Interviews with Oscar Bernard (cont.) and Bernard "King Karl" Jolivette

Accession No.: 
BE1-042

00:00 - Discussion on musical scales and theory;
04:30 - guitar equation - explaining how a string vibrates and makes a tone;
07:15 - Shondells guitar solos;
09:10 - Played guitar on one of Eddy Raven's records;
11:00 - Discussing good guitarists, says there are so many great, unknown musicians;
12:10 - modern music;
13:45 - Oscar says that Rod was a great band leader;
16:30 - Musical influences - Hank Williams,;
18:00 - Worked for Boeing;
20:00 - Astronaut pens

22:55 - Interview with Bernard "King Karl" Jolivette joined by Ricky Rees
23:20 - Background - Born December 22, 1931, Learned from his uncle, John Abes - played country and blues music;
26:00 - First band when he was 13 years old, didn't have a band name;
27:00 - Played guitar with accordionist Howard Broussard;
27:20 - Moved to Beaumont in 1949, played some gigs with Lloyd Price;
28:50 - Served at Fort Hood for two years;
29:20 - Met Guitar Gable while working at the sweet potato kiln in Sunset;
31:00 - Putting together a band - Guitar Gable and the Musical Kings Featuring King Karl;
35:30 - Writing songs; "Life Problems;"
35:40 - Went to Eddie Shuler in Lake Charles to record the song, he wasn't there, so they went to Crowley and recorded for J.D. Miller;
37:30 - copywriting songs;
38:20 - "Irene;"
38:45 - Musical influences - Lloyd Price;
40:30 - Learning how to play music - first started on harmonica. Played sax, traded it for a guitar;
41:45 - Songs he wrote - "Irene," "Life Problems," "This Should Go On Forever," "Congo Mambo;"
42:15 - Clarence "Jockey" Etienne;
43:40 - Touring - Michigan Blues Festival;
45:00 - White/black sound - Warren Storm's style

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana; Folk Music, Swamp Pop, Oral History
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Recording date: 
Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Coverage Spatial: 
Opelousas and Duson, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
47:35
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