Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog

Interview with Malcolm Walker:

00:48 - Percy Walker and the House Rockers; Percy on accordion
-Joe Walker was playing guitar in his dad's band; Musical family

02:20 - Played drums in high school; His older brother, Percy Walker Jr., plays drums too
-Percy Jr. played drums for their dad; Played drums sometimes

03:40 - Started going on the road when he was 17
04:00 - New CD

04:30 - Started playing keyboard, then played accordion
-His grandfather, Melvin Walker, had a band and taught him accordion

06:25 - Triple note accordion, to the keyboard, to the piano accordion
-He's been playing piano accordion for about 10 year

07:40 - He dad played piano accordion; He replaced his dad in the band
08:25 - Recordings: "On My Way"; He was still in school

10:20 - Talk about Joe being able to play all kinds of instruments
-Lil' Malcolm and the House Rockers on Maison de Soul

11:15 - First album recorded in Kinder and the second in Crowley and J.D. Miller's studio
-Mark Miller was in charge; New CD is about to come out; Recorded in South Carolina

13:35 - He toured to Sydney, Australia; Played at New Orleans Jazz Fest

Interview with Percy Walker:

17:00 - Born in Lafayette on July 17th, 1953; Melvin Walker was his dad
-His grandfather, Willie Walker, played accordion; French music
-Melvin and Willie would play at house parties--accordion and washboard; Playing drums on a cardboard box

19:30 - Didn't play any instruments in school; Drums were his first instrument
-Joe, his brother, taught him how to play; Joe convinced their dad to buy him a drums set

21:25 - End of the 1960s, they played "The Twist" and "Limbo Rock"
-Couldn't play zydeco back then
-Melvin played triple note and single note; He was in Joe's rock and roll band

23:00 - Joe, Darrell, Wade, and Percy all played with their dad
-Darrell and Wade were his younger brothers

25:15 - Marcel Dugas and Rockin' Dopsie were some of the only people playing zydeco
-He played with Rockin' Dopsie for a little while when he was 10

27:30 - Sat in with Clifton sometimes on drums; Joe would play guitar; They played with Marcel Dugas

28:45 - They didn't record their early stuff
-He played with Rockin' Sidney and Katy Webster in Lake Charles; His family moved there in 1966

30:50 - After the family band, he started playing accordion at house parties
-Eventually he made a band with Raymond "Toe" (guitar), Butch (tenor sax), Wade (Bass), John W. (drums)
-Joe wasn't in the band

32:20 - Played some zydeco mix with blues

33:00 - Cookie and the Cupcakes; He toured with Katy Webster in the 1970s
-Before, Katy was playing keys on the road with Otis Redding until he died

35:35 - Percy Walker and the House Rockers; They started in the early 1970s

37:15 - 1988 was first recording with Malcolm
-He bought Malcolm a little keyboard, then he started playing accordion; He played piano accordion

40:00 - He recorded one song "Going to the Country" on an independent label in the 1970s
-He never made an album; Mike Leger in Kinder

41:35 - He appeared on "Louisiana Red Hot Tribute to Clifton Chenier and Rockin' Sidney" a couple of years ago

44:40 - Conversation with Percy is over; Phone call with Rog

Bert Frilot:

00:15 - Born in April 24, 1939 in Uptown New Orleans; Moved to Chalmette when he was 12
-At 17, he went into the service for five years 1957-1951; Electronics

01:20 - Not interested in music before he was in the business
-Got a job working on equipment and electronics for Cosimo's studio
-He'd steal the manuals to learn about tape recorders
-2 studios and a disc cutting room on Governor Nichols; Two other engineers

04:15 - Cosimo would go to Audio Engineer Society meetings in New York and he'd run the sessions
-Forced him to learn; Three track machine
-Had to build your own consoles; Studio rigging; Air conditioner

08:20 - No company was mass producing consoles in the 1960s; Jone's Studio; Moving Sidewalks

10:30 - He recorded Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey
-As well as, Ernie K-doe, Barbara George, Prince Lala, Huey Smith, Tammy Lynn, and more

13:55 - Lee Lavergne; Story about Barbara Lynn
-She changed words to a song and mentioned integration and the crowd got upset
-She had to be escorted out

16:25 - Jimmy Donley; He recorded all the Huey Meaux sessions
-T.K. Hulin; Memorial album for Jimmy

18:30 - Working with Irma Thomas;
-Used cellophane off of a cigarette pack for the rain sound on "It's Raining"

19:20 - Art Neville's "All These Things"; Lynn August

20:30 - He left not long after the Nola Label--before "Barefootin'" by Bobby Parker
-Around 1964-1965; Things had slowed down and he had a new job offer

21:30 - Worked for Bill Holford at ACA Recording Studios in Houston; British invasion

23:00 - ACA was located on Fannin St.
-Demos with Allen Toussaint when he was in the army; His band was in the Army; Alon Label

25:30 - He got along well with Allen; One of the best arrangers and producers he ever worked wit
27:00 - Marshall and Allen

28:00 - His father still lives in Chalmette; His daughter and grandkid live in New Orleans
-Cosimo recorded Bert's wedding and cut an LP

29:30 - Artists he recorded at ACA: Bobby Bland, Kenny Rogers, B.J. Thomas, Roy Head
-ACA merged with Goldstar

32:00 - Freelancing; B.J. Thomas "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
34:15 - Junior Parker, Bobby Bland; Gospel groups

35:25 - He was freelancing--designing studios and doing sessions
-Met Mickey Gilley who was part owner of Jones Studio with Doyle Jones and Bobby N.
-Northside of Houston in the heights; They made him an offer to work at their studio

37:00 - Designed a console; He'd go to Dallas every Thursday to check on the building of the console
-He never missed a Thursday, except one week he canceled his flight
-The one Thursday flight he missed crashed and everyone died

38:40 - Jones Recording Studio; He designed and supervised the construction of the console
40:35 - The Moving Sidewalks; The first use of pan pots
41:45 - Bands would call him to record their sessions; He recorded Archie Bell and the Drells "Tighten Up"

42:30 - Bobby Bland wanted to record vocals in the corner of the studio so he can lean against the wall, put his hands in his pockets, and sing

43:00 - Larry clears up specific years
-Jones Studio turned into tape duplication business in 1974
-They use the console to make master tapes

44:20 - Other hits from Jones: Mickey Gilley "Room Full of Roses"
-Bert and Mickey flew to Nashville; Missed their flight
-Turned down by almost ever record label in Nashville

Red Tyler:

00:05 - Born December 5, 1925 in New Orleans; Youngest of 11 children; Only one to play music

01:20 - Drafted in the army January 5, 1945; Discharged in September 1946
-Went to Grunewald school of music because of the G.I. Bill of Rights
-Started playing saxophone; Was trained as a surgical technician

03:20 - Graduated in 1947; Cosimo was not in business yet
04:05 - School courses
05:30 - He was in school with a lot of professionals

06:30 - Joined Dave Bartholomew's band; First recording experience
-They would do a remote radio broadcast at Cosimo's studio; Recorded on old acetate masters

08:00 - He did a lot of session work
-Dave played trumpet, Joe Harris played alto, Mr. Hog/Hall played tenor sax, and he played tenor sax

10:10 - Played baritone with Dr. John's band then switched to tenor sax
10:50 - Rest of the band: Earl was on drums, Frank Fields on bass
-Ernest Mclaine on guitar, can't remember the piano player

12:45 - Dave's first session: "Fat Man"
13:40 - Sessions; They became popular session players

14:35 - 1950s; Dave recorded on a few different labels
-He left the band and started playing with Earl Williams

15:40 - Earl did a few recordings; Sang a lot of ballads and showtunes

16:00 - After Earl, Bumps Blackwell brought in Sam Cooke came and recorded a song Red wrote called "Forever"
-Bumps Blackwell brought in Little Richard; He played on all of his hits

17:30 - He played some sessions with Sam (Dale) Cooke

20:05 - Young kids would hang around the studio
-Dr. John was a guitar player who hung around
-Got put on a session with Paul Gates (?); He did well

23:30 - He was involved with Ace Records; RCA wanted to record some New Orleans music
-Allen Toussaint was hanging around the studio before he got in
-They worked together on some arrangements
-Allen's mom had to sign the contract for him

26:10 - Early sixties AFO period; Backed Barbara George on her hit
-All the sessions musicians decided to make a production company

28:15 - Couldn't maintain the production company
-Recorded a jazz album with Ellis Marsalis and James Black called "Monkey Puzzle"

30:00 - His company recorded "Tell It Like It Is"
-Leo Diamond and George Davis wrote that song

31:50 - Larry asks about the Meters and the Nevilles
-He did some stuff with Art Neville back in the day

32:50 - New Orleans style music started dying out
-Other musicians trying to imitate New Orleans style

35:00 - Playing with Mac

36:00 - He had a day job as a sales representative with a liquor wholesale company for 25 years
-He got that job because he had a wife and kids to support
-He could be picky about his gigs; Bourbon street - The Dream Room

38:00 - Played at the Dewdrop, Joy Tavern (college crowd)
40:15 - Edward Frank and Earl Williams; Edward Frank had a stroke

41:00 - Joy Tavern was in Girt-town on Pine St.
-Xavier University, Southern University; During the 1950s; AFO band took over that gig

42:30 - Played at Mason's - club inside of a motel
-People dress up to go there; Lots of clubs like that before integration

43:45 - Someone was arrested at the Dewdrop;
-Black and white musicians weren't allowed to play or record together back in the day
-Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Bebop all came out of black clubs

45:45 - Escorito used to play piano there
-Still have occasional shows at Dewdrop
-They would sometimes play in white clubs

Preston Frank:

00:15 - Born in Oberlin on August 30, 1947 (or April)
-His dad played rhythm guitar, but he didn't get into music till later; Played at house dances

01:50 - Got interested in music around 25 or 26 years old; Accordion was his first instrument
-Two uncles played music: Carlton Frank played fiddle and Hampton Frank played rhythm guitar

03:45 - He would hear music on the radio but didn't think much of it till he started playing
-He started in the 1970s and professionally in 1977

05:10 - Played church halls and clubs in the area
-Slim's Y-Ki-Ki in Opelousas - played there for several years; Started playing with his uncles

06:20 - Started bringing his family into it; First recording with Arhoolie in 1981
-Chris Strachwitz recorded it; 2 singles

09:00 - Album released as Preston Frank and the Soileau Playboys
-Recorded at J.D. Miller's in Crowley; Played on Classie Ballou's All Night Man album

11:30 - Singles; Keith played drums
-Name changed to Preston Frank and the Zydeco Family Band

15:15 - Cassette called Let's Dance; The whole family is on it

16:00 - Jennifer has been playing bass for the past 2 years; She's 15
-Played keyboard first; Brad plays drums and accordion

18:45 - Keith plays all the instrument

19:30 - Started playing as a family 2 years ago; Brad is 10
-His uncle Carlton plays fiddle sometimes; Mostly zydeco, cajun, blues, rock and roll

20:50 - His influences are Aldus Roger, Wayne Toups (before he changed his styles)
-Keith likes how Marc Savoy plays accordion

23:30 - Savoy Music Center in Eunice
23:55 - Recorded the LP with Lee

24:40 - Local festivals; Playing at the Plaisance Zydeco Festival this year
-Festival in Ithaca, NY; National Folklife Festival; Jazz and Heritage Festival

27:20 - Toured overseas in 1980 in Cologne, Germany
-Him and three uncles; Boogie woogie festival

Murphy Richard:

00:05 - Born in the Leonville area; Moved to Grand Coteau then back to Leonville as a child

00:45 - Zydeco back in the day; They called it La-la music; Rub-board and accordion
-Clifton and Cleveland Chenier played at a club called the Silver Slipper
-They played there every 15 days
-Clifton used to live in Leonville but was living in Opelousas at the time, then Lake Charles and Houston

02:30 - He was around 13 when they were playing at the Silver Slipper around 1950
-They weren't selling liquor; They'd play on Saturday

03:30 - When he got older, he started wanting to play music
-Borrowed an accordion to play for himself at home

04:10 - La-la music was french music - not called zydeco at that time; Origin of the name

05:20 - Farmed on his grandfather's farm from the age of ten till he got married at 24
-He was a foreman, straw boss, for a crew
-They had pigs, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, guineas on the farm

08:10 - His brother Joseph was on the farm too

08:40 - He got married October 1st, 1960
-Moved off the farm; Worked construction for Miller Trade (?)

09:55 - Bought an accordion in 1984 or 1985; Played for fun
-Joseph starting playing a couple of years before him

10:50 - He was part of the house band at Roy's on Thursday nights
-Started with a triple note then switch to a single note; Now he plays both

12:10 - Him and Joseph started the band together; Jockey, Chester, and Fred joined them
-Morris had a band called the High-Steppers, then started playing with different bands
-He started on bass

14:00 - His brother died mid-1990s

15:30 - He and Jo would alternate on accordion
-Jo played the piano accordion and he would play single and triple note

16:00 - He went overseas in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997
-He went to France, Germany, Vienna, Switzerland

20:15 - Left the band around 1998; After his brother died, Morris played some piano accordion

21:15 - Made a CD at the Friendly Club for a German label - "Live at the Friendly Club"
-Two CDs with Lee Lavergne called "Boiled Crawfish" and "Come to Party" in the mid-1990s

27:00 - Recorded the last CDs in Eunice at Fred Charlie's

27:50 - Friction with the band
-People assumed he and Joseph were the band leaders because they played accordion

30:40 - New band lineup: Albert Davis on bass, Philip Chenier on drums, Roger Charles on scrub board, and Toe
31:30 - Retired; Not raising hogs anymore
32:20 - Bluerunners; First cousins with the band; Album with Rosco Chenier; They are third cousins
35:00 - His mother was Mary Gradnigo; Her brother was David and he had three sons who played music with him
36:40 - They asked him to play with them, but he wasn't playing music at that time

37:54 - Back on his grandfather's farm; His sisters live on the property too
-One sister died; 37 acres; His aunt and uncle have 80 acres near there

39:00 - Morris "Big" Chenier - blues guitar player from Opelousas; Related to Rosco
40:10 - Jockey played with Guitar Gable for a long time; He used to go listen to him

41:20 - Foreign tours; Ralph (Rolph?) Hubert booked them
-Met him at the Hamilton Club when he was scouting bands to tour
-Met him first at Maple Leaf then at El Sido's with the Creole Zydeco Farmers
-Sampy was playing with them - he possibly came up with the name

45:45 - Sampy wants to start a new band, but Murphy won't play with him unless he quits drinking

Larry talks to Joe, Raymond, and Felton; Interview continued from BE2-076:

Interview with Joe Walker:

00:01:10 - Jones auditorium
00:01:40 - One man band; Drum machine; Started playing gospel music on keyboard in the 1980s
00:03:00 - He was making a living playing as a one man band
00:04:00 - After, he branched into zydeco; Played with Boozoo Chavis when he was 15 or 16
00:05:15 - Touring with a zydeco band; Played with Lawrence Ardoin, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Sidney
00:07:40 - End of interview

Interview with Raymond Randle:

00:08:25 - Born in Opelousas on February 28th, 1948
-His dad, Clarence Randle, had a zydeco band, so he started with them; Clarence never recorded

00:09:30 - Started playing around 12 years old; His dad played accordion

00:11:30 - Picked up guitar then started playing professionally 5 years later when he was 17
-Played with his dad's band for about 5 years

00:12:15 - Played around Louisiana and Texas; Made his living playing music

00:13:00 - Band wasn't reliable so he left
-His band backed up Oscar Perry, Lightnin' Hopkins in the 1960s
-Some new members and some from his dad's band

00:15:00 - Blues was doing good even during the disco era; He never opened up for a band
00:16:30 - In the 1970s, he worked some odd jobs but mostly played music
00:17:25 - The first recording he made was with Lee Lavergne

00:18:15 - In the 1980s, he played with different zydeco bands; June Taylor and the Burning Flames
-Roy Carrier; Chubby Carrier; Roy's Club in Lawtell
-He's playing with Roy tomorrow night at the Holy Ghost Catholic Church

00:22:45 - Roy wants to Raymond to record with Lee on Wednesday night

Interview with Nathan Williams Sr.:

00:24:15 - His three year old son plays scrub board with him; From St. Martinville, LA

00:24:50 - His mom liked to go to zydeco dances
-She'd go see Clifton almost every weekend; He would hear music all the time from his uncle

00:26:15 - He'd go see Clifton but couldn't get in the club
-He didn't start playing accordion until 1985; He moved to Lafayette in 1979

00:27:30 - His brother Sid bought an accordion from Buckwheat for him
-Then he bought one from someone he met in Romero Music Shop in Lafayette
-Japanese accordion; He got it for $250

00:30:20 - He always played the piano accordion; He got sick in 1986 and was in the hospital for 8 months
-Thyroid issue; He'd play accordion in the hospital

00:31:30 - Play with feeling; Personal style

00:32:25 - After the hospital, he started practicing with a band
-Then Sid opened the club and they started playing there on Friday nights for free
-Buckwheat encouraged him - they were close friends

00:33:50 - Started playing Saturdays at different clubs
-The Tee Connection (?) in St. Martinville, Double D's (changed to Daulphine's Club) in Parks
-Hamilton Club in Lone Plantation (Lafayette), El Sido's, Richard's Club in Lawtell
-Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, Blue Diamond Club in St. Martinville (burned down), Tipitina's in New Orleans

00:36:45 - Toured to Boston, New York, Hartford, North Carolina, South Carolina

00:39:45 - Played at a cajun festival in Long Beach; Big Easy Festival in Rhode Island
-Frog Island Festival in Detroit; Names some of the bands at the festivals

00:44:25 - Local concerts: Golden Wheel Club with Millie Jackson, Denise Lasalle, Tyrone Davis
-Yambilee in Opelousas with Bobby Blue Bland; Jesse James
-Don Apollo Wilson and John Ford booked all these shows

00:47:00 - The radio station helped him out

Interview with Bobby Charles:

00:45 - John Fred's recording of "Shirley"
01:15 - Recollections
02:00 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
03:10 - Talking politics
04:00 - Discussing the Clean Water tour with Dr. John
04:30 - Cosimo Matassa getting back into recording
06:50 - Baseball song idea

Interview with Johnny Allan:

09:00 - Tour with Rod Bernard, Buck Rodgers, Jimmy Clanton, John Fred - Promoted by Sam Montel
10:45 - John Fred - helping Johnny with collecting photos for the Memories book
12:30 - John's illness
13:45 - Johnny mentions John Fred's modesty
15:00 - Discussing "Judy In Disguise"

Interview with Cosimo Matassa:

20:00 - Auditioning and turning down Sonny and Cher
21:00 - Talking about John Fred and his music

Attempting to call Sam Montel (Montelbano)

Interview with Luther Kent:

29:30 - Introduction
31:00 - First time sitting in with John Fred and eventually opening shows for him
33:00 - Sam Montel
34:15 - Current band
34:50 - Born and raised in New Orleans, talks about how he met John Fred
35:30 - RCS Records - Cyril Vetter
36:15 - Taste of the Senate show; Jazz Fest
39:50 - Montel sessions at La Louisianne
43:00 - Cold Grits Record label; Ode label

Les douze jours de Noel - version francais

00:05 - Tit Maurice
04:05 - Johnny Can't Dance
06:15 - Jeunes filles de la campagne
09:25 - Travailler c'est trop dur
12:25 - C.I.A.
16:00 - Take it to me

00:00 - J'étais au bal
01:16 - Allons danser Colinda
02:39 - T'es petite et t'es mignonne
03:25 - J'ai passé devant ta porte
4:45 - La chanson à André (Gallop, Gallop)
06:27 - Saute crapaud
07:33 - Un petite bonne homme
08:25 - C'est les hip et taieau
09:24 - Les maringouins ont toute mangé ma belle
10:19 - Allons à Lafayette

Lache pas la patate - Jimmy C. Newman;
Leroy Broussard - Lawtell Waltz;
Adam Hebert - Mon tour vas venir;
Doris Matte - Trop jeune pour marier;
Camey Doucet and Wayne Toups - Pan Pe Po (To the melody of Les flammes d'enfer);
Ed Gary - Joe pitre à deux femmes
Iry Lejeune - 99 year waltz
Jim Olivier - La valse de Tolam
Hadley Castille - La dernière valse
Hector Duhon and Octa Clark - Bosco Stomp
Paul Daigle - La nouvelle valse d'anniversaire
Advertisement for CODOFIL;
Fred Charlie - The Good Times are Killing Me;
Leeman Prejean -

00:00 - Chère la Louisiane
02:28 - Fleur de lis
05:20 - Old Cajun Mazurka
07:01 - Chanson de noces
10:46 - Lacassine Special
13:47 - Cajun Blues
16:57 - Lover's Lament
19:49 - Eunice two-step
22:15 - Cool Summer Night
24:20 - Two step de Moua Kie
26:09 - Wish You Well
28:35 - If Not for You

Live Performance by Tommy McClain and Freddy Fender

00:10 - Jack mentions that Amanda is co-owner of Chenier aux tigres;
00:58 - Amanda tells about her life growing up on an Island along the gulf coast. Mentions that they were very isolated and made it with what little they had;
02:20 - Talks about traveling through the canals in Vermilion Parish - was safer than using the Gulf;
03:40 - Teaching in a two room school house on Chenier aux tigres, 36 children attended the school, Worked her way through school at SLI;
05:05 - Living during the depression and how it changed people's perspective;
10:00 - How the first generation of Cajuns handled the oil industry coming to Louisiana - Improved their homes, bought refrigerators, automobiles, etc;
11:10 - The effects of the oil industry on the younger generations;
14:00 - Speaking about current education needs;
16:55 - Genteel Acadians, plantation owners around Vermillion Parish;
25:00 - More commentary on Cajun people;
27:00 - Positive impacts of the oil industry on South LA people;

00:55 - Historical background. His Father was police Juror in Forked Island;
01:30 - "Cuz" Gaspard and grandfather were engineers for canals;
02:25 - 1880 to 1900 - His Grandfather helped with designing and digging canals in Vermilion Parish. They were mainly used for irrigation and drainage purposes. Eventually oil companies used the same canals for their purposes;
03:20 - Discussing his father's dealings with the owners of the oil companies - permits;
04:05 - His father's work was mostly farming rice, goats, and cattle. Wasn't very involved in oil leases;
06:00 - Sanders' involvement in the community - City Councilman, says he just tries to help all people in any way he can;
07:25 - Buying his first piece of land in 1946, about 100 acres. Discusses his farming career Southwest of Gueydan;
10:15 - In 1953, a huge flood destroyed 172 acres of rice; Hurricane Audrey also destroyed all of his rice in 1957; Had to refinance his farm 3 times - Says it was rough, but he made it;
11:40 - Weren't many oil wells in his area in the early 50s;
12:40 - Says there are currently oil wells next to his property, discusses dealing with the oil companies;
14:50 - There's not much trust between locals and the oil companies;
17:00 - Health effects on locals from oil companies' use of chemicals;
20:45 - Dump sites, open pits and the eventual clean up of these sites;
23:00 - Positives of oil companies for his farm;
24:30 - Concerns about chemicals on the health of the people;
25:00 - Cajuns never went hungry before or after oil companies came into town, they were resourceful;
28:00 - Effects of oil industry on the family units and family farms;
30:05 - The impact of the Cajuns on the oil industry;
33:00 - His mother's father, Mr. Primeaux, bought land and told his children he was going to start a town call it Primeaux Ville but the area was already Forked Island;
34:00 - Mr. Primeaux gave land to build the church and school. He was a talented woodworker, used Cypress

00:40 - Importance of the land to Cajun culture - livelihoods depend on their land;
01:15 - Condition of the land is deteriorating, oil companies responsible for erosion in coastal canals;
02:25 - A study at LSU, concluded that the canals that oil companies dug are responsible for 80% of the coastal erosion;
03:25 - Bubba says that the cleaning chemicals used and vacuuming mud from under offshore drilling platforms is more of "a show" than actually helping clean up the environment;
05:20 - Mentions that not as many locals are working in the oil business;
06:50 - Offshore divers being paid less than in previous years and companies are exploiting new arrivals to the business;
07:45 - Local companies have more experience and knowledge than northern companies when it comes to drilling in the marsh

00:30 - Importance of religion to the Cajun Religion - The Church was the focal point of the community.
01:30 - Education affected the attendance of mass as did the harvest season
04:00 - The priest was the only one that had education when the first settlers arrived; Lawyers would bring documents that were written in French to Father John for translation.

00:30 - Subra Company 4 years old in 1985;
00:55 - Main services of her company - Chemical Analysis, Environmental Services, food chemistry, etc. Funding comes from private industry and some government work;
01:50 - Her company assesses chemical spills on oil rigs and the long-term environmental impacts; They are not a "watchdog."
02:50 - Biggest problems - Potential for surface and ground water contamination, soil contamination;
04:30 - discussing who checks for leaks in casings;
05:00 - Discussing Mr. Landry - a man who had a solid waste disposal site in a marshy area. Moved his site to Big Woods for "home industry" disposal, had no soil borings for 2 years, looking for new sites to dump trash, he was accepting oil field debris/trash. These sites have been contaminated with heavy metals surrounding the dump site. The heavy metals being found are the same used for drilling. Out of state companies dumping on these sites as well;
10:30 - Environmental impacts of these disposal dumps - Groundwater, surface water, soil is all contaminated with Barium, Chromium, Cadmium, Zinc, Arsenic, Mercury;
12:15 - Super Fund investigating spills and clean up areas;
13:15 - In only Vermilion Parish, there are 55 surface disposal sites;
17:30 - Marlow Corporation - They are a commercial saltwater disposal well permitted by the LA Office of Conservation;
20:30 - Discussing the biggest challenges for the Subra Company;
29:00 - Land owner, Leo Fontenot , allowing a company to use a borrow pit for dirt and sand to heavy metal offshore waste. Gulf Coast Pre-Mix dumped in the pit for $7 a load;
30:30 - Possible solutions for dumping - Subra says more money into enforcement to stop allowing dump sites is necessary; Education is important, as well;

00:00 - Grew up near Avery Island, has been at KATC for 3 years. Father was salt miner;
01:30 - Interviewed Jimmy Owens for KATC, featured in Esquire Magazine;
04:40 - Hosts "Acadiana Down Home" on KATC - Reported most of up-beat stories at the time of slower economic times;
06:20 - Younger people started doing a "Cajun Jam" but size of the crowd became so large, they moved to a night club, around Milton, at Mr Sam's Club;
07:30 - Talking about musicians Cedric Benoit, Bois-Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot;
08:50 - Being Cajun becoming popular across the country
12:20 - Agnes says it's a good thing to speak Cajun French out in the open, it helps people to take pride in the area and their culture;