Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Songs and folktales by Léonel Lachassée, Madame Galbert Guidry, Selena Guidry et al.
Side A
00:00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:01:55 - La chasse à l'ours (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:03:10 - "Quand je suis né" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:04:40 - "La Délaissée" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:10 - La viande de chevreuil (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:30 - Cousins (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:59 - "Je suis né" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:08:17 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune / Mon aimable brune" (song) - Selena "Lena" Guidry
00:09:35 - "J'ai passé une petite maison neuve" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:10:42 - "Paul le sellier" (song) - Galbert Guidry
00:13:32 - "La belle Créole" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
00:17:14 - "Dieu du ciel" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:19:12 - "C'est pour aller chercher" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:21:00 - "L'enfant Jésus" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:23:08 - "La passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:25:36 - "Revenez donc pécheurs" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:26:58 - "Adieu, Vièrge Marie" / "À Dieu, Vièrge Marie" ("Ah, Dieu, Vièrge Marie") (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:28:48 - "Il y a qu'un seul Dieu" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:30:35 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
Side B
00:32:12 - Petit Jean et les hommes du roi ("Tit Jean et les hommes du roi") (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
00:33:56 - Le petit garçon sans peur ("Le p'tit garçon sons peur") (story) - Ludovic "Dovie" Lachassé
00:38:30 - "Je m'ai fait un nouveau beau" ("J'm'ai fait 'n nouveau beau") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:40:25 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:27 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:55 - "Chanson du soldat" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:46:15 - "Je me suis levé trois heures avant le jour" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:55:12 - "Pauvre petit coin coin" - (rhyme) - Madame Pete Guidry
00:55:27 - Le conte du moqueur et hibou (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:56:11 - Petit Poucet ("Tit Poucet") (story) - Mme Pete Guidry
01:00:58 - "Pin Pi Po Laurent" / "Pan Pi Po Saint Laurent" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:00 - "Come, come!" / "Pin Pan" / "Dédé LaCart" / "Dédé Lacas" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:45 - Barbe bleue (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
Songs and folktales by Edé Adam, Fannie Lee Marceaux, Doles Saltzman et al.
00:00 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Edé Adam
02:33 - "Embarque, embarque" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
05:35 - "M'amiliée venez avec moi" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
07:49 - "Prospère" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
13:26 - Petit Jean sans peur ("Tit Jean sans peur") (story) - Edé Adam
16:40 - Petit Jean et le grand géant ("Tit Jean et le grand géant") (story) - Doles Saltzman
18:09 - "Je suis parti" (song) - Barosse Hébert
21:10 - "Chanson du matelot" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
Songs and folktales by Léonore Catalon, Barosse Hébert, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
Side B
00:00 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:45 - "Aux pas, aux pas soldats" / "Aux pas soldats" (song) - Léonore Catalon
01:52 - Le mulet de 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
02:47 - "Mon père, c'était jardinier" (song) - Barosse Hébert
03:38 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Barosse Hébert
04:50 - "J'ai passé vers une cour" (song) - Barosse Hébert
06:04 - "Biron" / "Tobie Lapierre" (song) - Barosse Hébert
07:07 - "Là-bas de chez mon père" / "L'oranger" (song) - Barosse Hébert
08:43 - "Buvons, buvons" (song) - Barosse Hébert
10:26 - "Jacques Guillotte" (song) - Barosse Hébert
12:37 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
16:46 - "Le vieux mari" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
17:50 - "Le lendemain matin" (song) - Léonore Catalon
19:15 - "Par un samedi au soir" / "Par un samedi soir" ("Par un samedi z au soir") (song) - Léonore Catalon and Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
21:16 - "Le tablier blanc" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
23:35 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
26:38 - Minette et ses roulettes (story) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
27:26 - "Dedans ces bois où tout c'est agréable" (song) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
31:52 - "C'est le refrain de ma chanson" (song) - Hubert Landry, Madame Hubert Landry
Songs and folktales by Peggy Ruth Melanson, Lucille Saltzman, Joe Saltzman et al.
Side A
00:00 - Petit Jean et la vieille femme ("Tit Jean et la vieille femme") (story) - Peggy Ruth Melanson
05:54 - Petit Jean et les robes mystérieuses ("Tit Jean et les robes mystérieuses") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
13:38 - Barbe bleue (story) - Lucille Saltzman
19:54 - Le conte du revenant (story) - Joe Saltzman
21:11 - Le Mardi Gras (story) - Joe Saltzman
21:34 - La mort de l'homme méchant (story) - Lucille Saltzman
22:43 - "Shoo-Fly" (song) - Madame Gaston Hébert
23:40 - Le petit capuchon rouge (story) - Madame Gaston Hébert
27:30 - Petit Jean et le géant (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
29:24 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:08 - "Je suis parti dans le Texas" ("J'suis parti dans l'Texas") (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:35 - "L'autre côté du village" / "Cher Willie" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Lucille Saltzman, Madame Courtney Labauve et al.
Side B
00:00 - "C'est la noce à Joséphine" / "La noce à Joséphine" (song) - Laurent Salomon
01:24 - Cendrillon / Cendrillone (story) - Lucille Saltzman
10:10 - La mère à Petit Jean va au village / "Tit Jean" (story) - Lucille Saltzman
11:16 - La chasse (story) - Madame Courtney Labauve
12:23 - "Je veux me marier" (song) - Madame Courtney Labauve
13:46 - "Morel" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
14:33 - "Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
16:56 - "Le premier jour de mai" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
20:04 - "Il y en a qui dit l'amour est un plaisir" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
21:50 - "Gabriel c'était mon parrain" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
22:19 - "Shoo-fly" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
23:15 - Le petit garçon qui jurait ("Le p'tit garçon qui jurait") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
25:51 - Mayni Mayno (tongue twister) - Izrik Campbell
26:17 - L'homme qui a été en Ville (story) - Kenneth Nunez
27:44 - La femme et son Cadillac (story) - Kenneth Nunez
29:03 - Un homme qui avait pas de fusil ("Un homme qu'avait pas d'fusil") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
30:01 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:50 - J'avais un petit bonnet (story/tongue twister)
31:25 - "Hier au soir" (song) - Peggy Ruth Melanson
31:48 - "Jacques Mirot" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
32:24 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
Songs and folktales by Barosse Hébert, Laurent Salomon, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
Side A
00:00 - Le café (story) - Barosse Hébert
02:40 - Le mulet à 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
03:31 - Le bœuf (story) - Barosse Hébert
06:38 - Le chat (story) - Barosse Hébert
09:01 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches (story) - Laurent Salomon
17:30 - "Dedans Paris" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
21:05 - "Prospère" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry (and Madame Trahan?)
Songs and folktales by Edgar Boudreaux, Lucille Saltzman, Barosse Hébert et al.
Side B
00:00 - "L'autre côté du village" / "Cher Willie" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
01:44 - Petit Jean et la diablesse ("Tit Jean et la djablesse") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
08:26 - "Les Métamorphoses" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
10:42 - Roclore (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
17:19 - Petit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi ("Tit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
24:17 - "Il y avait une boiteuse" ("Y avait une boiteuse") (song) - Lucille Saltzman (Laforte : Jb-2)
28:00 - Aussi smart (tongue twister) - Lucille Saltzman
28:28 - La Louisiane (story) - Barosse Hébert
30:44 - Le beurre (story) Barosse Hébert
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Célestine Morton, Prestin-Joseph Primeaux et al.
Side A
00:00 - La fille du diable ("La fille du djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
08:44 - "Pin Pan" / "Dédé LaCart" / "Dédé Lacas" (nursery rhyme) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
09:05 - "C'est la noce à Joséphine" / "La noce à Joséphine" (song) - Laurent Salomon
09:53 - "La vieille femme amoureuse" (song) - Célestine Morton
10:31 - Petit Jean et ses trois chiens ("Tit Jean et ses trois chiens") / Enepho, Ataman, Ketchum (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
17:25 - Petit Jean sur sa terre ("Tit Jean su' sa terre") (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
18:18 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
18:53 - Le petit poisson à Marguerite ("Le tsit poisson à Ma'g'rite") (story) - Laurent Salomon
27:00 - Bouki et Lapin et Compère Chien et Compère Chat (story) - Célestine Morton
29:26 - La tortue et Lapin ("La tortsue et Lapin") (story) - Laurent Salomon
Songs and folktales by Madame Abner Hébert, Madame Albert Marceaux, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
Side B
00:00 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux
04:00 - "Petit papillon volage" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
06:10 - "J'aime Jean" (song) - Pierre Meaux
09:40 - "Hélas, mon père, parent, héritier" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
10:30 - "Dieu Laurent" (song) - Léo Meaux and Madame Galbert Guidry
13:57 - "La chanson du déserteur" (song) - Pierre Meaux
16:13 - "Les deux maris" / "Le premier jour de mes noces" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
20:19 - "Aimable amie" (song) - Galbert Guidry
23:34 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
25:16 - Bouki et Lapin et les filles (story) - Célestine Morton
27:46 - Être broke (story) - Barosse Hébert
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Madame Nicholas Benoît, Lucille Salzman et al.
Side A
00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte (story) - Laurent Salomon
03:43 - Compère Lapin et Compère Tigre ("Compère Lapin et Compere Tsig'") (story) - Laurent Salomon
11:45 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits (story) - Madame Nicholas Benoît
14:18 - "Chère chérie" (song) - Lucille Salzman
15:19 - "La cravate" (song) - Lucille Salzman
17:21 - "Oh, c'est le vingt du mois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
19:45 - "Adieu bel ange" (song) - Elmera Hebert
21:36 - Le diable et la fille de la vieille femme ("Le djab'e et la fille d'la vieille femme") (story) - Laurent Salomon
27:10 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches ("Bouki et Lapin et la récol'e d'pistaches") (story) - Laurent Salomon
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon and Célestine Morton
00:00 - La tortue et lapin ("La tortsue et lapin") (story) - Laurent Salomon
05:00 - "Marie trempe ton pain" (song) - Célestine Morton
06:45 - "Si l'amour prendrait racine" (song) - Célestine Morton
07:45 - La fille du vieux diable ("La fille du vieux djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
30:35 - "Je veux tuer ma fille" (song) - Célestine Morton
31:30 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Célestine Morton
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Galbert Guidry, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches ("Bouki et Lapin et la récol'e d'pistaches") (story) - Laurent Salomon
03:59 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
09:44 - "La délaissée" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
12:28 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
14:47 - "Dans ces prés, dans ces bois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
17:30 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song) - Alto Vincent
18:41 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
20:50 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
23:25 - "L'enchanteresse" (song) - Avid Mire
25:52 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
26:48 - "Mon père m'a mis à l'école" (song) - Avid Mire
29:04 - Le nain et le géant (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
Songs and folktales by Dionnet Schexnyder, Madame Courtney LaBauve, Essé Leblanc et al.
00:00 - Le Devineur (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
03:48 - "T'es petite, t'es mignonne" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
04:20 - Deux hommes et l'ourse (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
05:05 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
06:49 - "Je prends ma vieille selle" (song) - Essé Leblanc
07:32 - faith healing / traitement / traiteurs / jambe de lait / thrombophlebitis / blood clots / varicose veins / Jean Mouton / Madame Steiner (anecdote) - Edgar Boudreaux
09:40 - Cherokees / Chéroquis / Cherokee roses / Wild Irish rose bush / Chickasaw rose bush (anecdote)
10:54 - Un homme et trois imbéciles (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
14:20 - Le mouton dans la savane (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
14:46 - La serrure (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
15:44 - Le vieux nègre qu'était paré à mourir ("Le vieux nègue qu'était paré à mourir") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
16:31 - Le garçon qui a demandé la fille en mariage (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
19:08 - La douzaine de crabes (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
20:16 - Jean le Fort (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
20:28 - L'homme dans la malle (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
22:53 - L'homme dans le baril (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
24:54 - "J'étais chercher Métaud" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
27:11 - Gris-Gris (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
29:05 - Couche couche (recipe)
Interview with Henry Saltzman, part 1
Side A
00:00 - les hacks, les habitations, charrettes, la récolte, la volaille, les serpents congo
-Kaplan, Lichtenstein, Groundhog's Day, la Chandeleur, les crêpes, Saint-Joseph, le Carême
05:00 - les feux follets
09:34 - Un revenant à la télévision (story) - Henry Saltzman
11:00 - Une maison hantée (story) - Henry Saltzman
12:00 - Isle Nègre ("Isle Nègue") (story) - Henry Saltzman
13:35 - Trésor caché (story) - Henry Saltzman
15:50 - Le trésor de Lafitte au Lac Blanc (story) - Henry Saltzman
18:06 - Jean Lafitte (story) -Henry Saltzman
22:18 - rougarou / lougarou / loup-garou
23:40 - Un conte pour un revenant (story) - Henry Saltzman
28:00 - les revenants, le trésor enterré
29:51 - conjo / condjo / conja / condja / coundja, les gris-gris
31:00 - Conjo (story) - Henry Saltzman
Interview with Henry Saltzman, part 2
Side B
00:00 - conjo / condjo / conja / condja / coundja, luck piece, gris-gris
03:50 - Un conjo (story) - Henry Saltzman
06:20 - trésor caché, Mr. Girouard
09:00 - fortune tellers, Dr. Broussard
10:15 - Saltzman raconte une histoire d'un jeune homme qui est amoureux d'une femme mariée, qui achète un conjo
11:30 - Brandon raconte une histoire d'une jeune fille qui a mis un conjo dans l'armoire de son père
12:00 - Brandon raconte une histoire d'une femme qui envoie à son ex-fiancé une effigie avec une épingle dans le cœur
13:20 - traitements, traiteurs, mal de poignet, l'Afrique
15:38 - traitements pour les bébés, pièces de monnaie, dents de cocodril, jaunisse, l'herbe à malo, les marrons, les bénédictions, l'Église catholique
18:40 - endoyer / ondoyer un enfant (emergency baptism)
20:44 - la chasse aux lapins, les chiens de chasse
23:40 - bow and arrow hunting
25:00 - la chasse aux cocodrils, le casse-tête, écorcher un cocodril, Lac Blanc, taxidermy
31:45 - la chasse aux ouaouarons / wawarons
32:35 - les informations sur la soutenance de thèse d'Elizabeth Brandon
Songs by Amy Dean Meaux, Caesar Vincent, Lula Landry et al.
Side A
00:00 - "Là-bas de chez mon père" / "L'oranger" (song)
01:58 - "La cravate" (song) - Madame Morvant
04:00 - "Jean Gringalet" (song)
05:47 - "Billy Boy" / "Ayoù vas-tu, charmant Billy" (Et où vas-tu, charmant Billy) (song)
07:51 - Unknown / "Un matin" (song)
09:04 - Unknown / "Pour aller voir ma belle" / "La cravate à zigue-zague" (song)
09:43 - "La noce à Josephine" (song)
12:50 - "Mon père c'était jardinier" (song) - Caesar Vincent
14:17 - "Fais do do mon bébé" (song) - Caesar Vincent
15:18 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song)
16:17 - "La cravate" (song) - Caesar Vincent
18:33 - "Mon adoré" (song) - Lula Landry
20:15 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song)
21:35 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune" / "Si l'amour prendrait racine" / "Mon aimable brune" (song)
23:57 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song)
25:30 - "O dis moi, donc mon aimable catin" (song)
27:10 - "L'oranger" / "Là-bas de chez mon père" (song)
29:18 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Amy Dean Meaux (?)
30:09 - Unknown / "Mon chapeau" (song) - Amy Dean Meaux (?)
Songs by Ernest Belanger, Lula Landry et al.
Side B
00:00 - "Dévinez quoi ce qu'il y a" / "Dévinez ce qu'il y a" (song)
01:09 - "Je m'ai fait un nouveau beau" (song)
03:11 - "J'étais chercher Métaud" (song) - Courtney LaBauve (Laforte : Lb-1)
05:27 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" (song)
06:37 - "Je l'aime et je l'adore" (song)
08:38 - Unknown / "La première est le soleil, la deuxième est la pluie, la troisième est la fleur qui fleurit dans la prairie" (song)
09:32 - "La petite poule noire" (song)
10:20 - "Au pont de Nantes" / "Au pont de L'Anse" (song)
14:35 - "Ne pleure pas vièrge de France" (song) - Ernest Belanger
17:20 - "Adieu la fleur de ma jeunesse" (song) - Lula Landry
Christmas Recital - Abbeville High School
00:00 - Louise Collet, marionnettes, pièce de théâtre, Abbeville High School, Noël / Christmas / Chrismisse / Chrismusse / Chrismeusse, Père Noël
02:08 - "Ah ! vous dirai-je, maman" (song) - "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
03:17 - "Il était un petit navire" (song) - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," Abbeville 6th grade
04:34 - "Il était un petit navire" (song) - "Marie la Petite Canadienne" and "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
05:35 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," Abbeville 6th grade
06:23 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne" and "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
07:09 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
07:56 - "Sur le pont d'Avignon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
08:36 - "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
10:35 - "Un oiseau moqueur" (poem) - Lydia LaBauve
15:54 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
17:20 - "J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinette" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
19:18 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
20:35 - "Barbapoux" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
22:57 - Pete Seeger songs
Songs and folktales by Galbert Guidry, Madame Galbert Guidry, Elmera Hebert et al.
00:00 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
03:07 - "La délaissée" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
05:47 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
08:19 - "Dans ces prés, dans ces bois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
Songs and folktales by Madame Abner Hébert, Madame Albert Marceaux, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
00:00 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux
04:57 - "Petit papillon volage" ("Petit papilion volage") (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
07:31 - "J'aime Jean" (song) - Pierre Meaux
11:06 - Le vieux bon homme qui avait 8 garçons (story) - Léo Meaux
11:37 - "Hélas, mon père, parent, héritier" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
12:29 - "Dieu Laurent" ("Djieu Laurent") (song) - Léo Meaux and Madame Galbert Guidry
15:57 - "La chanson du déserteur" (song) - Pierre Meaux
18:13 - "Les deux maris" / "Le premier jour de mes noces" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
22:20 - "Aimable amie" (song) - Galbert Guidry
25:35 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
28:38 - La Louisiane (story) - Barosse Hébert
30:50 - Le beurre (story) - Barosse Hébert
31:48 - Le café (story) - Barosse Hébert
34:20 - Le mulet à 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
35:10 - Le bœuf (story) - Barosse Hébert
38:23 - Le chat (story) - Barosse Hébert
40:45 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches (story) - Laurent Salomon
49:13 - "Dedans Paris" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
52:48 - "Prospère" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry (and Madame Trahan?)
59:53 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux
Songs and folktales by Alto Vincent, Madame Courtney LaBauve, Avid Mire et al.
00:00 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song) - Alto Vincent
01:18 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
03:30 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
06:08 - "L'enchanteresse" (song) - Avid Mire
08:37 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
09:33 - "Mon père m'a mis à l'école" (song) - Avid Mire
11:52 - Le nain et le géant (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
13:42 - Le Devineur (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
17:29 - "T'es petite, t'es mignonne" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
18:01 - Deux hommes et l'ourse (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
18:47 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
20:34 - "Je prends ma vieille selle" (song) Essé Leblanc
21:18 - faith healing / traitement / traiteurs / jambe de lait / thrombophlebitis / blood clots / varicose veins / Jean Mouton / Madame Steiner (anecdote) - Edgar Boudreaux
23:28 - Cherokees / Chéroquis / Cherokee roses / Wild Irish rose bush / Chickasaw rose bush (anecdote)
24:42 - Un homme et trois imbéciles (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
28:09 - Le mouton dans la savane (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
28:33 - La serrure (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
29:34 - Le vieux nègre qu'était paré à mourir ("Le vieux nègue qu'était paré à mourir") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:23 - Le garçon qui a demandé la fille en mariage (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
33:52 - La douzaine de crabes (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
35:00 - Jean le Fort (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
36:11 - L'homme dans la malle (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
37:37 - L'homme dans le baril (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
39:49 - Unknown Jewish folk song (song) - Samuel Kaplan
40:45 - Unknown Jewish song (song) - Samuel Kaplan
41:59 - Unknown Jewish song (song) - Samuel Kaplan and daughter
44:20 - "Skip to my lou" (song) - Anne Brandon
45:51 - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (song) - Anne Brandon
46:30 - There was a little turtle in the box / The turtle is living in a box (song) - Anne Brandon
47:08 - "Frère Jacques" (song) - Anne Brandon
47:31 - "Peter Peter Penguin" (song) - Anne Brandon
48:04 - "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (song) - Elizabeth Brandon and Anne Brandon
48:55 - "Ziga Zaga" (song) - Elizabeth Brandon and Anne Brandon
Songs and folktales by Inez Catalon, Laurent Salomon, Célestine Morton et al.
00:00 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
01:15 - La fille du diable ("La fille du djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
01:44 - "Je veux tuer ma fille" (song) - Célestine Morton
02:39 - "Shoo-fly" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
03:18 - "Shoo-fly" (song) - Madame Gaston Hébert
04:18 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
05:26 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
07:08 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) -Madame Courtney LaBauve
08:08 - "Chanson du soldat" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
09:05 - "La passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ" (song) - Laurent Salomon
10:28 - "Revenez donc pécheurs" (song) - Laurent Salomon
11:38 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune" / "Mon aimable brune" (song) - Selena "Lena" Guidry
13:05 - "La cravate" (song)
14:15 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte" (song) - Madame Joe Falcon
15:15 - "Allons à Lafayette" (song) - Joe Falcon
16:00 - "La valse qui m'a porté à ma fosse" ("La valse qui m'a porter à ma fosse") (song) - Joe Falcon
17:11 - "La cravate" (song) - Madame Morvant
18:05 - "Billy Boy" / "Ayoù vas-tu, charmant Billy" (Et où vas-tu, charmant Billy) (song)
18:46 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
19:45 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
Songs and folktales by Hubert Landry, Madame Hubert Landry, Edé Adams et al.
00:00:00 - "C'est le refrain de ma chanson" (song) - Hubert Landry, Madame Hubert Landry
00:02:28 - Grigalin, mon petit cheval (story) - Edé Adams
00:03:22 - Histoire de la réligieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Edé Adams
00:05:45 - "Embarque, embarque" (song) - Fannie Lee Morceaux
00:08:50 - "M'amiliée, venez avec moi" (song) - Fannie Lee Morceaux
00:11:00 - "Prospère" (song) - Fannie Lee Morceaux
00:16:36 - Le bol de lait (story) - Madame Galbert Guidry (?) / Madame Pete Guidry (?)
00:20:20 - Petit Jean sans peur ("Tit Jean sans peur") (story) - Edias Adam
00:23:20 - Petit Jean et le grand géant ("Tit Jean et le grand géant") (story) - Doles Saltzman
00:24:50 - "Je suis parti" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:27:40 - "Chanson du matelot" (song) - Fannie Lee Morceaux
00:32:45 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:34:10 - "Aux pas, aux pas soldats" (song) - Leonore Catalan
00:35:20 - Le mulet de 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
00:36:15 - "Mon père, c'était jardinier" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:37:05 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:38:15 - "J'ai passé vers une cour" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:39:25 - "Biron / Toby Lapierre" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:40:30 - "L'oranger" / "Là-bas de chez mon père" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:42:00 - "Buvons, buvons" (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:43:45 - Jacques Guillotte (song) - Barosse Hébert
00:45:50 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:49:57 - "Le vieux mari" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:51:00 - "Le lendemain matin" (song) - Léonore Catalon
00:52:22 - "Par un samedi au soir" / "Par un samedi soir" (song) - Léonore Catalon and Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:54:30 - "Le tablier blanc" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:56:40 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:59:35 - Minette et ses roulettes (story) - Madame Albert Doucet / Madame Albert Doucette
01:00:25 - "Dedans ces bois où tout c'est agréable" (song) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Lucille Saltzman, Madame Courtney Labauve et al.
00:00:00 - "C'est la noce à Joséphine" / "La noce à Joséphine" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:01:30 - Cendrillon / Cendrillone (story) - Lucille Saltzman
00:10:13 - La mère à Petit Jean va au village / "Tit Jean" (story) - Lucille Saltzman
00:11:18 - La chasse des aux gros bec (story) - Monsieur Broussard
00:12:04 - La chasse (story) - Madame Courtney Labauve
00:13:06 - "Je veux me marier" (song) - Madame Courtney Labauve
00:14:29 - "Morel" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:15:15 - "Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:17:38 - "Le premier jour de mai" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:20:47 - "Il y a qui dit l'amour est un plaisir" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:22:31 - "Gabriel c'était mon parrain" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:23:00 - "Shoo-fly" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
00:23:55 - Le petit garçon qui jurait ("Le p'tit garçon qui jurait") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
00:26:30 - Mayni Mayno (tongue twister) - Izrik Campbell
00:26:55 - L'homme qui a été en Ville (story) - Kenneth Nunez
00:28:20 - La femme et son Cadillac (story) - Kenneth Nunez
00:29:40 - Un homme qui avait pas de fusil ("Un homme qu'avait pas d'fusil") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
00:30:37 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
00:31:27 - J'avais un petit bonnet (story/tongue twister) - Madame Freeman
00:31:55 - "Hier au soir" (song) - Peggy Ruth Melanson
00:32:15 - "Jacques Mirot" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
00:33:15 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
00:34:44 - Petit Jean et la Vieille Femme ("Tit Jean et la Vieille Femme") - (story) Peggy Ruth Melanson
00:40:42 - Petit Jean et la Vieille Femme ("Tit Jean et la Vieille Femme") - (story) Peggy Ruth Melanson
00:46:25 - Petit Jean et les robes mystérieuses ("Tit Jean et les robes mystérieuses") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
00:54:01 - Barbe bleue (story) - Lucille Saltzman
01:00:18 - Le conte du revenant (story) - Joe Saltzman
01:01:34 - Le Mardi Gras (story) - Joe Saltzman
01:01:55 - La mort de l'homme méchant (story) - Lucille Saltzman
01:03:05 - "Shoo-Fly" (song) - Madame Gaston Hébert
Songs by Essé Leblanc, Madame Gaston Hébert, Joe Falcon et al.
00:00 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
00:39 - "Billy Boy" / "Ayoù vas-tu, charmant Billy" (Et où vas-tu, charmant Billy) (song)
01:19 - "Shoo-Fly" (song) - Madame Gaston Hébert
02:19 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte" (song) - Madame Joe Falcon
03:06 - "Allons à Lafayette" (song) - Joe Falcon
03:50 - "La valse qui m'a porté à ma fosse" ("La valse qui m'a porter à ma fosse") (song) - Joe Falcon
04:28 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
05:11 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune" / "Mon aimable brune" (song) - Selena "Lena" Guidry
06:01 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
07:02 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
07:58 - "Chanson du soldat" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
08:58 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) -Madame Courtney LaBauve
09:35 - "La cravate" (song) - Madame Morvant
10:22 - "La passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ" (song) - Laurent Salomon
11:44 - "Revenez donc pécheurs" (song) - Laurent Salomon
Songs by Madame Gaston Hébert, Madame Courtney LaBauve, Edgar Boudreaux et al.
00:00 - Le petit capuchon rouge (story) - Madame Gaston Hébert
03:33 - Petit Jean et le géant (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
05:17 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
06:02 - "Je suis parti dans le Texas" ("J'suis parti dans l'Texas") (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
06:29 - "L'autre côté du village" / "Cher Willie" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
07:57 - Petit Jean et la diablesse ("Tit Jean et la diablesse") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
14:40 - "Les Métamorphoses" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
16:54 - Roclore (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
23:44 - Petit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi ("Tit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
30:36 - "Frère Jacques" (song) - Anne Brandon
31:08 - "Il y avait une boiteuse" ("Y avait une boiteuse") (song) - Lucille Saltzman
34:45 - Aussi smart (tongue twister) - Lucille Saltzman
35:08 - "Pennies in his pocket" (song) - Anne Brandon
35:43 - "Peter Peter Penguin" (song) - Anne Brandon
36:11 - Anne Brandon talking, singing
38:00 - "Mary had a little lamb" (song) - Anne Brandon
38:50 - "There was a little turtle in the box" / "The turtle is living in a box" (song) - Anne Brandon
39:29 - Anne Brandon and Elizabeth Brandon talking
41:08 - "The elephant flies in the air" (song) - Anne Brandon
Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Célestine Morton, Madame Nicholas Benoît et al.
00:00:00 - La fille du vieux diable ("La fille du vieux djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:04:26 - "Je veux tuer ma fille" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:05:25 - La fille du vieux diable ("La fille du vieux djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:09:50 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Célestine Morton
00:11:09 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:14:43 - Compère Lapin et Compère Tigre ("Compère Lapin et Compère Tsig'") (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:22:43 - Le cheval à Monsieur Joe - Madame Nicholas Benoît
00:23:42 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits (story) - Madame Nicholas Benoît
00:26:04 - "Chère chérie" (song) - Lucille Salzman
00:27:08 - "La cravate" (song) - Lucille Salzman (Laforte : Eb-2)
00:29:09 - "Oh, c'est le vingt du mois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
00:31:31 - "Adieu bel ange" (song) - Elmera Hebert
00:33:18 - Le diable et la fille de la vieille femme ("Le djab'e et la fille d'la vieille femme") (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:39:05 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches ("Bouki et Lapin et la récol'e d'pistaches") (story) - Laurent Salomon
00:49:14 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
00:52:11 - "La belle Créole" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
00:55:43 - "La délaissée" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
01:00:44 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
01:03:13 - "Dedans ces bois où tout c'est agréable" (song) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
Cajun and Country Night at the Hideaway on Lee - Live Performance Featuring Juliane Mahoney, Renée Reed, David Crochet, J.C. Leger
Band Members;
Juliane Mahoney - Vocals, Lap Steel, Accordion;
Renée Reed - Vocals and Guitar
David Crochet - Drums
J.C. Leger - Fiddle
Interview with Johnnie Allan (part 1)
Johnnie Allan:
01:00 - Music in family and how Johnnie started in music
-Nightclubs in old days
-Cajun song lyrics and structure
09:00 - Joe Falcon's popularity and recording career
12:15 - String Bands, Hillbilly music and their effect on Cajun music and later musicians - steel guitar
13:50 - Harry Choates - Popular songs like Jolie Blonde and Grand Mamou
16:20 - Younger generations getting into Cajun Music
17:20 - CODOFIL
-Hit Cajun/Zydeco recordings of the period (early 1980s)
20:00 - Differences between Cajun/Zydeco Music - Clifton Chenier
22:40 - Development of Swamp Pop music
23:00 - Swamp Pop started in 1957-1958; Fats Domino, Joe Barry, Jimmy Clanton
26:30 - Discussing influential records - Guitar Slim, Earl King, Johnny Ace
28:30 - Bobby Charles
31:20 - Johnnie's first recording - Band members (U.J. Meaux, Al Foreman, Beul Hoffpauir, Nicky Stutes, Lee Castle) and Studio Information
34:50 - J.D. Miller and sales numbers - This Should Go On Forever being picked up by MGM and released nationwide
37:00 - Johnnie's recording career (MGM, Viking, Flat Town) after first record
38:30 - Huey Meaux's relationship with Floyd Soileau
39:50 - Other local record labels- L&K, Drew-Blan, Carl
42:15 - Local Artists - Big Poppa, Elton Anderson, Joe Barry
Interview with Johnnie Allan (part 2)
Johnnie Allan:
00:00 - Joe Barry - I'm a Fool To Care
02:50 - Cookie and the Cupcakes, and other older local artists
08:00 - Rockabilly Music and Artists
08:25 - Louisiana Country artists in the 1950s - Al Terry, Jimmy Newman, Webb Pierce, Jerry Lee Lewis
11:00 - Louisiana Hayride's influence on Southern Louisiana
12:20 - Happy Fats
14:20 - Warren Storm - Prisoner's Song
16:10 - Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
17:00 - Where are they now commentary - Leo Soileau, Pap Cairo, J.B. Fuselier, Amedé Breaux
-Luderin Darbonne, Aldus Roger, Sidney Brown
-Bois-Sec Ardoin, Cleveland Crochet, Jay Stutes, Balfa Brothers, Jo-El Sonnier, Nathan Abshire
-Revon Reed, Vin Bruce, Rusty and Doug Kershaw
-T.K. Hulin, Clint West, Tommy McClain, Dale and Grace, etc.
36:30 - British Invasion impact on the local scene
37:20 - Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo
39:15 - Present state of Louisiana
-Johnnie's future plans for his musical career - south Louisiana radio stations
Interviews with Classie Ballou
Classie Ballou:
00:00 - Family History - Born in Elton, LA to Beatrice and Clyde Ballou
00:50 - Musical beginnings and influences
03:00 - Musicians he heard when growing up - Gatemouth Brown, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, Etta James, etc.
08:15 - First bands and gigs - names of clubs in Lake Charles
07:00 - First guitar (Telecaster). Why he chose it
09:50 - members of the Temple Kings - Wilton Simien, "Biscuit," Shelton Donoway
10:38 - Playing with Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavis (Paper in my Shoe)
13:45 - Signing and recording with J.D. Miller in Crowley and in Nashville
15:45 - Recording of "Confusion"
16:15 - Influences on his style - Latin rhythms, Xavier Cugat, Fats Domino, Tommy Ridgely
18:10 - Touring with Rosco Gordon and Joe Turner
18:20 - Recording in Chicago at Universal Studios - VeeJay Records
19:00 - Living in Little Rock, AR - Meeting Larry Davis, Albert King, B.B. King, Wayne Bennett
19:55 - Playing Blues and Rock 'n Roll songs
20:35 - Recording in Los Angeles, 1963, with Larry Johnson on Token Records
21:00 - Developing a following in Waco, TX
22:30 - Recording in 1968 in San Antonio - Abe Epstein Wayne Bennett, Joe Scott, Melvin Jackson
28:00 - Classie's style of music - Zydeco du Spice
29:55 - Info on other Musicians - Carol Fran, Good Rockin' Bob, Guitar Junior, Bill Parker
32:30 - Competition with other bands in the '50s
34:20 - Short interview with Stan Lewis - who he played bass with, his hit records
Interview with Danny Barker
Danny Barker:
-Being in a Jazz band with his uncles and other family members
05:00 - Indian Tribes in New Orleans and their music - Indian Mardi Gras (1920-1922)
06:50 - Indian Languages
-Making a recording of Indian music
16:08 - Making his first record in New York and names of the musicians who played in the sessions
-Changes of the sounds of Indian Music
-Indian life - Work, Trading, Culture
26:40 - Fighting between tribes - Magnolia Bridge as a boundary line
-Indian Rhythms and Indian Influences on New Orleans music - Louis Armstrong
32:00 - Social Clubs and Benevolent Societies
-Violence between Indians
-Commercialization of Indian Culture
42:35 - 'Iko Iko
-Paul Barbarand's Drumming Style
Interview with Joe Barry (1)
Joe Barry:
-Family History and early musical influences
01:30 - Joe's first guitar and first lesson with Vin Bruce
03:30 - Famous Cajun musicians from Joe's childhood
05:30 - Playing in clubs as a child
11:00 - Early Swamp Pop; History of his first and second bands
14:30 - Sending a tape to Floyd Soileau for Jin Records
18:00 - Recording for Floyd Soileau - Flat Town Records
20:00 - Joe's second record and its success (I'm a Fool to Care) Huey Meaux taking over distribution of the record
22:00 - American Bandstand with Dick Clark
24:13 - Old Clubs - Blue Room, The Country Inn, Sherwood, Tony Morello's
28:50 - People who were in the band for the recording of I'm a Fool to Care
31:50 - Joe's "outlaw" days, damaging hotel rooms
33:45 - Other hit records on the Smash label
37:00 - Drug use on the road
43:00 - Playing with Freddy Fender
Getting back into music after working in the Oilfields
47:00 - Recording with the Houma record label
Interview with Joe Barry (2)
Joe Barry:
00:00 - I'm a Fool to Care (French Version)
01:15 - Joe finding religion, temporarily quitting music
02:30 - Recording a new album - talking about why he thinks it didn't sell well
04:10 - Feelings on the history of Cajun Music
06:05 - Cajun music branching into country - Eddy Raven, Doug Kershaw
08:30 - Fais Do Do, Dance Steps
14:00 - Opelousas Sosthaine - Rufus Jagneaux, Sugar Bee - Cleveland Crochet
14:40 - Musical differences between sections of the state
17:58 - Vin Bruce
20:35 - Allan Toussaint
24:00 - Talking to members of the press
Interview with Rod Bernard (Part 1)
Rod Bernard:
00:00 - Family details
01:00 - First guitar - picking pecans to earn enough money to buy it. Favorite Musicians
02:40 - How Cajun music influenced on his style - His grandfather owned a Cajun nightclub in Port Barre
03:10 - Never learned how to speak French
05:25 - Starting his own radio program/Becoming a regular radio DJ in Opelousas
07:05 - Songs that he played on the radio show - "Hot Rod"
08:10 - Getting into radio broadcasts as a child
08:50 - Moving to Winnie Texas, meeting Huey Meaux
11:20 - Forming "The Twisters" while in high school
11:30 - Floyd Soileau - starting his record shop in Ville Platte, starting his record label
13:25 - Guitar Gable playing on the show; Bernard Jolievette
15:25 - Learning, recording, distributing, and promoting "This Should go on Forever"
18:10 - J.D. Miller producing the song, session musicians
21:35 - Dealing with Jukebox operators
24:00 - Refusing to lease to national labels - Chess Records
30:00 - National promotion tours, Playing on American Bandstand
33:00 - Alternate edited version that Dick Clark played on his shows
37:00 - Getting a manager and signing with Mercury Records
40:25 - Running Bear - Johnny Allan
43:45 - This Should Go On Forever - Total Sales
44:30 - Thoughts on Leonard Chess
Interview with Rod Bernard (part 2)
Rod Bernard:
00:00 - Guitar Gable version of "This Should Go on Forever"
01:20 - Payola
02:00 - Recording Colinda
04:30 - Working at KVOL - Saturday Hop
06:00 - Forming a label with Carol Rachou (ARBEE)
09:15 - Recording a full album with Floyd Soileau
10:00 - Boogie in Black and White with Clifton Chenier
14:20 - The Chandelles (Rod's band with Warren Storm)
14:40 - Working full time and playing music every night
16:40 - Huey Meaux's barbershop days, production style and records he worked on
21:20 - Rod's first record with Carl Records
24:15 - Royalties for "This Should go on Forever"
26:20 - "Pardon Mr. Gordon"
28:50 - Carol Rachou
30:40 - Lack of Influence of Gospel Music locally
31:45 - Disc Jockeys from the 1950's
37:15 - Leasing deals
42:30 - Clubs and club owners in the area
-Big artists playing in small, local towns
-Managers
Interview with Rod Bernard (Part 3)
Rod Bernard:
00:00 - Bobby Charles' and Fats Domino's influence on Swamp Pop
01:05 - Structure of Swamp Pop songs
02:45 - Bobby Charles' writing ability. Couldn't play any instruments
03:35 - Music on local television stations - Belton Richard, Aldus Roger
04:30 - Saturday Hop TV Show
06:40 - Local studios and equipment
08:00 - Local press
09:20 - Mathilda
10:00 - Al Terry
12:10 - T.K. Hulin - "Graduation Night," "Just a Dream"
13:00 - Sam Montel, John Fred
16:00 - Development of the local record scene
18:50 - Phil Bo (Phil Boudreaux), Dale Hopkins
21:30 - "Hillbilly" music
23:50 - Jimmy Davis "You Are My Sunshine"
24:50 - Lee Lavergne - Lanor Records
25:30 - "Passe Partout" and Jim Olivier
26:30 - Joe Barry - "I'm a Fool to Care"
28:00 - Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc
29:40 - Cajun Comedians - Bud Fletcher and Justin Wilson
30:40 - South Louisiana music scene
32:00 - Eddie Shuler and George Khorey (other local record companies)
33:20 - Soul music - effect on the South Louisiana sound
34:30 - Effect of New Orleans music on local scene
36:00 - Local record sales and local music charts
38:00 - Racial situation in the Acadiana area
42:50 - Importance of Opelousas and Lafayette
Interview with Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc
Leroy "Happy Fats":
00:00 - Pre-war recording sessions - RCA Records through Hillman Bailey
-Recorded at Saint Charles Hotel in New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago
02:18 - Eli Oberstein - Recording engineer of these sessions
03:45 - RCA discovering the group
04:20 - Success of the records - Les veuves de la coulee, $25 payment to make each record
06:10 - Personal Info - Beginnings in music, first guitar, favorite musicians
07:20 - Influence of Western Swing and Country Music on Leroy
10:00 - Cajun French Dialects - Teaching French in schools
11:45 - Musicians in Fats' band - Ambrose Thibodeaux, Smiley LeBlanc, Glenn Monte, Murton Thibodeaux
12:50 - Recording for King Records in 1949
14:45 - Records made with Jay Miller in the '50s
16:00 - Colinda - Finding the song in the library at USL
17:15 - Record sales - Civil Rights, interracial record sales
19:30 - Radio shows made with "Doc" Guidry
21:00 - Playing at the Louisiana Hayride
24:00 - Different bands Fats played with - Rainbo Ramblers, Leo Soileau, etc.
25:00 - Harry Choates
28:30 - Records made with La Louisiane
29:50 - Iry Lejeune
30:30 - Other Cajun record sales - Camey Doucet, Belton Richard, Nathan Abshire
31:30 - Fats' Definition of a Cajun
34:00 - Cajun dances in the '40s
35:30 - Favorite Clubs
38:10 - "Doc" Guidry
41:40 - The war's effect on his band
43:10 - Jimmy C. Newman
43:50 - Al Terry
44:45 - Fats' guitar style and how he learned
Interview with Bobby Charles (Part 1)
Bobby Charles:
00:00 - Writing "Walkin' to New Orleans"
01:00 - "Before I Grow to Old" Fats Domino recording some of Bobby's songs
03:04 - Meeting Fats Domino at Robinson's Recreation Center
-"See you Later, Alligator" - info about the song and recording session
07:15 - Bobby's backup band
08:20 - Charles Rutledge - Dego's Record Shop
09:45 - Releasing "See You Later, Alligator" with Chess
10:30 - Record Sales
10:50 - Leonard Chess thought Bobby was black
13:50 - Song Publishing
14:25 - Recording with New Orleans musicians - Hungry Williams, Earl Palmer, Allen Tousaint
19:00 - Before I Grow too Old
21:25 - Fats recording "Walkin' to New Orleans"
22:30 - Dave Bartholomew working with Fats Domino - their personalities
25:30 - Bobby's other recording sessions, musicians, studios
29:30 - More about Fats' personality
Interview with Bobby Charles (part 2)
Bobby Charles:
00:00 - Bobby's record label (Hub City Records)
02:30 - Recording more recent songs at La Louisiane with Warren Storm
05:00 - Thoughts on Bearsville album, "Before I Grow too Old," "Save Me, Jesus"
08:30 - Quitting music after Bearsville album
13:30 - Thoughts on the state of Cajun music and culture in Louisiana
10:00 - Bobby's "mystique"
11:20 - Bobby's recording made with Neil Young's band and Willie Nelson's band
12:50 - Bobby's record label (Rice and Gravy)
13:40 - Thoughts on the state of Cajun music and culture
15:00 - Bobby's family
17:00 - Bill Haley's recording of "See you later, Alligator"
19:00 - Royalties
19:30 - Leonard Chess (record company owner from New York)
21:00 - Meeting Muddy Waters - singing with him in Chicago
23:45 - Touring with Chuck Berry - racial violence
25:25 - Rock 'n Roll caravan shows
28:29 - Discjockeys
30:55 - New Album "Clean Water"