Recorded circa 1990

Ben Sandmel with Rusty Kershaw:

00:01:20 - Born on a house boat
00:01:30 - Talks about his childhood and parents - trapping, fishing, hunting
00:02:20 - Mother and Father both played music and relatives on both sides of his family played music
00:02:50 - After death of his Father they moved to Lake Arthur; French was their first language
00:03:30 - His brother, Peewee, began playing with Amedée Breaux
00:03:45 - Later his mother started a band with her sons
00:04:45 - Later started a band was called Peewee Kershaw and the Continental Playboys;
00:05:15 - Recording a record with Doug Kershaw
00:05:35 - Playing with Lightnin' Slim
00:08:30 - Recording for Acuff/Rose in Nashville
00:09:00 - Played on Louisiana Hayride
00:09:30 - WSM - Grand Ole Opry
00:09:50 - Doug being drafted into the service
00:10:00 - Recording with Roy Orbison and other Nashville musicians
00:12:00 - Separating from Rusty and Doug and going solo
00:13:40 - Recording with Neil Young
00:15:10 - Moving back to Louisiana in the late 70s
00:15:30 - Growing up in the Rockefeller Reserve - the houseboat he grew up on
00:17:30 - New Project with Johnny Ray Allen
00:18:00 - As children they listened to the Grand Old Opry on the radio
00:20:00 - Learning to speak English
00:20:30 - Peewee playing with Amedé Breaux
00:20:50 - Seeing Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Harry Choates - Playing at the Avalon Club
00:21:00 - Iry LeJeune's influence on how they play music
00:22:10 - Hackberry Ramblers
00:23:30 - Lightnin' Slim - Recording for J.D. Miller
00:24:50 - George Jones, Seeing Hank Williams as a child
00:28:40 - Swamp Pop - Johnnie Allan, Rod Bernard, Cookie and the Cupcakes
00:29:40 - Clifton Chenier
00:32:35 - Rusty and Doug - Reunion shows and reissues of old recordings
00:33:15 - Art Neville
00:38:50 - Being raised around alligators
00:39:50 - Going through songs on his new album
00:41:30 - How he came to write some of his songs / Emotions in music
00:43:20 - Experience playing Jazz Music - Murton Thibodeaux
00:47:00 - Joking around and telling stories on stage
00:53:30 - Relation to Sammy Kershaw
01:01:15 - Writing a song with Rick Danko