Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performances by Dennis Stroughmatt; The Magnolia Sisters
Dennis Stroughmatt;
Dennis Stroughmatt - Fiddle
Blake Castille - Guitar
Jennifer Stroughmatt - T-fer
Rick Lagneaux - Keyboard
00:01:30 - Untitled song;
00:10:10 - Grand-mère;
00:15:20 - Rich Woods (?);
00:19:58 - Oh père oh mère;
00:25:37 - The Big Rooster;
00:31:30 - La Guillanee;
00:36:10 - Chauffer le pied (?) (La Caroline - Varise Conner);
00:39:55 - Chevalier de la table ronde;
00:44:22 - Mon vieux wagon;
Magnolia Sisters;
Paul "Bird" Edwards - Drums
Jane Vidrine - Guitar
Lisa Trahan - Bass
Ann Savoy - Accordion
Anya Burgess - Fiddle
00:54:29 - Gumbo Zydeco;
00:58:33 - Eunice Two-step;
01:03:10 - The Nightingale;
01:05:08 - Hip et Taïaut;
01:09:22 - J'ai vu Lucille;
01:12:48 - Creole Stomp;
01:17:21 - Pointe Noir Two-step;
01:21:03 - Grand Texas;
01:24:48 - Ma chère 'tite fille;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performance by The Pine Leaf Boys
Pine Leaf Boys;
Cedric Watson - Fiddle
Blake Miller - Bass
Wilson Savoy - Accordion
Drew Simon - Drums
Jean Bertrand - Guitar
00:01:03 - Lawtell Two-step;
00:05:35 - La valse de Belizaire;
00:13:09 - La belle Josette;
00:17:12 - Pardon Waltz;
00:21:33 - Keep Your Hands Off Of It;
00:26:35 - La valse du malchanceux;
00:31:08 - Mardi Gras Song (Boozoo Chavis);
00:36:02 - Je veux plus te voir;
00:40:33 - Mon Coeur Fait Mal (Fifi poncho);
Intermission;
00:56:36 - Madame Young (Colinda);
01:00:40 - La valse du soulard;
01:04:50 - Mamou Two-step;
01:09:43 - Kaplan Waltz (with Coz Fontenot);
01:15:43 - La porte d'en arrière;
01:21:28 - J'ai perdu mon chance;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performances by Jambalaya Cajun Band; Les Amies Louisianaises
Jambalaya Cajun Band;
Al Berard - Guitar
Randy Champagne - Guitar
Terry Huval - Fiddle
Reggie Matte - Accordion
Tony Huval - Drums
Ken David - Bass
Guest Vocalists:
Pope Huval
Laura Huval
Carline Berard
Les Amies Louisianaises;
Janet Aguillard
Jeanette Aguillard
Lisa Aguillard - Keyboard
Donna Suarez
00:01:02 - Joy to the World;
00:04:12 - Little Drummer Boy;
00:08:27 - Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
00:11:32 - Mary Did You Know?
00:15:44 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree;
00:18:20 - La valse cadien de noel;
00:22:37 - Walking in a Winter Wonderland;
00:25:50 - Away in a Manger;
00:30:15 - Saint Nicholas;
00:33:55 - Christmas avec un coeur cassé;
00:39:08 - Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer;
00:42:41 - Please Come Home for Christmas;
00:46:00 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town;
00:48:45 - Oh Holy Night;
00:52:56 - Old Christmas Card;
00:55:42 - Joyeux Noel;
00:58:30 - Christmas song;
01:02:07 - Sur le couverture;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performance by the Old Time Country Show
(No date listed – either December 2006 or January 2007; Audio has a buzzing sound throughout);
Old Time Country Show;
Terry Huval - Steel Guitar and Guitar
Al Berard - Guitar
Ross Shellard - Guitar
Randy Champagne - Guitar
Gina Forsyth - Fiddle
Tony Huval - Drums
Ken David - Bass
Peewee Whitewing - Steel Guitar
Reggie Matte - Accordion
Vocals:
Laura Huval
Hugh Harris
Pope Huval
Helen Boudreaux
D.L. Menard
Megan Berard
Carline Berard
Vin Bruce
Luke Huval
00:00:13 - Why Can't You Be Blue Over Me?;
00:05:11 - Heaven's Just a Sin Away;
00:08:36 - Panhandle Rag;
00:12:43 - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?;
00:16:36 - Deep Water;
00:19:09 - I Don't Love You Anymore;
00:22:34 - Take an Old Cold Tater and Wait;
00:25:54 - Searching;
00:29:24 - Ashes of Love;
00:33:06 - Coat of Many Colors;
00:37:02 - Seven Lonely Days;
00:40:21 - Am I Losing You?;
00:44:02 - I'll Step Aside;
00:47:45 - I've Got Your Picture;
00:52:21 - I Don't Believe You Met My Baby;
00:55:11 - I Love You A Thousand Ways;
00:59:17 - All I Have To Offer You Is Me;
01:03:03 - White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation;
01:06:04 - I Saw the Light;
Intermission;
01:09:22 - Roly Poly;
01:14:00 - Always Late;
01:17:40 - You and Me;
01:23:50 - Slippin' Away;
01:27:20 - I Was Looking Back To See;
01:32:08 - I'll Be Your San Antone Rose;
01:36:58 - Mule Skinner Blues;
01:41:11 - She Thinks I Still Care;
01:49:24 - The Judge Would Not Believe My Story;
01:53:11 - Tomorrow Never Comes;
01:56:05 - I Feel Better All Over;
01:59:59 - Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me?;
02:04:30 - Put Your Sweet Lips Closer to the Phone;
02:08:28 - I Don't Care if Tomorrow Never Comes;
02:13:36 - I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love with You;
02:16:40 - Honky Tonk Blues;
02:20:14 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - An Evening with Hank Williams Sr. ft. Hugh Harris
An Evening with Hank Williams Sr. ft. Hugh Harris;
Hugh Harris - Guitar
Ken David - Fiddle
Gary Newman - Bass
Terry Huval - Steel Guitar
Randy Champagne - Guitar
Kyle Harris - Guitar
00:00:08 - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It;
00:04:39 - On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain;
00:08:20 - We'll Go Honky Tonkin';
00:11:35 - Baby We're Really In Love;
00:14:23 - A House of Gold;
00:17:24 - Move It On Over;
00:22:17 - I Got A Feeling Called the Blues;
00:25:46 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry;
00:29:00 - A House Without Love;
00:32:22 - Long Gone Lonesome Blues;
00:35:22 - Cold, Cold Heart;
00:40:15 - My Son Calls Another Man Daddy;
00:44:23 - Mind Your Own Business;
00:47:24 - Moanin' the Blues;
00:50:23 - You Win Again;
00:53:17 - I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You;
00:56:18 - Hey Good Lookin' What You Got Cookin';
00:59:17 - Jambalaya;
01:03:11 - Honky Tonk Blues;
01:05:29 - Men With Broken Hearts;
01:09:44 - Ramblin' Man;
01:12:54 - I Saw the Light;
01:16:27 - Your Cheatin' Heart;
01:19:08 - Kaw-Liga;
01:23:33 - Take These Chains From My Heart and Set Me Free;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performances by Courtney Granger et ses amies; Feufollet
Hosted by Fred Charlie;
Courtney Granger et ses amies;
Courtney Granger - Fiddle
Blake Miller - Accordion
Rachel Brookhouse - T-fer
Jay Miller - Drums
Drew Simon - Guitar
Yvette Landry - Bass
00:00:35 - Triangle Special;
00:03:25 - Waltz of No Return;
00:07:17 - Grand Nuit Special;
00:11:24 - Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer;
00:16:55 - La valse de Balfa;
00:20:00 - Parlez-nous à boire;
00:25:00 - Tous les soir;
00:30:02 - L'anse aux pailles;
00:33:53 - Dans le coeur de la ville;
00:38:55 - Bosco Stomp;
Feufollet;
Chris Segura - Fiddle
Chris Stafford - Accordion
Drew Simon - Drums
Anna-Laura Edminston - Guitar
Yvette Landry - Bass
00:48:45 - Mamou Two-step;
00:53:02 - Grand Mallet;
00:58:28 - Chère bébé creole;
01:03:25 - Allons boire un coup;
01:08:00 - Blues de dix ans;
01:12:27 - Jongle à moi;
01:17:06 - Les veuves de la coulée;
01:22:05 - La valse d'Eunice;
Rendez-vous des Cajuns - Performances by Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band; Howard Noel Jr. & Cajun Boogie
(Fuzzy audio)
Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band;
Corey Ledet - Accordion
Dion Pierre - Bass
Danny Earhart - Guitar
Guitar Gabriel Jr. - Guitar
Jay Prejean - Drums
Greg Potier - Scrub Board
00:01:08 - Mom Sue;
00:08:23 - La valse de la campagne;
00:14:25 - Boudin Man;
00:18:33 - Jolie blonde;
00:23:56 - Lucille;
00:28:55 - Corey's Blues Shuffle;
00:35:08 - Walking to New Orleans;
00:40:35 - Eunice Two-step;
Howard Noel Jr. and Cajun Boogie;
Howard Noel Jr. - Drums
Matthew Cormier - Fiddle
Buddy Meyers - Bass
Danny Brasseaux - Accordion
Ulysse Poirrier - Steel Guitar
00:50:35 - Hicks Wagon Wheel Special;
00:54:46 - La valse d'Arnaudville;
00:58:53 - Lucille;
01:03:00 - La nouvelle chère cherie;
01:09:30 - Une grosse erreur;
01:14:47 - J'aimerais te pardonner;
01:19:32 - Quand j'étais pauvre;
01:23:16 - Marier avec une en amour avec une autre;
Performances by Wilbur Shaw, Mr. Bornu, Breaux Brothers Cajun Band, Elita Hoffpauir, Sam Stafford
[AFS-11 A side]
Wilbur Shaw, 1934, New Iberia:
'Dego' / 'Zydeco Sont Pas Salés' - juré
[AFS-11 B side] (00:03:30)
Mr. Bornu:
Instrumental-fiddle & guitar (blend French/Anglo); Cowboys Song - English w/ fiddle
'The Old Chisolm Trail'; 'Belle'
[AFS-12 single faced disk] (00:08:35)
Acadia Parish:
'Poupée donne à ton nègre'; 'Like An Honest Girl Do'
[AFS-13 single faced disk] (00:11:50)
Breaux Brothers Cajun Band; Crowley, LA:
'Let Me be Your Little Dog Mamma'
[AFS-14 A side] (00:15:00)
Elita Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia:
Là-bas sur ces montagnes; Je caresserai la belle; Au long de ce rivage; Address;
[AFS-14 B side] (00:21:45)
Elita Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia
'Au long de ce rivage'
[AFS-15 A side] (00:27:10)
Sam Stafford, Crowley, LA:
'There was a Rich Old Farmer'; 'Charlie Was a Nice Young Man'; 'Skip to My Lou'
Performances by Jesse and Sam Stafford, Hippolyte Dupont, Wayne Perry
Samuel Stafford, 6/1934, Crowley, LA :
Background info on Stafford
[AFS-15 B side]
'There Was a Rich Old Farmer'
[AFS-16 A side] (00:03:50)
Hippolyte Dupont; Kaplan, LA:
'Le petit mari'; Cadet Roussell; 'Sans souci' (nightwatchman); 'Le petit mari'; Background on Dupont
[AFS-16 B] (00:09:34)
Cher Willie; Braves gens militaires
[AFS-17 single faced disc] (00:15:58)
Jesse Stafford/Samuel Stafford; Crowley, 6/6/1934
Trois jolis tambours (La fille du roi)
Jesse Stafford, 6/9/1934, Crowley
Je m'endors
[AFS-20 single faced disk]; (00:22:15)
Wayne Perry; Indian Bayou, LA
Sitting on Top of the World; Chicken Cacklin; Old Time Creole Blues
[AFS-21 A side] (00:28:33)
Old Joe Clark; Sally Goodin
Musical Performances by Wayne Perry, Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier et al, Lawrence Cormier, Cletus Mire
Wayne Perry 6/1934:
'Weevily Wheat'; 'Chickens Crowin' (Sourwood Mountain)
[AFS-21-B side] (00:03:04)
Cajun Waltz; Waltz; Blues
[AFS 24-A Side]; (00:08:50)
Eraste Vidrine, Hoseau Phillips, Hart Perrodin; LSU:
'Baiolle'; 'Depuis l’âge de quinze ans'; 'Grand Basile'
'La baquille'
[AFS-24 B-side] (00:14:03)
'J’ai passé devant ta porte'
Willis Ducrest; LSU student from St. Martinville:
Criminelle; discussion
[AFS-25 Single Faced Disc] (00:17:28)
Lawrence Cormier and Cletus Mire; Coulée Croche, LA:
'When A Woman Gets the Blues'; July 1934
'Eh, m'en aller' (Recorded at a Cajun Wedding) 1935
[AFS-26 A-side] (00:23:00)
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier, 6/29/1934, Erath, LA:
'S'il fait valliant'; background
Fenelon Brasseaux:
'Je me suis marié'
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux and Isaac Sonnier:
'Trinquons'
[AFS-26 B side] (00:28:30)
Chanson des Savoy
Ballads performed by Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Lanese Vincent, Sidney Richard, Luke Hebert
Fenelus Sonnier 6/19/1934, Erath, LA:
Discussion; La Chanson de Théogene Dubois; Discussion
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier:
'Paysan', 'donne-moi ta fille'
[AFS-27 A side]
Lanese Vincent, Sindey Richard Kaplan, LA:
'J'ai parti au long du bois'; Discussion
[AFS-27 B side]
'J’ai marié un ouvrier'; discussion
'O, rossignol sauvage'; discussion; 'Le fille de quinze ans'
[AFS-28 B side] (00:17:07)
'Madame Gaien était promenant'; 'Je m’ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-29 A side]
Luke Hebert; 6/28/1934; New Iberia:
'C’est lamour qui m’a séduit le cœur'
[AFS-29 B side] (00:26:08)
Luke Hebert:
'À boire'; 'Adieu', 'mes vingt ans'
Ballads performed by Mrs. Sansey Bonnet, Elita, Mary, Ella and Julien Hoffpauir
Mrs. Sansey Bonnet; Crowley, LA:
[AFS-30 A side]
'La fille de quatorze ans'; 'Jolie brune'
[AFS-30 B side]; (00:01:50)
'Grand Dieu, que je suis à mon aise'; 'Si j’aurais des ailes'; 'La belle qui est endormie'; Discussion
[AFS-31 A side] (00:08:40)
Elita, Mary, and Ella Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia:
'Six ans sur mer'; 'Les clefs de la prison'
[AFS-31 B side] (00:14:40
'Papier d’épingles'; 'Si j’aurais les souliers'; 'J’ai vu Lucille'; 'Le plus jeune des trois'; 'Un matin j’étais sur ma galerie'; Discussion
Ballads performed by Julien Hoffpauir and Luneda Comeaux
Julien Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA:
'Une jeune fille de quatorze ans'; 'Je m’ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-33 A side] (00:05:12)
Luneda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA; 1934:
'La belle, je suis venu'; 'La belle s’en va'; 'Un de ces grand matins'
[AFS-33 B side] (00:11:23)
Luneda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA; 1934:
'Charmant Billie'; 'Je me suis marié'; 'La Sainte-Catherine'; 'Dans le village' (spoken)
[AFS-34 A side] (00:17:44)
Luneda Comeaux (continued):
'Je suis né en automne'; 'Je suis la délaisée'; 'Le beau galant'; Joe Feraille; Madam Fardeuil
[AFS-34 B side] (00:23:10)
Luneda Comeaux (continued):
'Faire le tour, we danced all night'; 'Asseyez-vous dessus la terre'; 'Auparavant de s’en aller'
Anonymous person whistling
'St. Louis Blues'
Ballads performed by Davoust Bérard, Alfred Granger, Fernest Boutte, Henry Decuir, Elita Hoffpauir
[AFS-35 B side]
Davoust Bérard; New Iberia La; June 29, 2007:
'La fête printanière'
Alfred Granger:
'L'amour et fanatisme'
[AFS-35 B side]
Davoust Bérard:
'Les amours et les beaux jours'
Fernest Boutte, Alfred Granger, Davoust Bérard:
'Viens belle nuit'
[AFS-36 A Side] (00:11:43)
Davoust Bérard:
'Mes amis, je suis gris'
'J’ai pris encore à boire pour me chauffer'
Alfred Granger:
'Je tiens ma bouteille'
[AFS-37 A side] (00:17:20)
Elita Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA; September 11, 1934
'Tout un beau soir'
Julien Hoffpauir (00:19:50)
'Au pont de Nantes'
[AFS-37 B side] (00:23:33)
'Je te bénis ma fille'; 'Mademoiselle Emélie'
Ballads performed by Julian and Elita Hoffpauir, Musical performance by the Segura Brothers, Unknown
[AFS 38-A side]
Julien Hoffpauir, New Iberia:
'La caille et la perdrix'; 'Il faut hisser ces voiles'
[AFS-38 B side] (00:06:50)
Elita Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA:
'Dans mon chemin rencontrent trois garçons allemands'; 'Ouvre la porte'
[AFS-39 A side] (00:11:55)
Unknown man:
'J’ai fait mon serment'
[AFS-39 B side]
cuts from radio
Bess Lomax Hawes:
'I Hate Myself For Being So Mean to You'
Alan Lomax; Austin, Texas:
'When I Was a Cowboy'; 'Done Told Me They’d Pardon Me'
[AFS-40 single faced disk]
Segura Brothers; New Iberia, LA; June 22, 1934:
'Jolie blonde'; 'Viens donc t'assis sur la croix de ma tombe'
[AFS-41 A side]; June 16, 1934 (00:25:00)
Evangeline Band of St. Martinville:
Acadian Air #1; Acadian Air #2
Ballads performed by Henry DeCuir, Delmar Hébert, Joe Segura; Didier Hébert; Juré by Jimmy Peters and Singers
[AFS-41 B side]
Henry DeCuir, Delmar Hébert; 6/29/1934, New Iberia:
Instrumental-clarinet (or soprano saxophone) and fiddle
Rory O'Moore; Old Colonial Waltz
Hébert Family Band;
Instrumental (waltz) -clarinet (or soprano saxophone) fiddle accompanied by Héebert's children-descendents of the original Acadian settlers in Louisiana, specialize in old colonial music of Louisiana
-musicians claim that the tune is the first waltz introduced to Louisiana under French dominion
[AFS-42 A side] (00:04:30)
Joe Segura; Delcambre, LA; June 22, 1934:
'Adieu Marguerite'
Didier Hébert (00:08:10)
'C’est bien le mois d’avril'; ballads
[AFS-42 B side]
Joe Segura:
'Aux Illinois'; 'Le pays des étrangers'; 'J'ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-43 A side]
'Les filles à Albert Moreau'; Joe Feraille
[AFS-43 B side] (00:22:40)
'Un té pas gain de l'air'
[AFS-79 A side] (00:26:48)
Jimmy Peters and French Black Ring Dancers; Jennings, LA:
'Z’haricots sont pas salés'; 'Rock Away'
Jurés and ballads performed by Jimmy Peters, Joseph Jones, Joe Massey, Cleveland Benoit, Mighty Darby Hicks
Jimmy Peters; Jennings, LA; June 1934
Hier après-midi le chat a tué Fido;
[AFS-79 B side] (00:01:50)
Jimmy Peters
S'en aller chez Moreau; Je veux me marier;
[AFS-80 single faced disk] (00:07:30);
Joseph Jones; Jennings, LA; August, 1934
Blues de la prison;
[AFS-81 A side] (00:13:14)
Cleveland Benoit and “Mighty” Darby Hicks; Jennings, LA; August 1, 1934
Là-bas chez Moreau
[AFS-81 B side] (00:18:19)
Joseph Jones;
Me joindre là-bas à la maison
[AFS-82 A side] ((00:22:20)
Joe Massey; St. Martinville; St. John’s Plantation
Mo Malheureux / Si li lé bat; Mo Malade; Li pas connais
Musical performances by Joe Massey, Oakdale Carrière, Lunéda Comeaux and Paul Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte
[AFS-82 B side]
Joe Massey; St. Martinville, LA; St. John's Plantation:
'La jalousie c'est l'imagination'; 'Un coup de bâton'
[AFS-83 A side]
Oakdale Carrière; Angola, LA 7/1/1934: (00:06:23)
'O chère 'tite fille'; 'Perrodin two-step'; 'Catin, prie donc pour ton nègre'
[AFS-83 B side]
Lunéda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA: (00:12:52)
'Laissez-moi'
[AFS-85 A side]
Paul Malveaux, Ernest Lafitte; August 2, 1934; Jennings, LA:
'Bonsoir'; 'bonsoir 'tit monde'; 'M'a j'été dehors'
[AFS-85 B side]
'Bonsoir, petit monde'; 'Tous les samedis'
Musical performances by Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown, Angelle Pitre, Edwin L. Stevens, Ellis Evans, Jimmy Lewis, Cécile Audebert, Amélie Alexander
[AFS-111 A side]
Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown, Sampson Brown; Jennings, LA. May 1934:
'Feel Like Dying in His Army'
[AFS-111 B side] (00:05:30)
Angelle Pitre; Lake Arthur, LA:
'Bonsoir'; 'Et la remplir, Mariez-vous donc'; 'Mariée vous danse'
[AFS-112 A side]
Edwin L. Stevens (Former President of ULL) Lafayette, LA; June 13, 1934
'Crossing Jordan'; 'We're all gwine down to Jordan'; 'Là-bas dans Carencro'
[AFS-112 B side] (00:15:00)
Religious chant - Texas [He rose from the dead]
[AFS-113 single faced disk] (00:16:45)
Ellis Evans [harmonica], Jimmy Lewis [washboard] Loyd, LA:
'When I leave you baby'; Harmonica instrumental - 'Fais do do'
[889 A1,2,3] (00:23:30)
Cécile Audebert; New Orleans, LA 1937:
'Danse la Counjoille'
Amélie Alexander:
'Le roi détrôné'; 'I have no home'
Ballads sung by members of the Lafont Old Folks Home in New Orleans / Wood Cutting Songs
[889 B-1,2,3]
Ernestine LaBowe; New Orleans, LA; April 3, 1937:
'Fais do do ma fille' ('Crali da Calalou')
Amélie Alexandre:
'Crali da Calalou'
Alcide Louise:
'Cisseaux'
Ernestine LeBowe:
'Je suis un enfant gâté'; 'Fais do do Colin, mon petit frère'
[890 A1,2,3,4] (00:05:20)
Valentine Allain and Amélie Alexander; March 4, 1937:
'Ora ridel'
Wallace H Brooks:
'Trois pis caillon' (vendors' song)
[890 B 1,2,3] (00:09:55)
'Ice cream vendors' song'; 'Until I Reach My Home'
[891 A1] (00:14:58)
'Until I Reach My Home'
[891 A2] (00:17:45
Amélie Alexander, Valentine Alain and William Brooks:
'Cala Street Vendors Cry'
[891 B1,2,3]
Albertine Alexis:
'Allez-vous à la messe'; 'Madame Boco'; 'Dansez Codine'
[892 A]
Wood Cutting Songs by African-American Vocal Group; Hartman, Mississippi; March 8, 1937:
'O Rosie'
Musical Performances by Albertine Alexis, Ray Wood, et. al
892 B1 and 2
Hartman, MS
African American Work Songs
893 A1,2,3,4,5,6
Albertine Alexis; New Orleans, LA:
'Danser Colinda'; 'Les petits bateaux'
Ray Wood; New Orleans, LA:
'Eat When I'm Hungry'; 'Dog Tick and Tobacco Worm'; 'Green Gavel'; 'Did You Ever See the Devil'
893 B1,2,3
'Possum Up a Gum Stump'; 'Josephus'; 'Green Corn'
939 A1,2
Luise Henson; San Antonio, TX:
'Roll on Buddy'
Marie Rogers, New Orleans, LA:
'Arrive Bertrand'
939 B1,2,3
'Mon cher cousin'; 'Suzette'; 'Belle femme'; 'Fais do do, Minette'; 'Madame Caba'
Valentine Allain; March 4, 1937; New Orleans, LA:
'Je suis chrétien'
Musical performances
[3133 B1,2]
'Z'amours Marianne'; 'La Sainte-Catherine'
[3134 A1,2]
'La Sainte-Catherine'; 'Ma'm'selle Zizi'
[3134 B1,2]
'Pauv ti hele'; 'Mister Banjo'
[3990 A1,2,3,4)
Blues recordings from Texas
Musial Performance by Joe Harris and Kid White/ Noel Lebeau
Joe Harris (Mandolin) and Kid White (Guitar); October 10, 1940; Texas:
'When I get to Texas'; 'T'es pas là'; Childhood in New Iberia
[3991 A1,2,3,4,5]
'Ain't Nobody's Business'; 'Black Monday Blues'; 'Lookin' For That Bully'; Instrumental; 'In My Troubled Mind'
[2991 B1,2,3,4,]
Noel Lebeau, October 10,1940; Shreveport, LA:
'Camarade'; 'Trois Cadiens'; 'Mon esperance d'aller'; 'S'il faut mourir'; 'Camarade'; 'Trois Cadiens'; 'Come Along Sue'
Field video on various subjects - Footage from Festivals Acadiens
1. Tape 261 - Philadelphia Street Dance #1
2. Tape 261 - Philadelphia Street Dance #2
-Interview with Elston Gillford and Lee Ellen Freeland on Ogden St. in Philadelphia
-Creating and teaching dances; demonstration of different steps, group demonstration with music
3. Tape 262 - Cush-Cush
-La valse des grands chemins
-Jolie bassette / Eunice Two Step
-La valse criminelle
-Les flammes d'enfer
4. Tape 263 - Michael Doucet and Canray Fontenot
-L'anse aux pailles
-Les barres de la prison
-Bernadette
-Evangeline Special
-Jolie catin
5. Tape 264 - Canray Fontenot at Festivals Acadiens
-Two instrumental tunes with David Doucet
-Workshop with Dewey Balfa, Robert Jardell, Canray Fontenot, Bois Sec Ardoin, David and Michael Doucet
-Dewey Demonstrating the "Cajun sound"
-J'ai passé devant ta porte
6. Tape 264 - Pottery
7. Tape 265 - Craft Show
Fishing net weaving, rugs, chair maker
8. Tape 265 - Wooden Games
Food segment - Grilled oysters, Amberjack fish
Various videos from Festivals Acadiens - Interviews with Craftspeople, Performances by Cush Cush and the Scott Orchestra
Footage from Festival - Sausage po-boys, wooden toys
1. Tape 266 - Interviews with Chitimacha Indians and women weaving baskets (festival)
-Interview with Adner Ortego - local fiddle maker and player (00:12:30)
-Cher bébé créole (00:15:25)
2. Tape 267 - Cush Cush (festival) - Errol Verret, Ward Lormand, Ray Brasseur, Robert Leblanc, Lynn Harrington - Lacassine Special
3. Tape 268 - Scott Orchestra (festival) - Walter Mouton, Dick Richard, Keith Richard, Emory Leger, Chuck Broussard
-Jolie blonde (00:25:39)
-L'anse aux pailles
-Waltz
-Triangle Club Special
-Saturday Night Special
-Chère tout tout (00:44:00)
-La valse à Mom
-Les flammes d'enfer
Random footage from around the festival
4. Tape 269 - Rockin' Dopsie and the Twisters (01:01:42)
-Dewey Balfa sitting in with the band
-J'ai passé devant ta porte
-Grand Mamou
-Baby please don't go
-Instrumental
5. Tape 270 - 1755 (festival)
-Devil's Dream (01:25:53)
-Il y a beaucoup de monde
-La gang arrive
6. Tape 271 - A brief Interview - no sound
7. Tape 271 - Rêve du diable Jam session footage
Various video subjects
1. Tape 272 - Rêve du Diable - multiple reels on accordion and fiddle
-Tymeurs de la baie
-Instrumental (00:08:45)
-Polka d'Évangéline (00:12:40)
-Bienvenue en Claire (00:16:41)
-Bienvenue en Claire Take 2
2. Tape 273 - Michif Indians from North Dakota (00:24:00)
-Instrumental fiddle tunes (00:28:35)
-Diggy Liggy La (00:30:44)
-Step dancing (00:39:00)
-Spanish eyes (00:47:53)
3. Tape 274 - Charlie and Jim Pashia - From Old Mines, Missouri
-Red River Jig - Tennessee Wagon (00:52:11)
-Missouri Waltz
-Today I Started Loving You Again (00:59:30)
-Instrumental with step dancing (01:04:45)
-bluesy tune
-waltz (01:13:1)
-tap dancing
4. Tape 277 - Fiddle Jam with several of the musicians from different groups
-Instrumentals (01:17:55)
-Over the Waves (01:28:00)
-Keep Rollin' On
-St. Anne's Reel (01:33:50)
-Chicken Reel
Field video on various subjects - Footage from Festivals Acadiens
1. Tape 278 - Sunday Festival - Footage of musicians and dancers
-J'ai passé devant ta porte
-Mamou Hot Step
-Haitian Dancers - Halleluah (00:03:53)
-Interviews and footage of people in the crowd (00:07:00)
2. Tape 278 - Sunday Festival 23
-Michif Indians and Dancers
-Diggy Liggy La (00:09:25)
-Instrumental with tap dancing (00:10:37)
3. Tape 280 - End of Festival
4. Tape 281 - Dennis McGee - Dedication of Festivals Acadiens 1982 to Dennis (00:18:40)
-Reel des Frugé (00:19:07)
-Jolie blonde
-Allons à Lafayette (00:22:55)
-Chèr bébé créole
-Reel des Deshotel (00:26:50)
-Adieu Rosa (00:27:55)
-Rêve du diable song clips (00:32:26)
Balfa Brothers Band:
-J'ai été au bal - Robert Jardell singing (00:41:35)
-Honoring Dennis McGee at USL football game (with Sady Courville, Michael Doucet, Preston Manuel) (00:43:58)
-Cher bébé créole (00:45:10)
-Adieu Rosa
5. Tape 282 - Ardoin BBQ Basile, LA- Talking with people at the BBQ (00:50:00)
6. Tape 283 - Bois Sec
7. Tape 284 - Bois Sec
Jam with Canray, Bois Sec, and Freeman Fontenot:
-Song fragments
-Fi Fi Poncho (01:05:55)
-J'ai été au bal
-Dixieland
-Les barres de la prison (01:18:30)
-Garde ici et garde là-bas
-Fais pas tout ça (01:23:50)
-La valse à Canray
-Eunice Two Step
-Lovebridge Waltz (01:33:25)
-Crowley Two Step
Performance by Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Footage from Ardoin Family Barbeque
1. Tape 285 - Fontenot 1 - Bois Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Freeman Fontenot
-La valse de dimanche après-midi
-Bois Sec and Canray talking about Amédé Ardoin's career and how he died
2. Tape 285 and 286 - Fontenot 2 - Bois Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Freeman Fontenot
-La coulée rodaire (00:15:46)
-J'ai personne dans le pays pour m'aimer
-La Pointe aux Pins
-Waltz
3. Tape 287 - Ardoin Family BBQ
-Conversation with Freeman Fontenot and his wife (00:36:20)
-Random footage from BBQ (00:40:36)
4. Tape 288 and 289 - Dance at Basile Hall - Morris Ardoin, Eddie Poulard
-Lacassine Special (00:53:45)
-Fais do do bébé
-Joe Pitre
-Why you wanna make me cry
-Jambalaya
-Waltz
-Quoi faire
Performance by Ardoin Family band with Canray Fontenot; Footage of Jousting at Cotton Festival
1. Tape 290, 291, 292 - Ardoin show - Canray Fontenot joins the band
-Jongle à moi
-Mardi Gras
-Joe Pitre (00:10:50)
-Allons Danser
-Fi Fi Poncho
-La valse à dimanche après-midi (00:26:18)
-Moi, je suis gone
-Jongle à Moi
2. Tape 293 - Jousting at the Cotton Festival - video footage of the jousters
-Rider talking about the Tournoi (00:38:00)
-Talking about how the wind affects riders' performance
-Footage from the tournament
Performances at the Smithsonian Folk Festival by the Lawtell Playboys, Michael Doucet, Canray Fontenot, Felix and Sterling Richard; Various French Musicians
1. Tape 852 - French Tapes
2. Tape 852 - Alice Brochet - J'ai connu la rose (00:02:00)
3. Tape 852 - Alice Brochet - Le plaisir d'être à table
-Footage of dancing, music and food at an Smithsonian Folk Festival
4. Tape 853 - Zydeco - Lawtell Playboys
-Allons à Lafayette played in background (00:14:00)
-La pistache à Tante Na Na
-Lemonade Song (0019:07)
-Tante Na Na (00:21:52)
-Fi Fi Poncho
-La coulée rodaire
-Ils ont tous demandé pour toi
-Short Interview with Delton Broussard and Calvin Carrière (00:34:15)
-Introduction to John Wright, a British musicologist who put together a presentation to show the connection between France and French music in America (00:35:10)
5. Tape 854 - Max Rambaud "Avant Quatre"
6. Tape 854 - Simon St. Pierre (00:42:20)
7. Tape 854 - Max Rembaud - "Pas d'été"
8. Tape 854 - Michael Doucet - Soldier's Joy (00:46:12)
-Canray Fontenot (00:51:50)
9. Tape 855 - Scottish fiddle tune (00:53:25)
10. Tape 855 - Madame et Monsieur Bublin - Traditional French Dances (00:56:50)
11. Tape 855 - Alice Brochet - Si tu vas voir les filles par amitié (01:03:25)
12. Tape 856 - Jean Pons and Joseph Rhois - various tunes on accordion and bagpipes (01:10:30)
-Michael Doucet - Danse Carré (01:19:25)
13. Tape 856 - Felix and Sterling Richard
-Acadian two step (01:24:32)
-La valse criminelle
Performances by Jean Pons and Joseph Rhois, Michael Doucet, David Doucet, Errol Verret, Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin, Felix and Sterling Richard, Joseph Perrier, Simon St. Pierre
Jean Pons and Joseph Rhois - various tunes on accordion and bagpipes
Michael Doucet, David Doucet, Errol Verret - Danse Carré (00:05:30)
Felix and Sterling Richard, Gerald Cormier:
-Acadian Two Step (00:10:40)
-La valse criminelle (00:12:30)
Simon St. Pierre playing an unnamed tune (00:16:30)
-Saint Anne's Reel (00:18:25)
Canray Fontenot:
-Unnamed waltz
-Unnamed reel (00:24:10)
-La danse de la misère
Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin:
-Jongle à moi (00:28:30)
-Bonsoir Moreau
-La valse des grands chemins (00:36:50)
Joseph Perrier - Fiddler from Cantal (00:39:40)
-Instrumental waltz and reel
Simon St. Pierre:
-instrumental tune
-talking about receiving the National Heritage Award
-Footage of Marquise de Lafayette statue and footage of a protest in front of the White House
-Talking, playing songs, and step dancing with Simon St. Pierre in Lafayette Park
-Hard Times in the Province (01:11:30)
Interviews and Performances - Canray Fontenot, Dennis McGee, Native American man playing flute and drum
Arizona:
-Unidentified Native American man talking about holding onto their tribe's land
-Unidentified Native American man playing a drum and flute (00:03:35)
Canray Fontenot - Interview:
-Alan Lomax segment introduction (00:06:00)
-Canray talking about how he was raised; talking about his dad's accordion
-Alan Lomax talking about his first trip to Louisiana when he was 17 (00:12:30)
-Talking about Amédé Ardoin (00:14:15)
-Canray says his dad (Adam Fontenot) was a better accordion player than Amédé
-Adam said a full-time musician shouldn't raise a family (00:15:30)
-Canray talks about buying a harmonica when he was young - his parents' reactions (00:19:30)
-Danse de la misère fragment on fiddle (00:23:20)
-Canray plays Danse de la misère on harmonica (00:24:00)
-Leo Soileau played with Adam (00:26:45)
-Louisiana Blues (00:27:30)
-Canray talking about how songs were named in the old days (00:28:40)
-Lovebridge Waltz and two step version (00:29:30)
-Les barres de la prison (00:31:35)
-La coulée rodaire - Amédé called it the "Traveler's Blues" (00:36:40)
-More discussion about Amédé Ardoin (00:39:00)
-Story about learning "Bee de la manche" from his grandfather (00:45:25)
-Bee de la manche - two versions (00:46:25)
-Footage of Canray moving grass seed and animal feed (00:49:50)
Interview with Dennis McGee (01:05:15)
-Dennis talking about early house dances, the square dance, and plays a song that went with the square dance (01:10:10)
-Talking more about the early dances (01:12:30)
-Stories about his ex-wives (01:15:30)
-La valse à Pop (01:18:40)
-La valse à Katheline
Interview with Dennis McGee, Live Performance by Octa Clark
1. Tape 1305 and 1306 - Interview with Dennis McGee
-Stories about his parents and how he started playing the violin
-Tous les deux pour la même (00:03:24)
-Amédé Ardoin (00:08:00)
-Madame Young (00:11:05)
-Cher bébé créole (00:14:00)
-Learning to play violin, family members who played violin
-Incomplete waltz
-More stories about Amédé Ardoin (00:20:00)
-Eunice Two Step (00:23:00)
-Adieu Rosa (00:29:25)
-"Dean of Cajun Music" Award
-Dennis's family lineage - Grandma had Cherokee Indian in her family (00:38:40)
2. Tape 1307- Louisiana Landscape Footage B-roll (No sound) (00:43:00)
3. Tape 1308 and 1309 - Octa Clarke's Orchestra
-Bosco Stomp (00:58:05)
-Jolie blonde (01:05:30)
-Instrumental (01:08:35)
-Acadian Two Step (01:14:50)
-Chère Alyce (01:18:10)
-Hathaway Two Step
-Evangeline Waltz (01:29:15)
-Keep Your Hands Off Of It
Live Performance and Interview by Hector Duhon and Octa Clark
1. Tapes 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313 - Octa Clarke
-Grand Mamou
-La valse de chagrin
-Hathaway Two Step
-B.O. Sparkle Waltz
-Catch My Hat (00:08:40)
Interview with Octa Clarke and Hector Duhon:
-La danse du mariage - Old style wedding dance
-Hector talking about learning to play the fiddle, making a cigar box fiddle (00:15:15)
-First amplifiers (00:17:00)
-Dances in the old days - instrumentation, addition of steel guitar, house dances (00:17:40)
-Fights at dances in the Marais Bouleur (00:19:15)
-Songs Octa wrote - Dixie Rambler Special, Back of Town Two Step, Freight Train Blues, Black Top Blues, Duson Breakdown, Lafayette Breakdown, etc (00:24:20)
-Discussing songs and lyrics
-growing up and learning to play music (00:30:50)
-Octa and Hector's musical chemistry from playing together for so long
-Reasons for singing loud and in a high register (00:35:00)
-Amédé Ardoin (00:44:20)
-Talking about their parents - music in their families; (00:45:50)
-Conversation about dreams (00:56:10)
-Octa talking about how rough his father was when he was young
-Being forced to speak English in school (01:06:20)
2. Tape 1314 and 1315 - Grand Coteau, LA - Exterior of houses, graveyard footage (01:10:10)
Footage from Fred's Lounge; Interview with Carl Brasseaux
1. Tape 1316 - Fred's Lounge in Mamou
-Footage of the prairies approaching Mamou
-Footage of the town (00:08:00)
-Storytelling at Fred's Lounge - Pascal riding his bicycle on the power lines (00:12:08)
2. Tape 1317, 1318, 1319 - Interview with Carl Brasseaux
-Ranching and farming techniques of the Acadian settlers in Louisiana (00:20:30)
-Local Native American tribes teaching the Acadians seasonal methods - hunting parties, trapping, farming, fishing, harvesting (00:24:20)
-Hardships caused by climate differences between Nova Scotia and Louisiana - Corn and cotton becoming principal crops (00:27:00)
-Melding with other cultures in south Louisiana - Okra (00:28:00)
-Work ethics of Acadian descendents Lomax and Brasseaux discussing Acadian history
-Historical definition of Creoles (00:31:45)
-Large scale migration of Acadian settlers to Terrebonne and more southern parishes
-White "prairie" Creoles (Ville Platte area) - Descendants of French Soldiers who were stationed at Fort Toulouse in Montgomery, AL (00:34:20)
-Isolation by geographical features of Acadian society once they arrived in Louisiana - Atchafalaya Swamp, prairies, coastal marshes (00:40:30)
-Lomax speaking about the history of French heritage in Louisiana (00:47:00)
-Carl Brasseaux speaking about historical documents that give some information about Louisiana settlers
-found in Madrid, French National Archives, Canada, East Coast, Mexican National Archives
-Self-sufficiency and distinctive identity of Acadian people (00:56:56)
-Acadians refusing to take an unconditional oath of allegiance to England (00:59:00)
-Expulsion of the Acadians from the colony (01:02:00)
-Acadian resistance movement Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard (01:03:00)
-Acadians arrival into Louisiana (01:07:00)
3. Tape 1320 - Fred's Tall Tales (01:07:35)
-Pascal Goes to the Moon (01:14:40)
-Fishing stories (01:21:00)
-Creation of Pascal from the stories (01:24:40)
Storytelling at Fred's Lounge and Live Performance by Robert Jardell and Dewey Balfa
1. Tape 1321 - Fred's Tall Tales
-Storytelling
-Talking about being punished for speaking French (00:09:20)
-Cultural and language dialect differences between Acadiana Parishes (00:13:35)
-Footage of downtown Mamou (00:20:00)
2. Tape 1322 - The Hut 1
Robert Jardell, Dewey Balfa, Tony Balfa:
-Flames of Hell (00:23:08)
-Ti Maurice
-La valse criminelle (00:33:33)
-Les veuves de la coulée
-La valse d'orphelin (00:45:30)
-Pine Grove Blues
-La valse des Chéroquis (00:59:40)
-La valse de Balfa
-Les haricots sont pas salés (Two versions)
-La valse d'anniversaire (01:21:25)
-Hip et Taieau
-La valse de famille
-La valse des grands chemin
3. Tape 1323 - The Hut 2
4. Tape 1324 - The Hut 3
5. Tape 1325 - The Hut 4
Live Performances by Robert Jardell and Dewey Balfa, Video of Radio Broadcast at Fred's Lounge
1. Tape 1326-1328 - The Hut 5,6, and 7
Robert Jardell and Dewey Balfa:
-'Tit galop pour Mamou'
-'Broken Hearted Waltz'
-'La valse des Mèches'
-'La valse de Grand Bois'
-'French Blues' (00:17:09)
-'T'es petite et t'es mignonne' (00:30:10)
-'Eunice Two Step'
-'Jolie Catin'
-'My True Love' (00:48:00)
-'Les barres de la prison' (00:53:00)
2. Tapes 1329-1330 - Fred's Broadcast 1-3 (01:00:00)
-Interview with Roy Fontenot and Preston Manuel
-Footage of set-up
-Revon Reed's radio introduction
Musicians - Jack Legé, Roy Fontenot, Sady Courville, Preston Manual
-Revon Reed's radio introduction
-'Tous les soirs' (01:25:40)
-'Lacassine Special' (01:32:55)
-'La valse des Chéroquis' (01:38:20)
Fred's Broadcast - Live Performance, Interview with Revon Reed, Footage of Horse Races
1. Tape 1331-1334 - Fred's Broadcast 4-10
-Musicians - Jack Leger, Roy Fontenot, Sady Courville, Preston Manual, Eric Chapman
-No Name Two Step
-advertisements
-'Kaplan Waltz' (00:09:07)
-'Les traces de mon bogué'
-'Jolie blonde'
-'Hick's Wagon Wheel Special'
-'Chère tout tout' (00:22:35)
-'Les flammes d'enfer'
-'Waltz'
-'J'ai été au bal' (00:35:50)
-'J'ai passé devant ta porte'
-'Fi Fi Poncho'
-'Jolie blonde' - End of broadcast
Interview with Revon Reed:
-French language in Louisiana, Meaning of "Lâche pas la patate", economy in southwest Louisiana (00:55:20)
-'Jolie blonde' (01:05:50)
-'La valse criminelle'
-'Quoi faire' ('Blue Goose Special')
-'Lovebridge Waltz'
2. Tape 1335 - Horse Races (01:26:30)
-Interview with Clement Hebert
Footage of Horse Races and Track, Performance by Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin, Interview with Bois Sec Ardoin and his wife
1. Tapes 1336 -1338 - Horse Races 2-6
-Selling watermelons on the racetrack
-footage of horse workout (00:03:00)
-announcer explaining the betting process (00:04:45)
-Race, workout, and betting footage
-Recipe for boudin, rice dressing, butchering hogs (00:22:18)
-Additional race, workout, and betting footage (00:26:30)
-Prepping horses for race (00:34:40)
-Race footage (00:40:20)
2. Tape 1339-1340 - Ardoin Dance Hall 1-3 - Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot
-Mardi Gras song (00:41:05)
-'Trinquez, Trinquez' - explanation of lyrics (00:47:40)
-'La table ronde' (00:49:45)
-'Bonjour, bonne année'
-'Eunice Two Step'
-'Fais pas tout ca'
Conversation with Bois Sec and his wife (01:04:45)
-Learning how to play the accordion
-House dances
-Amédé Ardoin
-'La coulée rodaire' (01:12:55)
-Talking to Ms. Ardoin about picking cotton, cutting wood when she was younger
Interviews with Bois Sec Ardoin; August Goodly, Felix Richard and Barry Ancelet, et al.
Interviews with Bois Sec Ardoin et al:
0:00 - Bois Sec Ardoin's grandson driving a tractor, rice harvesting
2:00 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks about the success rice harvest that year
4:50 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks describes the rice harvesting process
6:30 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks about what he likes about farming
6:55 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks about the difficulties of farming
7:50 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks about how much they were paid for farming when he was young
8:50 - Bois Sec Ardoin talks about the difficulties of finding work when he was younger
9:50 - Rice combine harvester
11:48 - August Goodly introduces himself; talks about farming
12:40 - August Goodly talks about his combine harvester
13:10 - August Goodly talks about his debt, dealing with the bank
-the expenses of rice harvesting (the rising costs of fertilizer, seeds, etc.)
14:30 - August Goodly talks about Creoles in Alan Parish
15:00 - August Goodly talks about his relation to Bois Sec Ardoin, his family
16:00 - August Goodly talks about farming (in French)
17:00 - August Goodly talks about French being his first language, going to school
17:25 - August Goodly says that his teacher didn't punish him for speaking French in school
17:48 - Lomax talks about the Ardoins and Goodleys growing up in a community of free people of color
18:35 - Rice combine harvester, rice harvesting
25:00 - Lomax talks about the footage they're taking; Avery Island bird sanctuary
27:30 - Rice combine harvester, rice harvesting
31:00 - Egrets in a field
32:12 - footage of downtown Mamou, Fred's Lounge
34:00 - Alfred “Fred” Tate standing in front of Fred's Lounge
34:30 - Alfred “Fred” Tate talks with the camera crew
35:20 - Barry Ancelet interviews Felix Richard
35:30 - Felix Richard talks about the French language
35:45 - Felix Richard talks about going to school and learning English, his parents not speaking English
37:00 - Felix Richard talks about being punished for speaking French in school
39:15 - Barry Ancelet tells a joke about "the young boy who went away to school" / Jean Sot à l'école
41:00 - Barry Ancelet talks about a version of the "Jean Sot à l'école" joke
-its a joke that exists in the Indian Ocean about a boy who claims to forget to speak Creole
42:00 - Felix Richard tells a version of the tall tale "The Great Hunt wihout a Gun" / "La belle chasse sans fusil"
46:30 - Barry Ancelet tells a version of the tall tale "The Great Hunt wihout a Gun" / "La belle chasse sans fusil"
47:30 - Felix Richard talks about fighting in dance halls in Marais Bouleur
49:15 - Felix Richard talks about "bataille aux mouchoirs"
50:00 - Felix Richard tells a story about a man who tied up his mare at the Step-Inn Club in Lawtell ("La jument verte" / "The Green Mare")
56:30 - Felix Richard tells the story "Les deux nicheurs" / "The Two Practical Jokers"
58:45 - Felix Richard talks about storytelling traditions in his family
1:00:00 - Barry Ancelet and Felix Richard talk about bayou land vs. prairie land, gardening, rice and cotton farming, isolation
1:03:00 - Felix Richard talks about going to dance halls on Saturday nights in Bosco, Maurice, etc; cock fighting, dog fighting, Cormier's Cock Pit
1:04:12 - Felix Richard tells a story about three people getting killed at Bergeron's dance hall in Higginbotham
1:09:40 - Felix Richard talks about fighting at house dances, how school has helped to end violence, constables at dance halls and house dances
1:11:00 - Barry Ancelet talks about the rules at dance halls and house dances
1:12:20 - Barry Ancelet tells the story of Oscar Gilbeau pulling a man's eye out with his knife; "Grand Rond"