Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Interview with Euna Bolfa
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Interview with Euna Bolfa
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Interview with Euna Bolfa
Interview with Euna Bolfa
Interview with Anya Burgess
00:50 - Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas entrer by the Magnolia Sisters
03:35 – Interview
- Originally from Boston, Massachusetts
- Moved to Louisiana in 2000
- Grandmother was a piano player
- Started playing piano and clarinet
- Played folk music on guitar in high school during high school
- Attended Bowdoin college in Southern Maine
- Started going to contredanses and square dancing each weekend
08:03 – Ballygow/The Bus Stop/MacDonald’s by Nightingale
12:08 – The Curlew/McDermott’s/Three Scones of Boxty by Altan
16:17 – Interview
- Took a year off from college, travelled to Europe for four months. Made money by busking, and playing standard old time tunes on guitar and fiddle.
- Got a steady gig at a pub in Ireland, and became immersed in Irish music.
- Took a trip to Asheville, North Carolina and started playing old time Appalachian music.
- Started playing a lot of fiddle
- Learned traditional crafts like wood working and basket making.
- Drove to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia for a summer and met a luthier in St. Ann's bay and was introduced to the Cape Breton fiddling style and violin making
22:50 – Captain Campbell Medley by Brenda Stubbert
29:20 - Wagner’s by the Monks
33:10 – Interview
- Met Otis Thomas, who was a writer, fiddler, and luthier in Cape Breton.
- Spent one summer in Cape Breton, and went back ten to twelve times.
- Spent Senior year of college at Indiana University of Bloomington.
- Was in the folklore department, and took a violin making course. Was the only girl in the course.
- Learned a lot from the old time scene in Bloomington
- Built first violin in Bloomington
- Moved back to Boston and worked in instrument repair
- Through Teach for America, she chose to go to Louisiana
39:00 – Bayou Teche Special by Balfa Toujours
42:30 - Interview
- Taught music at Washington elementary for two years, and then opened up a violin shop.
- Met husband, Richard Burgess, through playing old time music
46:00 – Fortune by Camp Creek Boys
48:45 – Soppin’ Up The Gravy by Anya and Richard Burgess
51:32 – Interview
- Recently had first son
- Maintains her violin business
- Currently playing with the Magnolia Sisters and Bonsoir Catin
57:37 – Blues à Catin by Bonsoir Catin
Interview with Dr. Barry Ancelet
1:03 – Plutard dans la vie by Wayne Toups (written by Jean Arceneaux)
4:20 – Interview with Barry Ancelet
- In 1978, when he was twenty-seven years old, he was at an event called “Rencontre des peuples francophones”, and the “Soirée littéraire”, and on the spur of the moment, he read one his poems in which he came up with the pseudonym and alter-ego, Jean Arceneaux.
- Under the name, Jean Arceneaux, he wrote songs for Wayne Toups, Richard LeBoeuf, D.L. Menard, Hubert Maitre, Jambalaya, and Steve Riley.
- Growing up, he listened to the Beatles and Bob Dylan, but his father listened to Iry LeJeune
- “Viens me chercher” was his father’s favorite song
8:26 – Viens me chercher by Iry LeJeune
11:30 – Diga Ding Ding Dong by Aldus Roger
14:15 – Interview
- Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys played on channel 10 every Saturday, and his grandma used to dance along to the music.
- Grew up in Vatican, speaking mostly French because his father’s family didn’t know much English.
- Spent a lot of time with his grandmother.
- His aunt was the only English speaker in the house.
- As a child, everything was in French, which wasn’t something that people were even much aware of at the time
- His French teacher said that he was going to have to undo all that "bad" French, before learning the "good" French.
- Won medals at each literary rally at school
- His high school French teachers recognized the value in local French.
- At fifteen years old, along with Zachary Richard, he went to Switzerland for three weeks, and three weeks just outside of Paris. Realized that the French he spoke was understandable to the people there.
- Went to UL and majored in French
- Won a scholarship to go to the University of Nice in France for his senior year, along with his friend, Sharon Arms.
- “Roger Mason chante de la musique cajun” was his first experience of Cajun music in France.
27:20 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers (Ralph Rinzler recording)
30:00 – Interview
- After returning from France, he and Ralph Rinzler met up with Dewey Balfa and started talking about putting together a festival of Louisiana French music.
- Through CODOFIL, they put together the first Cajun music festival on March 26th, 1974.
- Went to Indiana University for graduate school to study French.
- Met Henry Glassy who motivated him to change his field of study to Folklore.
- Received an MA in folklore and French
36:48 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers (Newport Folk Festival)
40:00 – Interview
- That first festival performance was the first time the younger generation considered the music to be "old-time".
- Established the Cajun and Creole archive with Dewey Balfa, by recording different people
44:30 – Les blues français by Nathan Abshire
47:05 – Interview
- In 1976, for the Smithsonian Bicentennial Festival, Cajun musicians were featured for its cultural preservation, and Ralph Rinzler wanted to hire The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire.
- At that point, Dewey Balfa and Nathan Abshire were not playing music together anymore.
- Tells story of Nathan Abshire eating pizza for the first time
- Tells story of Nathan Abshire’s signature
54:19 – 1916 by Freeman Fontenot (at his house, 1978)
56:08 – Interview
- Says that Freeman Fontenot ran a dance hall which he converted into his house
INterview with Kristi Guillory
00:55 - Blues à Catin by Bonsoir Catin
04:05 - High Society by the Dixie Ramblers
6:56 - Interview
- Talks about making the record “Blues à Catin”
- Talks about how the band Bonsoir Catin formed
- Also plays with the Lafayette Rhythm Devils
- Grandfather was one of the original members of the Dixie Ramblers
- Grandparents would have jam sessions
- Was obsessed with Dolly Parton growing up
11:05 - Dumb Blonde by Dolly Parton
13:34 - City of New Orleans by Willie Nelson
18:24 - Interview
- Started playing guitar at eight years old
- Started playing accordion at ten years old
- Learned to sing old French songs
- Listened to Wayne Toups and Octa Clark
22:50 - Dixie Ramblers Special by Octa Clark
26:33 - Signe Mes Enfants by Wayne Toups
29:34 - Interview
- Talks about Wayne Toups being one of the biggest influences
- Went to jam sessions in Judice at a gas station called Champagne’s
- Formed a band with Gary Usie
- Formed a group named Reveille
34:05 - Reveille by Zachary Richard
38:15 - Ramblin by the Blue Runners
41:55 - Interview
- Started an organization in high school called the Cajun Student Organization
- Started listening to Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell
47:02 - Rambler Gambler by Bob Dylan
49:30 - Everywhere I Am by Gina Forsyth
53:30 - Interview
- Talks about getting into the singer-songwriter scene in Lafayette
- Got a masters degree in folklore and did a thesis on oral poetics in Cajun music
- Started playing Cajun music again
57:25 - Dans mon chemin by Bonsoir Catin
Interview with Mark Falgout
01:05 - Tramps Rouge by Starlings Tennessee
05:15 - Interview
- Introduces Mark as the owner of The Blue Moon Saloon
- Grew up in Bayou Lafourche
- Came to Lafayette for college
- Went to New Orleans after college for five years
10:30 - Living is Suicide by Dax Riggs
12:33 - Juana by Agua Dulce
18:45 - Interview
- Talks about Dax Riggs and Agua Dulce playing early Blue Moon Saloon shows
- Lost Bayou Ramblers recorded an album at the Blue Moon Saloon that went on to be nominated for a grammy
- Decided to move back to Lafayette
- Traveled around the world and learned how to speak French
25:20 - Rocks into Sand by Bill Kirchen
28:40 - See the Elephant by James McMurtry
33:00 - Interview
- Talks about how special it is to travel
- Talks about the Blue Moon
39:29 - Okeechobee by Wrinkle Neck Mules
43:51 - Interview
- Talks about his family
- Talks about volunteering and becoming president for Festival International
- Opened up the Blue Moon Saloon and Hostel in 2001 for travelers, and eventually started to host live shows
52:28 - Cruel Corine by The Weary Boys
56:18 - Interview
- Talks about Blue Moon weekly jams and Table Française
- Talks about events at Festival International
59:15 - Institution by the Dedringers
Interview with Matt Doucet
01:10 - Japan by the Broken String Band (Live at Grant St.)
06:58 - Interview
- Talks about the Broken String Band
- Dad was Michael Doucet and he grew up with music all around
- Mother is from Mississippi, and moved to Lafayette in high school
- Growing up, he was into punk and rock music
- Started listening to jazz and blues
- Started writing songs on guitar
- Had guitar lessons with Tommy Comeaux
- Tells some stories about going to gigs with his dad
- Wanted to start playing the fiddle and got into Cajun music
18:45 - Grand Chenier by the Blue Runners
21:30 - Donnez moi Pauline by Beausoleil
25:45 - Interview
- Started taking fiddle lessons with Mitch Reed at eighteen years old
29:00 - Carollee/Le Holiday by Charivari
33:55 - Interview
- Got one fiddle lesson from Canray Fontenot
37:51 - La valse à mom et pop by Canray Fontenot
39:29 - Grand Marais by Canary Fontenot
41:32 - Interview
- Was a music major in college
- Took violin and auditioned for the UL orchestra, and studied classical for about five years
- Played Cajun music fiddle with the Savoys
- Went to Sainte Anne in Nova Scotia
- Moved to New Orleans
- Got a grant to study with UJ Meaux
49:00 - La valse d'amitié by Jimmy Breaux
53:05 - Interview
- Played upright bass with early Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Moved to Portland, Maine and learned how to make fiddles
- Started playing accordion and formed a Cajun band in Maine
- Severely broke his hand and took a long time to recover
- Currently playing with Horace Trahan
58:11 - Unknown Song by Unknown Artist
Interview with Michael Doucet
00:44 - Reel de Cajun by Beausoleil
03:10 - Interview
- Three of his aunts were ballad singers
- Uncle played the fiddle
- Cousin played accordion
- Talks about how the accordion sound came from brass bands
- First instrument was a banjo
- Started playing guitar
12:05 - Blues de Basile by Amédé Ardoin
15:10 - Interview
- Was interested in the blues influence in Cajun music
- Became friends with Irene Woodfield, who wrote a thesis entitled “Cajun and Creole Folk Songs” and who gave him some 78 records of Amédé Ardoin
- Took an elective class of Anglo-Saxon Folk Songs and George Fauss was the professor
- Started researching about French music in Southwest Louisiana
- Grew up speaking French
25:15 - Zydeco Gris Gris by Beausoleil
28:50 - Interview
- David Marcantel translated the lyrics for Beausoleil's song “Zydeco Gris Gris”
- Started playing trumpet jazz
- Formed a folk rock band called Salacks Alba with Tommy Alesi
- Started playing fiddle at twenty-one years old
- Talks about visiting with Lionel Leleux
- Went to France with his cousin Zachary Richard, and discovered that the French loved Cajun music
- Came back to Louisiana and got a grant to do a network survey of Cajun and Creole fiddle styles, and met and learned from many legendary fiddle players
- Started playing shows at public schools to get young people inspired
44:14 - Shoo, Black by Canray Fontenot and Beausoleil
48:00 - Interview
- Talks about how getting the grant was very important to him
54:11 - Danse de la Misere by Freeman Fontenot and Michael Doucet
55:56 - Interview
- Briefly talks about how Beausoliel started and how it evolved
57:50 - Madame Young by Michael Doucet
Interview with Mitch Reed
01:00 - Canray’s Reel/Knife Fight Reel by Tony Davoren and Mitch Reed
05:00 - Interview
- Talks about Tony Davoren moving to Sunset, Louisiana
- Started playing fiddle from discovering Kate Bush’s album “Hounds of Love”
10:03 - Jig of Life by Kate Bush
14:10 - Interview
- Played cello before starting to play fiddle
- Dad played accordion
- Went to an Irish fiddle camp in Augusta, West Virginia with Cory McCauley
- Talks about the history of the Celtic connection to Cajun music
- Theory that Acadians took musical influence from the Scottish, whereas a lot of people from Evangeline Parish took musical influence from the Virginias
21:00 - Vent O’uest by Eric Martin
23:14 - Interview
- Talks about the connection between Louisiana and Bretagne, France
25:45 - La Madeleine by Lo Jai
29:40 - Madame Josette by Beausoleil
35:09 - Interview
- Talks about Irish and Appalachian influence in Dennis McGee's fiddling
40:48 - Say Old Man by Brad Leftwich
44:07 - La jig française by Wallace Cheese Read
45:45 - Interview
- Talks about all the Reeds in Evangeline Parish being related
- Says that the Acadians brought mouth music to all the places where they migrated
51:05 - Mon vieux est jaloux by Madame La Bolduc
53:58 - Choupique One Step by Beausoleil
56:14 - Interview
- Talks about Frankie Gavin
57:58 - Alice’s Reel by Frankie Gavin
Interview with Mitch Reed
01:05 - Tourchon’s Reels by Charivari
03:54 - Interview
- Talks about the Scotch-Irish names in Evangeline Parish
- Dad, Bob Reed, formed the bands, The Mamou Prairie Band and T-Mamou
- Dad played piano, harmonica, and accordion
- Listened to a lot of different music growing up
- Got into Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin from a neighborhood friend
- Discovered Kate Bush’s “Hounds of Love” record, which inspired him to pick up the cello and fiddle
- Started learning Irish fiddle and then eventually got into Cajun/Creole fiddle
10:53 - Delius by Kate Bush
13:52 - by Dervish
18:58 - Interview
Started hanging out and playing with old Cajun/Creole musicians like Dewey Balfa and Canray Fontenot
Both parents grew up in Mamou
Grandmother would cook for a lot of people in Mamou
Cajun music would scare him as a child
Uncle Revon Reed got a master’s degree in English literature in Boston, helped to revitalize the Mamou Mardi Gras Courir, had a live radio show at Fred's Lounge in Mamou, and wrote two books on the Cajun culture called “Lache pas la patate” and “Bonjour”
28:02 - Dedans le sud de la Louisiane by Beausoleil
31:35 - La Valse de Josephine by Moise Robin
34:45 - Interview
- Would go to see Beausoleil live as a teenager, and was very inspired by Michael Doucet
- Became friends with Adner Ortego and learned fiddle, fiddle making, and cooking from him
- Talks about Moise Robin’s book, “The Golden Gate”
- Started a band with Randy Vidrine and Cory McCauley called McCauley Reed Vidrine
- Dropped out of college to tour with the band
41:36 - Soileau Two Step by McCauley Reed Vidrine
44:54 - Interview
- Started playing with the Mamou Prairie Band, which eventually became Charivari
- Talks about playing with Randy Vidrine
- Tells story about a falling out with Adam Hebert
50:55 - Don’t Cry Pretty Blue Eyes by Adam Hebert
53:31 - Interview
- Talks about currently playing with Beausoleil
- Talks about teaching fiddle lessons
- Also currently plays in a band called Racine
57:15 - Cajun Klezmer Breakdown by Charivari
Interview with Caroline Helm, Yvette Landry, Tiffany Lamson, Eric Frey, Jane and Jean Schexnayder, Eric Schexnayder
00:20 - Interview with Caroline Helm
- Talks about upcoming event Nue Moon Revue and how the idea for the event started
- House band is made up of Joel Savoy, Chris Courville, Cal Stevenson, and Chris Stafford
- Talks about the Jingleberries
04:33 - Interview with Yvette Landry
- Started on piano at three years old
- Played in band during high school
- Didn’t get back into music till much later
- Learned accordion, fiddle, guitar, banjo, and started writing songs
- Talks about inspiration from Ginny Hawker
06:53 - Silver Tongue and Gold Plated Lies by Ginny Hawker
11:05 - Interview with Yvette Landry
- Talks about the process of songwriting and playing at the Nue Moon Revue
12:38 - Blue Moon Girls by Yvette Landry
14:15 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about playing in Arbor Vitae, Dire Wood, Givers, and Rotary Downs
- Started writing songs and playing multiple instruments
- Everyone played music in family while growing up
- Talks about KRVS radio show called The Diamond Sea that showcase women artists across all genres
- Influenced by independent rock music
22:02 - Lap Dog by Rickie Lee Jones
26:00 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about future of songwriting
27:44 - Radio Scare by Tiffany Lamson
30:28 - Interview with Tiffany Lamson
- Talks about playing with several bands
33:00 - Interview with Jane and Jean Schexnayder
- Jane is from Morgan City, Louisiana
- Listened to a lot of 60’s folk growing up
- Started playing guitar
- Talks about writing songs with husband, Jean
- Plays music with the Wildflowers
- Jean is from L’anse Meg in Mamou, Louisiana
- Grew up loving Mexican music and moved to Mexico
- Started playing guitar while going to University of Lafayette
40:22 - It’s Happening To You by John Prine
42:40 - Interview with Jane and Jean Schexnayder
- Talks about the process of songwriting with each other
- Playing for the upcoming Nue Moon Revue event
46:05 - Are You Really Gonna Go by Jean and Jane Schexnayder
49:30 - Interview with Jean and Jane Schexnayder
- Talks about being backed up by the house band for the Nue Moon Revue
51:52 - Interview with Eric Schexnayder
Interview with Caroline Helm, Christaan Mader, and Dirk Powell
01:00 - Interview with Caroline Helm
- Talks about the 4th annual Nue Moon Revue, which is a live showcase event featuring different songwriters
- House band for the show is Joel Savoy, Chris Stafford, Danny Devillier, and Cal Stevenson
- Talks about starting the Nue Moon Revue
- The presenting songwriters are Dirk Powell, David Greely, Alison Bohl, Melissa Stevenson, Megan Berard, and Christaan Mader
07:20 - It’s All About Me by The Figs
10:20 - Interview with Dirk Powell
- Talks about his home studio and recording with Joan Baez
- Talks about playing his own songs for the upcoming Nue Moon Revue
17:38 - I’ll Be Lonely With You by Dirk Powell
23:24 - Good Evening by the Jingleberries
24:03 - Interview
- Talks about idea for the Jingleberries, a group that sings jingles in between each song for the Nue Moon Revue
- Jingleberries for the upcoming Nue Moon Revue are made up of Erica Fox, Cedric Watson, and Caroline Helm
- Talks about Melissa Stevenson’s songwriting
29:34 - Taking My Time by The Figs
31:57 - Interview with Christaan Mader
- Talks about his band, Brass Bed
- Talks about background in music
- New Brass Bed album currently about to be released
38:33 - Cold Chickery by Christaan Mader
41:17 - Interview with Christaan Mader
- Talks about songwriting in Brass Bed
- Was in a number of bands all throughout high school
47:30 - Interview with Caroline Helm
- Talks about new website for New Moon Revue
- Talks about doing a compilation CD of the Nue Moon Revue show
- Talks about Alison Bohl’s songwriting
52:30 - Trophic Levels by Alison Bohl
54:54 - Interview with Caroline Helm
- Talks about David Greely’s songwriting
- Talks about Megan Berard’s songwriting
Interview with Rafe Stefanini
01:12 - Brushy Fork of John’s Creek by Rafe Stefanini
04:17 - Interview
- Originally from a small village in Northern Italy
- Was a big fan of the TV show Bonanza as a kid and learned the songs from the show
08:00 - Bonanza Theme Song
08:40 - Interview
- Was a big fan of Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- Got into bluegrass music after listening to the album “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
- Through bluegrass, he began to delve into old time music and started playing banjo and guitar
- Says about how bluegrass music has become performance oriented music and old time music is still a social and folk tradition
16:20 - Settle Up The Grave by New Lost City Ramblers
19:12 - Interview
- Started a band with his brothers called the Moonshine Brothers
- One of his brothers began making fiddles
- Started playing the fiddle
- Traveled to US and went to a fiddler’s convention in Galax, Virginia
- Moved to Philadelphia and has lived there ever since
- Talks about jamming with Tommy Jarell in the old time scene
28:50 - Fall On My Knees by Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham
32:35 - Run Mountain by Plank Road String Band
35:00 - Interview
- Was inspired by Plank Road String Band
- Became friends and musical partners with Bruce Molsky
- Talks about finding his own style in playing old time music
42:17 - The Killing Blues by Rafe Stefanini
45:16 - Stingy Woman by Roscoe Holcomb
47:17 - Interview
- Roscoe Holcomb is one of his favorite musicians of all time
- Talks about playing music with his daughter and making their upcoming record
- Currently repairs instruments and teaching music lessons
55:36 - Sitting on Top of the World by Rafe Stefanini
58:27 - John Henry by Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown
Interview with Ray Abshire
01:10 - Dancehall Special by Ray Abshire
04:40 - Interview
- Talks about recording his latest album
- Originally from Gueydan, Louisiana
- Grew up going to dance halls and jams
- Nathan Abshire was his cousin
- His first accordion was given to him by Nathan Abshire
13:11 - Choupique Two Step by Nathan Abshire
16:00 - Interview
- Played some of his first gigs with Lionel Leleux
- Talks about fiddler Will Kegley
- Would sit in with the Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire
24:04 - Tit Galop by The Balfa Brothers
26:05 - Interview
- Talks about Revon Reed taking Dewey Balfa to Newport Folk Festival in 1964
29:16 - Bosco Stomp by Linus Lejeune, Revon Reed, and Glady Thibodeaux
31:35 - Interview
- Talks about the Balfa Brothers going back to Newport Folk Festival in 1968
- Talks about dance halls and clubs of the past and how each town had one or a couple
- Says that every one of those musicians had their own distinct style
- Played with the Balfa Brothers for seven years
- Started working in the oil industry and started a family
- Talks about Cajun music scenes in different parts of the world
- Amédé Breaux and Octa Clark was some of his favorite accordion players
44:60 - Bosco Stomp by Lawrence Walker
48:17 - Interview
- Went on a ten year hiatus from playing music
- Started playing music again and two of his sons began to play with him
52:14 - J’aimerais pas donner by Ray Abshire
52:35 - Lost Key Waltz by Ray Abshire
Interview with Richard Burgess
01:10 - La prairie ronde by T-Sale
04:12 - Interview
- Grew up in Pineville, Louisiana
- Father played country music
06:40 - Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea by Jimmie Rodgers
09:32 - Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
13:27 - Interview
- Started playing rock n’ roll guitar
- Played in the jazz band in school
16:46 - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting by Charles Mingus
22:29 - Frankie by Mississippi John Hurt
25:50 - Interview
- Went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and majored in history
28:09 - Old Time Calypsos by Lord Melody
30:55 - How Blue Can You Get by B.B. King
36:00 - Interview
- Played with a jazz band in college
- Briefly went to graduate school in North Carolina for folklore
- Moved to Baton Rouge and started going to blues clubs
- Was introduced to gypsy jazz and minush music
41:40 - Blue Drag by Django Reinhardt
44:32 - Interview
- Started playing a lot of different styles on guitar
48:47 - Three Forks of Cheat by The Hammons Family
51:01 - Cankton Waltz by Cheese Read
53:26 - Interview
- Got into early Cajun and Creole recordings
- Started playing fiddle and going to jams
- Joined a band called T-Sale
- Talks about playing music with his wife, Anya Burgess
58:09 - I’ll Walk Alone by T-Sale
Interview with Steve Riley
01:00 - The Walker Medley by Steve Reilly and the Mamou Playboys
05:10 - Interview
- Grew up in Mamou, Louisiana
- Started playing the accordion
- Grandfather, Burk Guillory, taught him to sing and play triangle
- Great uncle, Bobby Guillory, taught him to play accordion when he was 7 years old
- Got an accordion for his thirteenth birthday
09:50 - Je suis orphelin by the Balfa Brothers
12:24 - Interview
- Easily learned the accordion by ear
- Picked up the guitar at fourteen years old and fiddle at fifteen years old
- Also started playing drums, piano, and bass
- Would go to jams in Mamou
- Met Dewey Balfa at a house party and they became friends
- Played accordion with Dewey at the Louisiana FolkLife Festival
18:27 - J’etais au bal by the Balfa Brotherhood (live at Louisiana Folklife Festival)
22:04 - Interview
- Played with Dewey Balfa, Kevin Wimmer, Tony Balfa at the Wheatland Festival in Michigan
23:45 - Chere Alice by Dewey Balfa (live at the Wheatland Festival)
28:20 - Interview
- Played music with Dewey Balfa until he passed away
- Met David Greely and started the Mamou Playboys
33:07 - La Pointe Aux Pins by The Mamou Playboys
36:39 - Interview
- Started touring quickly after releasing their first record
- Paul Simon sat in with them at Mulatte’s in Breaux Bridge
- Got to record with Paul Simon and Edie Brickell
43:25 - Picture Perfect Morning by Edie Brickell
46:45 - Interview
- Currently have made eleven records with three grammy nominations
- Started ‘Lil Band o’ Gold with C.C. Adcock
- A documentary was made about ‘Lil Band o’ Gold
50:53 - Grand Prix by ‘Lil Band o’ Gold
54:00 - Interview
- Recorded with Robert Plant in ‘Lil Band o’ Gold
56:00 - I Been Around by ‘Lil Band o’ Gold
57:55 - Interview
- Talks about his family
58:51 - My Baby She’s Gone To Stay by Racine
Interview with Tony Davoren
0:56 - Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore
05:10 - Interview
- Born in Coventry, England in 1970
- Dad owned a folk music club called the Rocky Road in Coventry
- Many musicians including The Dubliners, The Furies, Christy Moore, and Planxty would stay at his parent’s house while traveling
13:02 - The Rocky Road to Dublin by The Dubliners
15:31 - Interview
- Moved back to Hollywood County Wicklow, Ireland when he was seven or eight years old
- Played football and was in the choir in school
- Was into punk music growing up
- Got a job in a tower house in Coventry, England
- Met a group of bikers who played Irish music which inspired him to start playing Irish music
27:33 - Three Jigs by Planxty
31:22 - Interview
- Bought a mandolin and learned to play it by ear
- Started to get invited to jam sessions in Dublin
- Joined an Irish choir called Anuna
39:24 - The Rising of the Sun by Anuna
42:39 - Interview
- The Anuna choir recorded with artists including the Chieftains, Sting, and Sinead O’Connor
45:31 - Sting with the Anuna choir
46:55 - Interview
- Joined Riverdance, an Irish choir and theatrical show that participated in the Eurovision contest and won
- Traveled the world and made many musical connections with Riverdance
- Played with Riverdance for six years
- Met Dirk Powell which eventually brought him to Louisiana
- Met Sheila Ryan, his wife, who was a dancer in Riverdance
- Moved to Louisiana
- Met Mitch Reed and formed the band Celjun
58:50 - Knife Fighting Set by Celjun
Interview with Wilson Savoy
00:55 - Homage à Poulard by the Pine Leaf Boys
04:42 - Interview
- Originally from Savoy, near Eunice
- Parents are Marc and Ann Savoy
- Legendary Cajun musicians would come to his parents’ house as a child
- Learned to whistle his dad’s accordion tunes as a kid
- Got to travel with his parents through music
- Worked behind the counter at his dad’s store
- Started playing the piano in the style of boogie woogie
- Played piano for school events
20:30 - Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis
23:04 - Interview
- Went to LSU in Baton Rouge for college
- Majored in International Business and Finance with a minor in German
- Began to play accordion when he saw a light beaming on the instrument through the window of his college dorm
- Started playing accordion at jam sessions in Lafayette
- Tells sentimental story behind his accordion
- Was very inspired by Iry LeJeune and Amédé Ardoin
35:14 - Viens me chercher by Iry LeJeune
38:14 - Interview
- Moved to Lafayette and transferred to UL
- Went on a tour with Bobby Michot to England and France
- Learned French while in France
- Became friends with Erec Martin in France
- Learned French from a Marion Marcotte CD
46:33 - L’announcement by Marion Marcotte
48:49 - Convict Two Step by Louis Michot, Bobby Michot, and Wilson Savoy
51:28 - Interview
- Went to France with Bobby Michot for about four years in a row
- Started the Pine Leaf Boys band
- Signed with Arhoolie Records
- Started traveling the world with the Pine Leaf Boys
- Currently made three albums and two grammy nominations
- Two Pine Leaf Boys live albums about to be released
58:00 - Festival Acadiens Two Step by the Pine Leaf Boys
Interview with Yvette Landry
01:00 - Les blues à Catin by Bonsoir Catin
04:06 - Interview
- Aside from music, she is a teacher of eighth grade and sign language interpreter
- From Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
- Grew up listening to country and swamp pop
08:00 - Shirley Jean by Rockin’ Sydney
10:45 - False Eyelashes by Dolly Parton
13:20 - Interview
- Grandparents were swing and jazz musicians
- Grandmother played the banjo and grandfather played the drums
17:09 - Back Home in Indiana by Cap Hebert and his Louisianians
20:59 - Le Vieux Dodge a Bill Landry by Bonsoir Catin
23:30 - Interview
- Started learning piano at three years old from aunt who was a piano teacher
- Discovered motown, blues, and soul music in high school
27:52 - Voodoo Woman by Coco Taylor
31:37 - Interview
- Played wood winds in high school
- After high school, stopped playing music
- Studied education at UL
- Bought a bass guitar and started playing along to records
- Started going to Mitch Reed’s jams
- Started listening to Octa Clark
38:55 - Chere Alice by Octa Clark and Hector Duhon
42:06 - Interview
- Saw Drew Simon playing accordion and was inspired to start playing
- Played a gig with the Lafayette Rhythm Devils and then joined the band
47:06 - Café Chaud by the Lafayette Rhythm Devils
50:23 - Interview
- While in Chicago with the Lafayette Rhythm Devils, she met a woman named Geraldine Gay and played with her band that night
53:14 - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again by Geraldine and Donald Gay
56:57 - Interview
- Started playing with Balfa Toujours and Bonsoir Catin
- Spent time with Ginny Hawker in Virginia
59:10 - Black Cat Bone by Jessie Mae Hemphill
Interview with Chaz Justus and Daniel Coolik
1:14 – Convict Waltz by D.L. Menard
4:14 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- Talks about how the weather is going to be nice at the coming Blacktop Festival
- Talks about the Blackpot cook-off, and that chef Pat Mould will be the judge for the contest. Going to happen on Saturday afternoon from 12:00pm-5:00pm.
- Yvette Landry is running the Accordion contest on Saturday morning at 11:00am.
7:52 – L’anse aux pailles by the Balfa Brothers
11:20 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- Starts at 6:30pm on Friday with D.L. Menard, Balfa Toujours, Cedric Wason, The Figs, and the Pineleaf Boys.
- $15 on Friday, $20 on Saturday (all day). Camping is free.
13:42 – Cedric Zydeco by Cedric Watson
16:45 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- It is going to be the third Annual Blackpot Festival
- The initial idea of Blackpot Festival was to have a camping site where people have fun, cook food, and play music
20:25 – Wreck on the Highway by the Louvin Brothers
23:52 – The Drunkard’s Waltz by Courtney Granger
27:12 – Interview with Daniel Coolik
- Talks about recently coming back from Asheville, North Carolina.
- Met Kevin Wimmer with the Red Stick Ramblers, and then met Chaz Justus, Eric Frey, and Lindsay Young at Cliff Top, West Virginia about five years before.
- Came down to Louisiana to check out the Blackpot Festival.
- Before coming to Louisiana, he played a lot of jazz, old time, and Cajun music.
- Says that Asheville and Louisiana have a “cross-pollination of music scenes”
- Talks about old time music scene in Asheville.
- Square dance on Saturday at Blackpot Festival, 2:30pm to 3:15pm
35:13 – Mountain Air Medley by Dirk Powell, Tim O’Brien, and John Hermann
40:10 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- Jay Ungar and Molly Mason are playing at Blackpot Festival
- Talks about how Red Stick Ramblers used to go to Ashoken in Upstate New York.
42:23 – Swingology by Count Basie
46:20 – Interview
- Swing class is at 3:45pm-4:30pm on Saturday at Blackpot Festival
- Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwartz are playing in the Chapel for the Blackpot Festival
48:46 – Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ by Loretta Lynn
50:51 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- The dates for the festival are October 24th and 25th at Acadian Village
- Talks about entire Blackpot festival lineup
53:35 – Just Won’t Let Me Be by Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
56:55 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- Talks about about Blackpot Festival lineup
58:58 – Chère bébé créole by Feufollet
Interview with Blake Miller
0:57 – McGee’s One Step by Blake Miller and Chris Segura
3:04 – Interview
- Plays accordion, fiddle, and guitar
- Grew up in Iota, Louisiana
- Grandfather is Larry Miller, an accordion maker, who was originally a science teacher, high school assistant principal, elementary assistant principal, and then went into the oil business. Larry Miller learned accordion building from Shine Mouton.
- Grandfather, grandfather’s brother, and their dad and uncle were all musicians.
- There were instruments everywhere in all the houses that he grew up in.
- When he was three and four years old, he was obsessed with Boozoo Chavis, and would mimic all his movements from a video tape.
9:28 – Dog Hill by Boozoo Chavis
12:00 – Interview
- Met Boozoo Chavis at his grandfather’s house when he went to buy a new scrub-board.
- Started seriously playing accordion around nine or ten years old.
- Took lessons from Kenneth Thibodeaux in Eunice, Louisiana
16:39 – Choupique Two Step by Nathan Abshire
19:14 – Interview
- Grandparents brought him to Augusta Music Camp in West Virgina in 1999, where he met a lot of musicians
- Listened to a lot of Nathan Abshire, Iry Lejeune, Balfa Brothers.
21:28 - Valse de Cajun by Iry Lejeune
24:05 – Eunice Two Step by Nonc Allie Young and Shirley Bergeron
26:59 – Interview
- Grandfather would have jams at the house.
- Horace Trahan came to one of the jams and made a big impression on him
29:05 – French Blues by Horace Trahan
32:10 – Interview
- Started playing his father’s guitar while his friend, Lyle Guidry, played accordion
- Then he started playing fiddle while his other friend, Joe Romero, played guitar
- Formed a trio with friends. Started by just playing chords on the fiddle.
- Learned melodies on the fiddle from Brandon Moreau
- Started playing fiddle with Howard Noel
37:55 – Quoi c’est y a mon ‘tit bébé by Belton Richard
39:20 – One Hour Too Late by Horace Trahan
41:36 – Interview
- From eleven to fifteen years old, he didn’t listen to anything but old Cajun music.
- Started playing gigs with New Pine Grove Boys and Howard Noel
- Toured with the Red Stick Ramblers
- Started playing with Wilson Savoy and Cedric Watson
- Went to Université de Sainte Anne with Cedric Watson. Afterwards, they moved into the same house together right next door to the Blue Moon Saloon, and then started the Pine Leaf Boys.
- First Pine Leaf Boys record was released on Arhoolie Records
- After leaving the Pine Leaf Boys, he became Cedric Watson’s bass player.
50:05 – Sud de la Louisiane by Cedric Watson
54:10 – Interview
- Currently in school
- Playing with Lafayette Rhythm Devils and Bijou Creole
57:55 – My Suitcase Is Always Packed by the Red Stick Ramblers
Interview with Bobby Michot
0:59 - Cote Gelée by Les Frères Michot
4:15 – Interview
- Father was born in Lafayette, grandparents were from Avoyelles Parish, mother was born in Patterson, mother’s mother was from Iberia Parish, and mother’s father was from Bayou Darbonne.
- Laura Normand, his great grandmother who was from Avoyelles Parish, played the accordion.
- Laura Normand’s mother, who was a Gaspard, was a ballad singer.
- Blind Uncle Gaspard was one of his cousins.
- At family gatherings, everyone played music. They played popular music, mixed with classic Cajun tunes.
- His siblings, Rick, Anne, and Tommy played music.
8:36 – Corina Corina by Joe Falcon
13:39 – Interview
- From around 1948 to 1955/56, a lot of Cajun bands would play at the Lafayette Drive In theater before the movies would start.
16:40 – Allons Danser Colinda by Joe Falcon
21:31 – Interview
- Learned to sing “The Ballad of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton by heart when he was four years old.
- His siblings were into The Beatles and American folk music, and had a band called The New Castle Sings.
- He was into blues and Cajun music.
- When he was around twelve years old, his friend, Jay Leblanc, would play a lot of Clifton Chenier records.
- He tried to speak French as much as he could, even though it wasn’t particularly popular at the time
- At thirteen years old, he started playing accordion.
- At sixteen years old, he started playing guitar.
- Went to Jay’s Lounge often, as well as other local festivals, to see Clifton Chenier
30:43 – Tous les temps en temps by Clifton Chenier
34:28 – Interview
- Talks about Jay’s Lounge. Happy hour was from 5-7pm. It had rooster fights in the back of the building. The dances would start at 9:30/10 pm.
- Listened to southern rock including Charlie Daniels, Allemand Brothers, Jimmy Buffet, and Willie Nelson during high school.
- During college, he would hire local bands for his fraternity parties
38:46 – Les bons temps rouler by Clifton Chenier
42:15 – La valse à Howard Herbert by Les Frères Michot
45:26 – Interview
- Tells story behind the song “La valse à Howard Hebert”
- At twenty-two years old, he started a band with his brother, Rick, called Les Bons Riens.
- After several members came and went, the band was eventually comprised of Bobby, Rick, Tommy, David, and Michael, which became Les Frères Michot.
50:00 – Lake Arthur Stomp by Lionel Leleux
51:45 – Interview
- From 1984 to 1988, he was playing a lot of gigs with Les Frères Michot
- In 1989, he went to France with Eddie Lejeune and Lionel Leleux
- He ended up staying in France for two and a half years, and then came back and opened up Old Main Street Lounge in Basile, Louisiana. He had dances every Saturday and a jam session every Thursday.
- Toured with several different musicians in Europe.
- Went back to France and met his wife, with whom he had two children.
57:50 – Bosco Stomp by Austin Pitre
Interview with Caleb Klauder
0:55 – Sick, Sad and Lonesome by Caleb Klauder
4:17 – Interview
- Currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
- Grew up on Orcas Island, Washington.
- Played with the Foghorn Trio, and the Caleb Klauder Band at the last Blackpot Festival
- Lots of music around while growing up
- Started singing in church
- Started playing saxophone in middle school band
- Got a guitar, and started writing songs with a friend
- Started playing music seriously in high school
- Got into Bob Marley from his cousin’s record collection
10:38 – Trench Town Rock by Bob Marley
15:08 – Six Days on the Road by Taj Mahal
18:05 – Interview
- Stepdad had a record collection that introduced him to a lot of musicians like Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead.
- Had a friend whom he grew up playing and writing music with
- Started a band in college called Calobo
- Went to college for anthropology, but decided to move to Portland and go to music school.
- Learned music theory, started listening to old time music
- Started taking fiddle lessons
27:00 – Poor Ellen Smith by Tommy Jarrell
30:00 – Let’s Have a Feast Here Tonight by Bill Monroe
32:25 – Interview
- Went to National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho
- Started playing mandolin in the band
- Music style developed and changed
- Joined an old time band called Pig Iron and played mandolin
- Would go to bluegrass jams in Portland
40:15 – Fill Me Up by Pig Iron
43:00 – Interview
- Made a solo album called Sing’s Out
- Formed the Foghorn String Band with friends in Weiser, Idaho
49:24 – Georgia Railroad by Foghorn String Band
53:13 – Interview
- Talking about Foghorn String Band currently
- Influences are Louvin Brothers, Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Bill and Mary Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton.
58:45 – Pieces On The Floor by Fog Horn String Band
Interview with Cedric Watson
1:08 – Lala by Cedric Watson
4:10 – Interview
- Talks about recent trip to Haiti with Corey Porche
- Had a friend who lived in Haiti
- Was always interested in Haiti through the Louisiana Creole connection
- Talks about the band, Troubadours
8:40 – Je vais by Troubadours
14:22 – Interview
- When they got to the airport in Haiti, they saw a sign that said, “Musiciens Zydeco”, and they were brought to a VIP room
- There was cattle running around in the city
- Met lots of Haitian musicians
19:20 – Colinda by Delton Broussard and Calvin Carrier
24:15 – Cedric’s Zydeco by Cedric Watson
27:15 – Interview
- Talks about the Haitian feelings
- There were lots of rum and coffee in Haiti
- Talks about the band RAM
32:17 – Chita La by RAM
- Talks about connection between Voodoo in Haiti and Louisiana
41:57 – Gangan Move Tet O by Racine Mapou De Azor
46:20 – Interview
- Talks about the friendliness and hospitality of the people
- Talks about the beauty of Haiti
51:55 – Toi Fais by Ti Koka
57:12 – Interview
- Talks about Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Talks about upcoming trip to Haiti again
59:15 – Allons à Lafayette by Unknown
Interview with Cedric Watson
00:58 – Bosco Stomp by Boozoo Chavis
3:50 – Interview
- The radio was one of the ways he got into Creole French music
- Wanted to help people understand Creole
- Originally from Texas
- Formed Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
8:58 – Two Step d’Amédé by Amédé Ardoin
11:59 – Interview
- Talks about how Cajun Creole, and Zydeco use the same songs and share a similar language, and how they differ from each other
- Talks about how Cajun takes Country influences and Creole and Zydeco take R&B influences
- Talks about Dominican musician named Everard DeJean that shares similarities to Amede Ardoin
15:20 – Quadrille by Everard DeJean
19:30 – Couche dehors hier au soir by Beau Jacque
22:55 - Interview
- Talks about African rhythms compared to Creole and Zydeco rhythms
25:15 – Bernadette, Chere by Albert Chevalier
29:10 – Interview
- Says how Creole music had a different style in each town, just like the language
32:08 – Bébé’s Stomp by Carriere Brothers
34:00 – ‘Tit monde by Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin
36:25 – Interview
- Talking about Canray and Bois-Sec Ardoin
39:33 - Contredanse by Nemours avec Jean Baptiste
43:33 – Interview
- Talking about the history and liberation of Haiti
- Talking about the experience of going to Haiti and learning about the similar Creole culture
48:09 - Je vais by Haiti Troubadours
53:46 – Unknown song by Preston Frank
55:55 – Interview
- Talks about Preston Frank
57:41 – Allons danser by Dexter Ardoin
Interview with Chaz Justus
20:14 – Nobody's Dirty Business by Mississippi John Hurt
23:15 – Interview
- Went out to blues jams in Baton Rouge around age eighteen/nineteen years old
- Listened to Reverend Gary Davis, Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt
- Met Josh Caffrey, Richard Burgess, and Joel Savoy when they played in an old-time, Irish, and Cajun band called Brother Theresa.
- Started the Red Stick Ramblers with Joel Savoy, Glenn Fields, Ricky Rees, and Lindsay Young. Mostly played Cajun and Swing music.
31:54 – We Cats Will Swing for You by The Cats and the Fiddle
34:31 – Swing Guitar by Django Reinhardt
36:55 – Interview
- The Red Stick Ramblers took influence from the Texas Playboys.
- Talks about heavy influence from Jimmy River’s guitar playing
40:00 - After You’ve Gone by Jimmy Rivers and the Cherokees
43:00 - Laissez les Cajuns danser by Belton Richard
44:45 – Interview
- Was introduced to Cajun music through Joel Savoy and other Cajun musicians
- Was writing poetry and original music as well
- Linda Ronstadt recorded one of his original songs called, “Rattle My Cage”
- Played with Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Knights
- Richard Burgess introduced him to Lefty Frizzell and
52:50 – I Wanna Be With You Always by Lefty Frizzell
55:52 – Interview
- Talks about becoming a professional musician
- When Kevin Wimmer joined Red Stick Ramblers, the band took a different direction.
58:54 – Stop and Listen Blues #2 by Mississippi Sheiks
Interview with Chris Segura
1:03 - McGee’s Reel by Feufollet
3:33 – Interview
- Born in New Orleans and grew up in Berwick, Louisiana
- Family would play Cajun music around the house
- At four years old, parents would go to Marc Savoy’s jams and old Cajun musicians’ houses
- Started listening to records at three years old
7:22 – Two Step de Eunice by Amédé Ardoin
10:45 – Zydeco Gris Gris by Beausoleil
13:47 – Interview
- Talks about Feufollet experimenting with Cajun music
- Parents would go Mulatte’s and the Liberty often
- Mom played piano at Marc Savoy’s jams
- Started playing fiddle at four years old
20:40 - Deux Valses à Wayne Perry by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
23:28 – Lake Arthur Stomp by Lionel Leleux
25:15 – Interview
- Great grandfather was a fiddle player, Robert Fontenot, who was from Bellaire Cove
- Took lessons with Tammy Luke and learned by ear
- Played along with albums
- Took lessons with Mitch Reed
30:43 – Lulu’s Back in Town by McCauley, Reed, Vidrine
32:47 – Lulu’s Back in Town by the Lafayette Rhythm Devils
34:40 – Quelle Étoile, One Step de McGee, Reel de Deshotel Medley by Charivari
38:50 – Interview
- Met Chris Stafford at eleven/twelve years old and started the band Feufollet
- Played lots of gigs and went on the road
- Feufollet has currently been together for ten years
45:27 – Cacklin' Hen by Feufollet
47:40 – Interview
- Listened to fiddle music of Old time, Country, Swing, and Gypsy Jazz
- Listened to the Kinks, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys, Jack White
52:40 – No Hiding Place by Elvis Costello
56:30 – Interview
- Talks about the next Feufollet record
58:17 – Chère bébé créole by Feufollet
Interview with Chris Stafford
QUI-011 – Episode with Chris Stafford
01:05 – Bosco Stomp by Feufollet
04:40 – Interview
- Started playing accordion at eight years old
- Family would play Cajun music around the house
- Was in French immersion
- Took lessons with Steve Riley
9:24 – Bayou Noir by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
13:55 – J’ai fait mon idée by Filet
16:40 – Interview
- Would speak French with grandparents
- Met Chris Segura through Helen Boudreaux
- Started playing fiddle at nine years old
- Won first place in Churchpoint Bugey Festival Accordion Contest
- Took lessons with David Greely and Djama Garnier
- Was musically influenced by his father
- Got really into Bob Dylan and the Beatles
26:05 – Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan
33:43 – Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey by The Beatles
36:10 – Interview
- Started recording and engineering music
- Talks about latest Feufollet record
- Talks about pressure as a musician
- Started playing guitar
- Met Josh Caffery and formed a group called Caff and Staff
- Started playing in the band Box One Jubilee
- Started playing music with Chaz Justus
43:38 - Poet by Chaz Justus
46:57 – Interview
- Started writing original music in a band called Hungry Hungry
49:46 - Know What’s Next by Chris Stafford
53:10 – Interview
- Talks about coming tour with Feufollet
57:12 – Prends Courage by Feufollet
Interview with Clelia Stefanini
01:10 – Breaking Up Christmas by Clelia and Rafe Stefanini
05:20 – Interview
- Dad moved to the United States from Italy in the early 1980’s
- Grew up playing old time music with mom and dad
12:12 – Old Time Train 45 by Roan Mountain Hill Toppers
16:28 – Pas Javier by Balfa Toujours
20:30 – Interview
- Grew up listening to Old Time, Cajun, and Irish music
- Wasn’t really interested in the music as a child, but suddenly became interested as a teenager
25:28 - Pig in a Pen by Tara Nevins
27:40 – Jack of Diamonds by Tommy Jarrell
34:34 – Interview
- Talking about Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham influence
37:55 – Rost About (Hop High) by Fred Cockerham
41:11 – The Devil with the Devil by Red Stick Ramblers
44:36 – Interview
- Became friends with members of the Red Stick Ramblers
- Started playing fiddle at fourteen years old
- Became friends with Emma Good and Kelli Jones
51:35 - On the Frisco Line by Mississippi Fred McDowell
54:34 – Interview
- Talking about emotion in music, no matter what the genre is
- Currently learning to play the drums
57:24 - No One Cares For Me by Rafe and Clelia Stefanini
Interview with Yvette Landry and Robin Miller
1:05 – Rattle Trap by Rafe Stefanini and Bob Herring
5:05 – Interview
- Talks about the recent event, Fiddler’s Convention
8:00 - Katrina by Eric Frey
11:08 – Interview with Yvette Landry
- Met Dirk Powell and came to meet several other musicians through him
- Went to Ashoken and connected with musician friends.
- Through connections with friends, she went to Fiddler’s Convention
14:34 - Black Eyed Suzannah from Fiddler’s Convention
19:23 – Interview with Robin Miller
- Met people at Mardi Gras and made connections, and through that, went to Fiddler’s Convention
22:52 – Forked Deer by Brett Ratliff
25:30 – Interview
- Talks about the difference between the Cajun and Old Time scene
30:56 – Low Down and Dirty by Crooked Still
35:00 – Viens me chercher by Horace Trahan
38:10 – Interview with Yvette and Robin
- Talking about people from all over the world that were fascinated with Cajun music at Fiddler’s Convention
43:10 - Reuben’s Transatlantic Express by Mozaik
48:11 – Bury Me Not on The Lone Prairie by Bruce Molsky
51:55 – Paper Chase by Special Ed and the Short Bus
55:35 – Interview
- Talking about the jams from Fiddler’s Convention
- Talking about the 3rd annual Blackpot Festival
58:25 – A song by the Red Hots
Interview with Dr. Barry Ancelet
01:12 – La valse à Balfa by Mamou
05:20 – Interview
- Talks about how Cajun music is in constant evolution
- Talks about how contemporary Cajun music is honest, because it is a real portrayal of all the music that the musicians listen to
09:48 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers
11:15 – Interview
- Talks about how the Newport Folk Festival was a completely new experience for the Balfa Brothers and other traditional Cajun musicians
16:00 – The Cajun Streak by Belton Richard
20:12 – Interview
- Talks about Zachary Richard
23:31 – Bosco Stomp by Zachary Richard
27:45 – Les Zydeco Sont Pas Sale by Wayne Toups
37:38 – Interview
- Talks about how Wayne Toups created a new way of playing music
39:37 – Zydeco Gris Gris by Beausoleil
43:20 – Interview
- Talks about Michael Doucet
46:14 - Pointe aux Chênes by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
49:55 – Grand Chenier by The Blue Runners
52:34 – Interview
- Talking about the rock n' roll style in the Blue Runners
54:02 – Quand Rita est arrivé by the Pine Leaf Boys
55:19 – La Jog à Plombeau by Cedric Watson
57:17 – Interview
- Talks about reading the liner notes of a Feufollet album
58:50 – Cow Island Hop by Feufollet
Interview with Daniel Coolik
00:57 – New Miner by One Leg Up
04:43 – Interview
- Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia
- Lived in Asheville, North Carolina
- Came to Louisiana for the Blackpot Festival
- Grew up listening to 60’s and 70’s rock n’ roll, and then got into Bill Monroe
- Started playing guitar
10:24 – Toy Heart by Bill Monroe
13:10 – Interview
- Talks about branching out in musical influences
- Majored in history
16:22 – Open Letter to Duke by Charles Mingus
21:17 – Interview
- Talks about Old Time music scene in Atlanta, Georgia
25:06 – Four Cent Cotton by Skillet Lickers
27:56 – Interview
- Talks about the story of the Skillet Lickers
- Got introduced to a lot of music from a high school teacher
- Went to bluegrass jams every week in Atlanta
- Started playing mandolin and banjo
33:08 – Bumblebee in the Gourd by Cary Fridley
37:22 – Interview
- Moved to Asheville, North Carolina right after high school
- Started playing lot of gigs with a lot of musicians
- Got fired from a country blues band for being “too avant-garde"
41:05 – Absinth I Drink You, Absinth I Eat You by Taraf de Haidouks
46:04 – Interview
- Took mandolin lessons with Andy Statman, who played traditional Jewish music on mandolin
50:00 - Unknown Song
53:25 – I'll See You in My Dreams by Django Reinhardt
55:55 – Interview
- Talks about first time playing with Kevin Wimmer
55:58 – Bernadette by Balfa Toujours
Interview with Dave Spizale
01:05 – Summertime in New Orleans by Anders Osbourne with Monk Boudreaux
05:00 – Interview
- Manager of KRVS
- Grew up In New Orleans, Louisiana
- Parents had a beauty salon
- Played in band (clarinet and trombone) while in school
- Band teachers were mostly professional musicians
13:08 - Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears
17:06 – Interview
- Talks about fascination with marching bands
- Started playing drums, and playing in bands with friends
- Went to USL for college
22:39 – Search Until You Find It by Anders Osbourne with Monk Boudreaux
28:59 – Interview
- Met his wife after moving to Lafayette
- Studied broadcasting, and his professor was Tim Watts
- Worked at KSMB in the Northgate Mall
- Worked at KLNI in New Iberia
- Got his master’s degree in telecommunications at Miami University of Ohio
- Worked at the PBS station in Ohio
36:45 - You Can Bring Me Flowers till the Sun Turns Black by Ray LaMontagne
40:50 – Interview
- Worked at Bethany College in West Virginia
48:09 - Volunteer Slavery by Derek Trucks
50:14 – Interview
- Talks about coming full circle back to working at KRVS, and about expanding and renovating the studio
57:33 – Compared to What by Les McCan and Eddie Harris
Interview with Dave Trainer
01:00 – Ton meilleur malheureux by T-Sale
05:00 – Interview
- Born in California
- Grew up in Pennsylvania
- Took piano lessons
- Inspired by folk music of the 1960’s
- Grandfather played piano
- Took piano lessons with elusive teacher that taught him theory
11:50 – Breaking the Ice by Fats Waller
15:10 - On the Sunny Side of the Street by James Booker
17:45 – Interview
- Grandfather made one reel-to-reel tape recording of his piano playing
- Got into rock n’ roll, and started playing electric guitar
- Played the trombone in school
- Went to college in Maine and majored in piano
- Played in a band called It’s All Done with Mirrors
- Was in an exchange program in Ireland at the University of Cork, and then started playing the fiddle
- Took fiddle lessons with Connie O’Connell
- After college, moved to Silver City, New Mexico and got into bluegrass music
27:20 - Mule Skinner Blues by Bill Monroe
29:52 – Memories of Mother by Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs
32:54 – Interview
- Moved to Oregon and started playing with bands and touring
35:57 - I Got My Broken Heart the Hard Way by A Sam Hill
38:51 – Interview
- Went down to Louisiana on a road trip and started to discover New Orleans piano music
43:55 – Avalon by Harry Connick Jr.
47:34 – Interview
- Met his wife in New Orleans
- Went to Fred’s Lounge and fell in love with Cajun music
51:26 – La Valse de Cajun by Iry Lejeune
54:10 – Interview
- Moved to Louisiana in 2000
- Went to jams at Chris Poboys in the early 2000’s
58:10 - Un autre tit bout by T-Sale
Interview with David Egan
0:55 - Peace Love and Barbeque by David Egan
5:45 – Interview
- Talks about details of the song “Peace Love and Barbeque”
- Talks about life as a professional songwriter
- Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Has been living in Lafayette for 22 years
- Mother was an opera singer and piano player
- Father was an attorney and played in the symphony
- Grew up in a very musical family with lots of parties
- Got turned on to a lot of music by their house maid, Marie Gyden
14:34 – Turn on Your Lovelight by Bobby “Blue” Bland
17:10 – Interview
- Started playing piano at a very young age
- Took lessons with Eddie Kozak
- Started writing songs around the 6th grade
- Took classical piano in college with Nina Wideman
- Played piano for the theater program at Centenary college
- Started playing in bands, and first band was called Mama
26:20 - Mess Around by Professor Longhair
29:58 – Interview
- Switched over to a music major
- Went to Denton, Texas to a music school
- Lived with two other students with composition majors
- Studied jazz education
- Joined a band called Mahala
- Went back to music school as a composition major
- Joined a jazz choir
- Started writing jingles
- Moved to Memphis, and made jingles and commercials as a living
39:30 – Bank Jingle by David Egan
40:10 – Put out the Fire by A Train
43:55 – Interview
- Moved to Nashville, and started working as a studio background singer and writer
- Got a job as a tour guide
- Joined the band A Train, played in it for 6 years
- Started playing with Joel Sonnier
- Got signed to Bug Records as a songwriter
- Joined the band, Filé
53:17 – Forbidden Love by Filé
56:20 – Interview
- Talks about playing with Filé, and countless other musicians that he’s collaborated with
59:09 - You’re Lyin’ Again by David Egan
Interview with David Egan
0:55 - If it Is What It Is, It’s Love by David Egan
3:53 - Interview
- Talks about latest CD, “You Don’t Know Your Mind”
8:22 - Please No More by Joe Cocker
13:45 - Interview
- Started making more money after Joe Cocker covered his song
17:40 - Battle of the Bands by Web Wilder
20:55 - Interview
- Talking about how Bug Music chooses who covers his songs
25:28 - First You’ll Cry by Percy Sledge
29:15 - Interview
- Talks about how honored he was that Percy Sledge covered one of his songs
32:10 - She Don’t Play By The Rules by John Mayall
37:22 - Interview
- Talks about how quirky musicians can be
40:58 - Wake Up Call by Jimmy Witherspoon
44:35 - Interview
46:40 - Half Past the Blues by Vernon Garrett
51:08 - Interview
- Talking about covers of David’s songs through Bug Records
- Talks about how he worked really hard to get to this point in his songwriting career
- When David started settling down is when his career started to really take off
55:08 - Please No More by Terry Evans
58:10 - Interview
59:09 - These Honey Dews by Urma Thomas
Interview with David Greely
0:55 - Cankton Two Step/The Rolling Pin Special by David Greely
4:00 - Interview
- Grew up in Baton Rouge
- Mother's last name was Theriot
- Got a job playing Cajun music at a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas
- Met Steve Riley and started a band
- Played with Denis McGee, Lionel Leleux, Felix Richard, Dewey Balfa
- Talks about second solo album, “Sud du sud”
09:45 - McGee’s A Minor Waltz by Denis McGee
10:50 - La valse à Balfa by David Greely
14:43 - Interview
17:07 - Cotillion by Denis McGee
18:03 - Chataigner by Denis McGee
21:39 - Interview
- Talks about inspiration from Denis McGee
25:18 - Bayou Teche Waltz by Columbus Frugé
26:25 - Bayou Teche Waltz by David Greely
29:25 - Interview
- Talks about making the Varise Connor album
- Talks about finding these tunes in the archive
32:42 - Chocoter by Varise Conner
33:55 - Cajun Polka Set by David Greely
37:00 - Interview
- Varise Connor played music in the 1930’s but dropped out of the music scene because no one was coming to the dances because of the great depression
- Varise was a logger/lumberjack in Lake Arthur
- Varise learned fiddle from his dad
40:12 - Old Cajun Waltz (GDGB tuning) by Varise Conner
41:32 - Old Cajun Waltz by David Greely
44:08 - Interview
- Had the tunes picked out before tracking his solo record
- Talks about recording future records
- Would like to sing more
47:22 - Paul Junius Malveaux’s Tune (Lomax Outtake)
48:19 - Paul Junius Malveaux’s Tune by David Greely
50:34 - Interview
52:52 - Les filles de Vermilion Lula Landry
53:57 - Fantaisie de Vermilion by David Greely
56:16 - Interview
- Talks about website, www.davidgreely.com
57:47 - J’ai marié un ouvrier by Lanese Vincent & Sidney Richard
58:31 - J’ai marié un ouvrier by David Greely
Interview with David Greely
00:02 - La Toussaint by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
03:47 - Interview
- Talks about the inspiration behind the song, “La Toussaint”
- Father was a singer
- Grew up in Baton Rouge
- Spent a lot of time at church and was part of a gospel quartet
- His grandfather was a guard at Angola Prison so his father grew up there
09:26 - He Never Said a Mumbling Word (Lomax recording), Gospel Group at Angola
12:19 - Interview
- Got into rock n’ roll growing up
- At seventeen years old, he went to a Black Sabbath concert at the New Orleans Warehouse, and was blown away by a fiddler that was in a folk-rock band called Sea Train that opened up for Black Sabbath.
- He bought a fiddle, and got really into bluegrass music
16:03 - Lonesome River by Ralph Stanley
19:00 - Miss Molly by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
21:17 - Interview
- Joined a bluegrass and western swing band called Cornbread
- Moved to Nashville, and was influenced by guitarist and fiddler, Kenneth Lovelace
23:32 - Who Will the Next Fool Be by Jerry Lee Lewis
26:12 - Lacassine Special by The Balfa Brothers
28:54 - Interview
- Got a regular gig playing Cajun music in San Antonio, Texas
- Became friends with Joel Sonnier while living in Nashville
- Moved to Louisiana
- Met Denis McGee and Steve Riley at Mark Savoy’s music shop
- Started playing music with Steve Riley
- Was Denis McGee’s last apprentice
34:15 - La Valse Cajun by Rodney Lejeune
38:12 - Valse à Elise Malette by Varise Connor
39:33 - Interview
- Talks about getting into Lionel Leleux’s fiddle playing
43:13 - Glory in the Meeting House by Bruce Molsky
45:23 - Soir de Paris by Amestoy Trio
47:54 - Interview
- Heard the Amestoy Trio at an accordion festival in France
50:11 - Hasse A’s by Väsen
53:03 - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor by Nathan Milstein
54:43 - Interview
- Classical music influenced his love of Cajun music
57:15 - Two Step de Grand Marais by Denis McGee