:15 - Grew up with a wooden stove; It would heat up the house;
00:50:45 - He used to drink coffee after a gig and sleep until noon the next day, but now the caffeine keeps him awake;
00:51:45 - For awhile, he worked 7 days a week in the oilfield and played 3 nights a week; He plans on playing occasionally after his last show at La Poussiere;
00:56:00 - Helen joins the conversation; She likes to dance; They go into the bedroom and his outfit is ready for the gig that night;
00:58:40 - Walter shows Chris Segura his fiddle and Walter gets his guitar; They talk about instruments;