Interviews of Sady Courville and Dennis McGee, alligator and oilfield workers

Accession No.: 
LO2-034

1. Tape 1527 - video footage of Grand Chenier Marsh

2. Tape 1529 - Interview with Earl Hardin
-Alligator feeding call demonstration
-Processing sugar cane; oilfield workers

3. Tape 1531, 1534, and 1534a - Sady Courville and Dennis McGee
-Talking about early recordings; playing with Amede Ardoin
-Eunice two step; Valse du Vache
-Interview with Michael Doucet
-Reel des Marcantels; Cowboy Waltz
-Courtillion; La branche du murier
-Adieu Rosa; La valse du vache
-Mad Reel; La branche du murier
-Adieu Rosa

00:00 - footage of Grand Chenier
10:45 - Interview with Earl Hardin
12:21 - Earl Hardin is speaking about alligator
20:46 - Footage of sugar cane
24:35 - Footage of alligator
28:22 - interview continues
34:19 - oilfield workers
39:07 - Sady Courville is speaking about the time he went to New Orleans to record an album
44:02 - Dennis McGee is speaking in Cajun French
44:11 - he is explaining that he used to play music with black people and it was dangerous at this time
47:06 - They are playing Valse du Vache
52:55 - Michael Doucet is speaking about how he learned how to play music with Sady Courville and Dennis McGee
58:20 - footage of Sady Courville family and house
1:01:34 - Dennis McGee is playing Reel des Marcantels
1:03:03 - Dennis McGee is playing Cowboy Waltz
1:04:21 - Dennis McGee is playing Courtillion
1:06:52 - Dennis McGee is playing La branche du murier
1:09:53 - Dennis McGee is explaining in Cajun French that he learned those song when he was little
1:13:01 - Dennis McGee is playing La valse du vache
1:14:50 - Dennis McGee is playing Mad Reel
1:17:29 - Dennis McGee is playing La branche du murier
1:20:41 - Dennis McGee is playing Adieu Rosa

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Lomax Video
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:46:03
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Original Format: 
dvd
Digital Format: 
mp4
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore