Interviews with Tommy Ridgley and Justin Adams

Accession No.: 
BR2-042-2

Tommy Ridgley:

00:00 - Other Band Members - Delton Russo, Allen Dejean, Walter Harris, Leroy Joseph, James Jackson
02:40 - Recording before Fats Domino - recorded November 1949
03:20 - Working with Irma Thomas
04:45 - The Dewdrop and group member names
08:40 - Other musicians - Lawrence Cotton, Alonzo Stewart, "Dimes"
10:20 - "Lonely Man Blues"
13:00 - "Boogie Woogie Mama"

Justin Adams:

15:30 - Music in Justin's family - his beginnings
16:45 - Playing with Tommy Ridgley
17:15 - recording sessions he took part in - Fat's Domino, Little Richard, Charles Brown
19:18 - Justin's family history with music; - Manuel Manetta, Dollie Adams, Placide Adams, Gerald Adams
21:30 - Joe Jones recording - Delton Russo, "Honeyboy," James Prevost
23:30 - Dixie Cups
25:46 - Fats Domino's band members
27:00 - Big Bands he started out playing with
32:30 - New Orleans' current music scene

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music;
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Friday, April 13, 1973
Coverage Spatial: 
New Orleans, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
37:44
Digitized Date: 
Monday, April 23, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor