Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
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"
Interview with Jimmy Dotson
Jimmy Dotson:
00:25 - Beginnings in music - First show and band
01:50 - Lazy Lester and Lightnin' Slim
02:15 - Local clubs - Baton Rouge
03:00 - Recording in Memphis with Bill Black's Combo
04:10 - Recording Sessions with Jay Miller - Musicians, instruments, and songs from the session
06:00 - Other musicians and bands that Jimmy played with in Memphis
09:45 - Jimmy's Gibson guitar
11:00 - Quitting music in 1972 - Stolen songs
12:15 - Living and playing in other cities - Milwaukee and New York
16:45 - Description of Jay Miller's studio
19:30 - Playing on a Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute record
20:45 - Jay Miller as a producer
21:40 - Playing in Baton Rouge with Lightnin' Slim and Slim Harpo
23:15 - Playing in a contest against Big Papa and the Cane Cutters
28:00 - Guitar influences
30:00 - Other Baton Rouge musicians
31:30 - Blues dying out in Baton Rouge and other cities
32:00 - National stars playing in Baton Rouge - Audience reactions, playing with Jimmie Reed
-Moving to Memphis
35:00 - Notes on other Musicians
39:00 - Message to people in Europe
Interview with Marshall Sehorn and John Fred
Marshall Sehorn:
00:15 - Present state of Louisiana record companies, Studio in the Country; Local studio musicians
03:00 - Relationship between music of New Orleans and other South Louisiana areas and North Louisiana
03:55 - Lee Dorsey's record being rated as one of the best albums of the year in TIME Magazine
05:25 - Glen Campbell promoting LA music
05:45 - Conversation about his studio and musicians who recorded there
08:00 - Young musicians coming up
11:00 - Promoting Louisiana music and culture
16:00 - Louisiana Influence on other music
20:20 - Different local recording studios
John Fred:
24:00 - Youth - Discovering music and starting a band in 1958;
27:20 - Meeting Fats Domino, Recording his song "Shirley" with Fats' band
28:00 - Continuing music while in college in Hammond
29:00 - Signing with Stan Lewis at Paula Records - Boogie Chillin'
30:25 - John's song "Judy in Disguise," worldwide sales, knocked the Beatles "Hello, Goodbye" out of the #1 chart spot
32:20 - Touring in England, hanging out with Paul McCartney
33:30 - Writing "Judy in Disguise"
34:40 - Other musicians in John's band
36:30 - Recording on N-Joy, Bell Labels
39:00 - Producing records and discovering musicians
39:30 - Producing Irma Thomas
42:30 - Blues scene in Baton Rouge - Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester
John Broven and Johnnie Allan on the Johnny Janot show (Part 1)
Johnny Janot Show:
00:00 - Ads, music, and calls
07:20 - Camey Doucet song
11:15 - Johnnie Allan and John Broven Introduction
17:00 - Johnnie Allan Song - "You Win Again"
19:20 - Conversation about John Broven's book
23:00 - Song by Clint West - La Belle de la Louisiane
25:45 - Advertisements
26:30 - Talking about England, Joking around, More discussion about Broven's book
30:45 - Listener calls - Song requests
32:25 - Johnny Allan - "South to Louisiana"
35:00 - CODOFIL, More listener calls
38:00 - Broven's book, Job Information, Record collection
46:10 - "Louisiana Waltz"
49:35 - Pine Grove Blues
-Advertisements
John Broven and Johnnie Allan on the Johnny Janot show (Part 2)
Johnny Janot Show:
00:00 - Don LaFleur song
03:10 - John Gilbert - "Honorary Cajun Citizen Certificate"
04:00 - Advertisements Listener call and letters
10:00 - Joe Landry Song
13:00 - Listener calls
19:30 - Wallace Derouen Waltz
22:40 - Listener calls and letters
28:50 - My Dog Sex
33:40 - Rod Bernard and Clifton Chenier song "Kansas City"
36:00 - Listener calls and advertisements
40:00 - Johnnie Allan's teaching and music career
45:15 - Andrew Cormier - "Mathilda has Finally Come Back Home"
52:40 - Joyce Janot - "Cajun Toast"
55:00 - Closing the show
Interview with Earl King
Earl King:
03:00 - Earl's description of "The South Louisiana Sound"
04:!5 - Louisiana music taking on characteristics of other genres of music
06:00 - Song structures of south LA music
08:25 - Earl playing a show with Percy Sledge
09:25 - Particular songs/bands that influenced Earl - "Guitar Slim," "Lonely, Lonely Nights"
11:50 - Local clubs where bands would perform
12:00 - Clubs in New Iberia, Lafayette, Abbeville, Opelousas
14:30 - Crowds at local clubs, problems while on the road
16:35 - "Lonely Nights" becoming a hit in south LA
18:55 - Fans traveling to different areas to see a concert
Interview with Bernard "King Karl" Jolivette
Bernard Jolivette:
00:40 - Date of birth, Family Info
01:45 - Bands he liked, Learning music, talks about different clubs he played at at this time
03:30 - Starting a band after returning from the service, Meeting Guitar Gable
5:15 - First recording with J.D. Miller - "Life Problem"
07:30 - "This Should go on Forever"
09:10 - "King Karl" on people copying his style
11:00 - Other bands in the area
11:50 - Clubs he played at in the '50's
13:45 - Other bands competing with King Karl's band
17:00 - Records made with different record labels as Chuck Brown
18:20 - Rod Bernard's version of "This Should go on Forever"
23:00 - King Karl's mom's musical background, played accordion
23:30 - Women playing Cajun Music, Abbs Family, Elton, LA
26:00 - Speaking French as a child, was his first language
27:00 - Recording with La Louisiane (1962)
Interview with Lee Lavergne (part 1)
Lee Lavergne:
00:00 - Childhood and beginning playing music
01:25 - Falling in love with the guitar, Making his own with a cigar box
02:00 - Listening to records at the neighbor's home - Amedé Ardoin, Joe Falcon
04:00 - Promotion of local talent by radio stations
-Nathan Abshire, Continental Playboys (Doug, Rusty, Pee Wee Kershaw)
05:00 - KSIG Barn Dances - Joe Werner, Louis Spell
06:55 - Discovering Country Music, Grand Ole Opry
09:05 - Buying his first guitar
10:00 - Hank Williams
11:00 - Finished school, went to Korea
11:30 - The change in the music scene after returning from Korea
12:00 - Discovering Rhythm and Blues and Rock 'n Roll music
14:10 - Jimmie Reed, Lightnin' Slim, Rod Bernard, Jivin' Gene, Cookie and the Cupcakes
16:00 - Beginning work in the record business; first release and info on the studio he used
19:50 - Discussion about Aldus Roger, J.B. Fuselier, Lee Sonnier, Leo Soileau, Chuck Guillory, Papa Cairo
23:18 - Louisiana Country artists - Jimmy C. Newman
26:45 - Cajun music regaining popularity, worldwide recognition of Cajun music
28:00 - Young Cajun bands
29:10 - French in the United States
Interview with Lee Lavergne (part 2)
Lee Lavergne:
00:00 - The growing popularity of Cajun Music
01:50 - Buying records when he was younger, collecting pictures of artists
03:00 - Recollections on running Lanor Records - disappointments, successes
05:20 - Recording Shirley and Alphée Bergeron
07:45 - Meeting and working with Charles Mann
09:30 - Working with Eddie Shuler to get distribution on records - Bill Matte record
11:20 - Working with Johnny Shuler - Elton Anderson
14:50 - Scrounging to find new recording artists
17:00 - Huey Meaux
18:45 - Charles Mann (Domingue) - band personnel changes, talking about their friendship
23:00 - Having one of his songs on American Bandstand
28:20 - Capitol releasing some of Charles' records
29:20 - Elton Anderson records - recorded in New Orleans. Talks about the band members
-Other musicians who Lee worked with - Dr. John, James Hall, Duke Stevens, etc.
Interviews with Guitar Gable and Lee Lavergne
Guitar Gable and Lee Lavergne:
00:00 - Childhood, beginning music, first recording session
01:00 - Influences - Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Clifton Chenier
01:35 - Recording with J.D. Miller
02:15 - Recording Congo Mombo
03:00 - Band members - Clinton Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, Freddy Lavine, King Karl
04:25 - Meeting King Karl
05:25 - Most successful records - Irene, Life Problems, What's the Matter with My Baby
07:00 - Skinny Domino
07:45 - Pianists he played with - Talton Miller, Johnny Johnson, James Asburry
09:00 - Clubs and types of parties he played - Moonlight Inn, Southern Club, Bayou Club, Seven Seas, The Carousel
09:40 - Quitting the recording scene around 1959, joining the army
10:20 - Had his own group with Lynn August when he came back from the service, The Directors, Lil Bob and the Lollipops
11:00 - Other bands he recorded with - Lil Bob and the Lollipops
13:30 - Recording as a studio musician Lee Lavergne, Victor Phillips, "Little Victor"
13:40 - Part two of Lee Lavergne Interview begins
15:50 - The session of "Let's Stick Together"
18:45 - Recording at Cosimo's Studio
19:40 - J.D. Miller's studio, moving the studio to his home after the old property was sold
23:40 - John Roberts - manager who introduced Lee to different artists
25:20 - Producing methods
30:00 - Muscle Shoals sessions and Info about other bands and musicians Lee worked with
33:40 - Jackie Avery
Interview with J.D. Miller (part 1)
J.D. Miller:
00:00 - Early life - Born in Texas, music he heard, first guitar
02:30 - Moving to Lake Charles, then to Crowley
02:40 - Local string bands - Happy Fats, Hackberry Ramblers, Leo Soileau
04:20 - J.D.'s bands - Musical Aces, Daylight Creepers
05:15 - Playing with Harry Choates
06:45 - Bob Wills' influence on J.D.
08:15 - How J.D. got into the recording business - Lack of French records being produced
10:00 - Recording first records at Cosimo's studio, discussion on price of session
11:10 - Buying a wire recorder, The first tape recorder that he purchased
12:30 - J.D.'s first labels and bands he recorded
13:15 - Tommy Hill - AR man for Starday
13:40 - Discovering and recording Lightnin' Slim - record sales
14:20 - Clarence Garlow, Richard King
14:45 - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells covering the song
15:25 - Cry, Cry, Darling
17:00 - WXOK - Hearing and recording Lightnin' Slim for the first time
22:00 - Bailing out J.P Richardson, "The Big Bopper," to play harmonica for a Lightnin' Slim session
23:00 - Lightnin' Slim session - car breaking down, no drummer
27:00 - Making 5 cents per record with his distribution
Interview with J.D. Miller (Part 2)
J.D. Miller:
00:00 - Slim Harpo's first recording - I'm a King Bee
02:30 - Talking about stage names
06:00 - Lightnin' Slim song style
07:50 - "Congo Mambo," "Emmitt Lee," "Raining in my Heart," "Baby, Scratch my Back"
08:40 - "Raining in My Heart" recording sessions
08:50 - Slim Harpo recording with another label while under contract with J.D.
15:00 - Lightnin' Slim
19:40 - Influence of Chicago Blues on music, Leonard Chess
20:00 - Studio bands - Guitar Gable, Al Foreman, Al Terry
22:25 - Colinda - Doug Kershaw claiming that he wrote it. J.D. says it was an old song in the 40's when he first heard it
23:15 - Louis Noel song - La cravatte à Zig et Zag
24:00 - Lee Sonnier - War Widow Waltz
25:00 - A List of other artists who recorded with J.D. and some of the songs that they recorded
31:00 - Warren Storm
Interview with J.D. Miller (PArt 2)
J.D. Miller:
00:25 - Prosperity in the record business
00:40 - Webb Pierce - Wondering
02:18 - Leaving the record business
03:30 - Current Country music
05:30 - British Invasion - Affect on local music
07:50 - Recording black musicians - Commentary on integration
13:00 - Sales of Cajun records - Jimmy C. Newman "Lache pas la patate"
15:30 - Thoughts and commentary on his career
16:30 - Recording with The Four Aces - Bluebird records
21:00 - Money issues with artists
22:00 - Auditions with musicians wanting to record with J.D
24:00 - Record sales
25:45 - Moving the studio to a new building
John Broven - Live recording from Tippin Lounge - Rod Bernard, Warren Storm
Live recording from Tippin Lounge - Various singers - Rod Bernard, Warren Storm with Lil Bob and the Lollipops
00:00 - Mathilda
04:00 - Johnny B. Goode
07:15 - This Should Go On Forever
11:00 - Mama, Mama - Warren Storm
15:20 - ? - Warren Storm
18:50 - Prisoner Song - Warren Storm
23:00 - I Feel Good - Singer Unidentified
26:00 - Crying Time
28:55 - Your Cheatin' Heart
Interview with Eddie Shuler (Part 1)
Eddie Shuler:
00:00 - Originator of the word "Rockabilly," Al Terry
01:25 - Why Rockabilly was relatively short lived
04:15 - South Louisiana Rock n Roll music
05:55 - Jukebox Sales in South Louisiana
09:45 - Born in Texas, 1913, First recollections of music
12:45 - Recording on acetate discs
15:15 - Eddie's influences - Bob Wills
16:00 - Taking voice lessons
17:10 - Popular Hillbilly artists - Ernest Tubbs, Roy Acuff, Cliff Bruner, Bob Wills
18:00 - How small record labels came to be in the region
19:00 - First record, the beginnings of Eddie's Record label - recording in New Orleans
21:20 - First tape recorders
21:50 - Recording Iry Lejeune - devoting more time to the record label
23:45 - Harry Choates, Joe Falcon, Hackberry Ramblers - Different versions of Jolie Blonde
28:20 - Virgil Bozeman, George Khory - Nathan Abshire's "Pine Grove Blues"
31:45 - Missing out on recording "Mathilda." Cookie and the Cupcakes
32:30 - Honky Tonk Bars, Barfights, "Ace of Love"
37:00 - Played dances from 8pm-2am with one intermission - $35-75 per night
38:00 - Radio show sponsors
39:30 - Local "Hillbilly" artists - Will Kegley, Moon Mulligan
40:30 - Playing guitar with a Dixieland band
41:35 - James Freeman, Boogie Joe and other blues artists
45:35 - Eddie's description of a Cajun person, Cajun Music
Interview with Eddie Shuler (Part 2)
Eddie Shuler:
00:50 - Young musicians not playing Cajun music, Eddie's idea of the authentic Cajun sound
02:00 - The difference between Clifton Chenier and other Zydeco musicians
05:30 - TNT leasing some of Eddie's material
Interview with Warren Storm
Warren Storm:
00:00 - Born February 18, 1927, Real name is Warren Schexneyder,
-learned music from his dad who played Cajun and Hillbilly music (Rayne-bo Ramblers)
01:00 - Warren's first dance job in 1950 with the Rayne-bo Ramblers
02:00 - Playing music during high school at local nightclubs
02:30 - Origin of his last name "Storm"
02:55 - Members of his first group (The WeeWah's)
04:00 - First recordings with J.D. Miller in 1958 - "Prisoner Song" "Mama, Mama, Mama"
07:30 - Performing "Prisoner Song" on TV in Memphis
08:20 - Meeting Elvis Presley
09:30 - Other hits that Warren recorded with J.D.Recording in Nashville for Top Rank Records
14:15 - Recording a session in New Orleans for Dot Records
-musicians involved with the session; session in New Orleans for Dot Records
-Using Katie Webster and Fats Dominos band
15:55 - Recording for Huey Meaux's labels - Sincere and Teardrop Records - in several different studios
18:00 - Biggest records on Huey's labels - "The Gypsy," "The Tennessee Waltz" - Using Lil Bob's band as a backing band
20:15 - Staying idle for 2 years (71-72) with Huey, and switching back to J.D. Miller
20:30 - First Country/Western Album - PeeWee Whitewing, Delton Colombe
23:20 - Working with Rod Bernard
24:05 - Recording with Huey Meaux on the "Crazy Cajun" label and subsequent tour with Freddie Fender
25:15 - How Warren became involved with Blues music. Becoming staff drummer for J.D. Miller
27:45 - Blues artists who he worked with and white musicians backing black artists
28:30 - Lazy Lester
30:30 - Difference between recording and playing clubs
32:00 - Katie Webster
33:00 - Comments on different artists - Al Ferrier, Rocket Morgan, Lonesome Sundown, Slim Harpo
35:15 - Descriptions of Jay Miller's old and new studios
Interview with Warren Storm and Katie Webster
Warren Storm:
00:40 - Bobby Charles writing "Walkin' to New Orleans"
02:15 - Drummers who influenced Warren and describing his style
04:15 - 50s album with J.D. Miller, Huey Meaux
05:20 - Today's recording process and equipment
06:25 - Huey Meaux's recording studios
Katie Webster:
07:30 - Katie's childhood - Born in Houston January 9, 1939, learning music through Pentecostal church
10:00 - Parent's influence on her - Her mom sold Avon products to afford piano lessons for Katie
12:45 - Playing for her brother-in-law's church
13:00 - Katie's family - most of them play musical instruments or sing
15:00 - Going from Gospel music to Blues and Rock 'n Roll after moving to her Aunt's house in Beaumont, TX
18:10 - Playing with other bands and then starting her own band "The Hylites"
21:00 - Recording with Eddie Shuler and J.D. Miller
22:00 - Her early hits with J.D. Miller "Sea of Love" and "I Need You, Baby"
24:30 - Working with Warren Storm, Lionel Prevost, Al Foreman in a studio session band
27:30 - Playing/Recording with Otis Redding, James Brown, and other charting bands/artists
28:45 - Working at clubs in California
29:30 - Clubs she worked at, repertoire for those performances
32:10 - Recording for Goldband Records
33:00 - Stories of the Miller Sessions
35:00 - Katie's playing and singing style
36:10 - Future plans, new album, tour hopes
Interview with Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler (Part 1)
Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler:
00:20 - Crawford's recollection of playing with Iry Lejeune - his playing, singing style, the impact that he had on Cajun Music
-Clubs that the band played
04:40 - Crawford meeting Angelas Lejeune
05:20 - Iry moved from Church Point to Lacassine in 1947-48
06:00 - Iry's first recording; Eddie Shuler letting Iry play on his radio show, Iry's Monarch Accordion
07:50 - Eddie getting in trouble for playing Cajun music on his radio show
10:30 - Other band members and instruments they played
-Robert Bertrand, Will Kegley, Wilson Granger, Earl Demerrit, Alfred Cormier
16:00 - Accordion style in Cajun music, chord changes
16:30 - Eddie saying that traditional Cajun music was no longer commonly played
19:00 - Iry's first two records - Lovebridge Waltz and Calcasieu Waltz - recording on acetate
23:45 - Quantities sold of the first record
24:30 - Crawford's opinion on amplifiers in Cajun music
27:00 - The first record deal between Eddie and Iry
28:00 - Iry hitch hiking because of his vision
32:00 - Iry's influence on others
32:50 - Iry's songs "J'ai fait un grosse erreur," "Lacassine Special," "Duralde Waltz" Dog barking on the recording
37:10 - Iry's desire to play the fiddle
38:45 - Eddie comparing Iry and Nathan Abshire. Nathan playing accordion with Eddie's band
41:20 - Iry beating Aldus Roger in an accordion contest
42:20 - Iry's "crying" style of singing
44:10 - Most popular songs - "La branche du mûrier," "La valse de grand chemin," "Evangeline Special," "Lacassine Special"
Interview with Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler (Part 2)
Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler:
00:00 - Working with a record distributor out of New Orleans
01:45 - The effect of Iry Lejeune's death on Cajun people
04:00 - Iry's death - The events leading up to the car crash, Played the Greenway Club the night of his death
06:30 - Crawford's thoughts on his time playing with Iry
08:45 - Club performance lengths, other songs he played at shows
10:30 - Country songs that Iry used to play
14:10 - Rereleasing Iry's music without bass guitar. Thoughts on keeping the music simple
15:50 - Playing and recording with the Hackberry Ramblers and Leo Soileau - 1940s
18:30 - Recording with Chris Stachwitz
19:40 - George Khorey's record label
Interview with Floyd Soileau (Part 1)
Floyd Soileau:
00:20 - Family History
02:00 - Beginning work as a radio disc jockey at KVPI
03:00 - Popular radio shows
05:00 - Starting his music store - working with record distributors and setting up the store
07:30 - Advertising his record store and building up the business
09:30 - Deciding to devote full-time to his record store and dropping out at the radio station
10:45 - Deciding to start making more Cajun records - pressing records through Starday
12:20 - Releasing his first Cajun record "Manuel Bar Waltz" under the label "Big Mamou Records"
13:35 - Releasing a Lawrence Walker record "Laisse les bons temps rouler"
-Negotiations for the record. (VeePee Records)
17:00 - Rod Bernard and the Twisters - recording with Floyd
18:45 - Origin of the "Jin" and "Swallow" names
21:00 - Rivalry between the Twisters and Boogie Kings
22:00 - Rod Bernard "This Should go on Forever" recording, releasing, and success of the song
25:10 - Record pressing plant opening up in Houston, "This Should go on Forever" getting popular in Houston
26:30 - Rod Bernard going to Chess Records
29:00 - Big Bopper, airplane crash - Mercury looking for new artists and getting Rod Bernard
Interview with Floyd Soileau (Part 2)
Floyd Soileau:
00:00 - Huey Meaux - Rambling Aces
00:40 - Jivin' Gene recording and releasing a record with Floyd
03:40 - Clint West and The Veltones, Otis Smith, Al Chase, Glen Wells
05:00 - Johnnie Allan
06:25 - Vin Bruce recording on Swallow
06:50 - Joe Barry going to Smash Records "I'm ma Fool to Care"
11:20 - Barbara Lynn recording with Huey Meaux
15:30 - Tommy McLain recording "Sweet Dreams" and "I Need You So;" Floyd's only gold record
22:10 - Cajun Music Sales
22:50 - The Balfa Brothers - The Drunkard's Waltz
24:30 - Floyd trying to keep people interested in Cajun Music; Old musicians being rediscovered
27:00 - Marion Marcotte
28:00 - Recording Cajun Comedy, Bud Fletcher on La Louisiane
29:35 - The Cajun Twist
30:00 - Nathan Abshire switching from J.D. Miller to Floyd