Interviews with Gene Terry (cont.), Van Broussard, and Jay Randall

Accession No.: 
BE1-046

Interview with Gene Terry (cont.):

00:40 - Musical influences - Big Bopper, Fats Domino, Joe Turner, Little Richard;
02:00 - Building a band;
02:30 - Playing the Moulin Rouge;
05:20 - Goldband Records;
06:20 - Used a 9 piece band in 1958;
08:30 - "Cindy Lou;" - studio setup;
11:15 - Phil Phillips - "Sea of Love;"
13:00 - Downbeat Band;
13:50 - "Teardrops In My Eyes;"
16:00 - Other work done at Goldband that was never released;
18:15 - Was a police officer in the late 60s, Currently works at DuPont plant;
19:05 - Janice Joplin tribute show;

21:40 - Interview with Van Broussard:
21:55 - Background - March 29, 1937 in Prairieville;
22:15 - Musicians in the family - Grandfather played violin, played with Hank Williams, Sr. on the Louisiana Hayride, sister is Grace Broussard;
24:00 - Musical influences - B.B. King, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Joe Turner;
26:40 - Covered "Lord, I Need Somebody Bad," Van says he released that song before Warren Storm;
27:40 - "Feed the Flame" Came out in 1958, was one of his hits;
29:45 - James Rogers - Owned Bayou Boogie Label;
30:45 - Defining swamp pop / Bayou Boogie;
32:00 - Gigs;
35:00 - "Jambalaya;"
36:20 - Speaking French;
37:45 - Johnnie Allan's book;
38:50 - Jimmy Donley;

Interview with Jay Randall:
40:00 - Background - Born February 11, 1940 in Opelousas, no family members play music;
40:45 - Learning guitar, by late 50s, he was sitting in with bands at the Southern Club and the Teen Center in Opelousas;
41:45 - The Electras;
42:00 - The Epics;
43:00 - "Stop and Think It Over" Jay says he wrote it, not Graffanino, but he never got any credit or payment;
43:40 - Sat in with the Boogie Kings, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Johnny Rivers;
45:25 - Musical influences - Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Fats Domino;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana; Folk Music; Swamp Pop; Recording Industry
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Gene Terry (cont.) Van Broussard (over the phone, from Lafayette to Baton Rouge)Jay Randall (over the phone, from Lafayette to Washington, LA)
Recording date: 
Wednesday, January 8, 1992
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
47:07
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 5, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Monday, January 30, 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