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Zachary Richard Live Set - Sweetwater Music Hall - 1st Show
Collection Currently Inaccessible - Contact CLS
Zachary Richard - Accordion and Vocals
Oran Guidry - Bass
Dudley "Cruz" Frugé - Drums
Craig Légé - Keyboards
Tommy Shreve - Guitar
00:00:00 - Intro;
00:03:50 - Les flammes d'enfer;
00:07:15 - Ma 'tite filles est gone;
00:10:30 - Filé Gumbo;
00:14:32 - Who Stole My Monkey;
00:18:05 - Rock On;
00:22:37 - Big River;
00:26:30 - Bayou Pon Pon;
00:34:15 - Moulin Rouge;
00:37:57 - Women in the Room;
00:42:20 - Ma Nanette;
00:46:36 - Colinda;
00:50:45 - Allons danser;
00:57:30 - Take Me Deep;
01:02:50 - Bon temps rouler;
01:06:50 - Joe Pitre à deux femmes;
01:11:20 - Ma Louisianne;
01:14:10 - Laisse les bons temps rouler;
01:18:00 - Zydeco Party
Zachary Richard Live Set - Sweetwater Music Hall - 2nd Show
Collection Currently Inaccessible - Contact CLS;
Zachary Richard - Vocals and Accordion
Oran Guidry - Bass
Dudley "Cruz" Frugé - Drums
Craig Légé - Keyboards
Tommy Shreve - Guitar
00:00:00 - Intro;
00:04:50 - Les flammes d'enfer;
00:07:17 - Ma 'tite filles est gone;
00:10:55 - Filé Gumbo;
00:15:13 - Who Stole My Monkey;
00:18:48 - Rock On;
00:22:12 - Big River;
00:26:28 - Bayou Pon Pon;
00:34:19 - Moulin Rouge;
00:37:45 - Ma Nanette;
00:42:00 - Unknown Song
00:45:30 - Battle of New Orleans;
00:48:40 - Mardi Gras Mambo;
00:56:10 - Take Me Deep;
01:01:30 - Bon temps rouler;
01:06:28 - Joe Pitre à deux femmes;
01:11:00 - Ma Louisianne;
01:13:40 - Zack Attack;
01:17:55 - Johnny B. Goode
Zachary Richard - Live Performance - Sweetwater Music Hall - Board Tape Set 1
Collection Currently Inaccessible - Contact CLS;
00:00:00 - Intro;
00:00:45 - Les flammes d'enfer;
00:04:00 - Ma 'tite filles est gone;
00:07:53 - Unknown;
00:11:45 - Rock On;
00:15:06 - Big River;
00:20:27 - Who Stole My Monkey;
00:23:53 - Bayou Pon Pon;
00:29:40 - Bons temps rouler;
Zachary Richard Live Set - Sweetwater Music Hall - 2nd Show Room Mic
Collection Currently Inaccessible - Contact CLS;
Zachary Richard - Vocals and Accordion
Leon Medica - Bass
Dudley "Cruz" Frugé - Drums
Craig Légé - Keyboards
Tommy Shreve - Guitar
00:00:00 - Intro;
00:00:45 - Les flammes d'enfer;
00:04:00 - Ma 'tite filles est gone;
00:07:30 - Unknown song;
00:11:25 - Zydeco Party;
00:14:43 - Give Me Back My Wings;
00:20:05 - Who Stole My Monkey;
00:23:28 - Bayou Pon Pon;
00:28:55 -Bons temps rouler;
00:33:20 - Ma Nanette;
00:37:22 - Rock On;
00:41:15 - Sauve-moi, Sarah;
00:46:12 - Jambalaya;
00:58:20 - Zydecos sont pas salé
01:02:35 - Ma Louisianne;
01:04:28 - Zack Attack
01:11:00 - Ma Louisianne;
01:13:55 - Johnny B. Goode
01:18:00 - Zydeco Party
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA01
01:06 - 14:54 - Castle type building, brick bridge, river
14:55 - 19:00 - Trees and flowing river shots;
19:01 - 22:17 - River flowing under brick bridge;
22:18 - 22:45 - Trees and river, ducks landing on water
22:46 - 23:20 - Brick bridge
23:20 - 25:14 - Bayou landscape shots with pirogues;
25:15 - 27:14 - More shots of castle, bridge and river along with other shots of old buildings/gargoyles;
27:15 - 29:20 - Stained glass church window shots
29:21 - 30:55 - La Ferme Acadienne, Acadian Flags being raised;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA02
00:15 - 11:15 - Shots of La ferme acadienne - signs, building, flags, landscape and visitors;
11:16 - 15:40 - Detail shots of the building and roof at La Ferme Acadienne
15:41 - 18:14 - Landscape with wildflowers, cattle, detail shots of cobblestone buildings
18:15 - 21:40 - Dusk shots of the town and river
21:41 - 26:05 - Daytime shots of buildings
26:06 - 26:50 - Shots of cross against the sky
26:51 - 30:50 - Shots of old stone church and steeple
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
00:15 - 11:15 - Shots of La Ferme Acadienne - signs, building, flags, landscape and visitors;
11:16 - 15:40 - Detail shots of the building and roof at La Ferme Acadienne;
15:41 - 18:14 - Landscape with wildflowers, cattle, detail shots of cobblestone buildings;
18:15 - 21:40 - Dusk shots of the town and river;
21:41 - 26:05 - Daytime shots of buildings;
26:06 - 26:50 - Shots of cross against the sky;
26:51 - 30:50 - Shots of old stone church and steeple;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA03
00:20 - 01:24 - Poitiers landscape, cattle;
01:25 - 19:07 - Old buildings, close-up detail shots of exterior and interior, gates and alleyways;
19:08 - 25:08 - Stained glass window in church;
25:09 - 26:23 - Landscape, view of the buildings from a distance;
26:24 - 30:14 - Dusk and night shots of trees, city, towers and river;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA04
00:24 - 05:30 - More shots of old buildings. Archway with clock and tower, close-up detail shots;
05:31 - 06:45 - Looking across river towards boats and buildings;
06:46 - 07:29 - Shots of gargoyle;
07:30 - 08:17 - Sun peeking out under clouds (sunset);
08:18 - 16:50 - Shots of a castle;
16:51 - 17:40 - Man sitting on boat dock, boats, castle tower;
17:41 - 18:46 - Old boats on water, view of old, smaller houses;
18:47 - 26:21 - Water scene, boats on water;
26:22 - end - People paddling in canoes;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA05
00:08 - 07:58 - different landscape and water shots
07:57 - 08:53 - sky and clouds
08:54 - 11:42 - landscape, cattle
11:43 - 14:19 - buildings
14:20 - 25:30 - shots of Catholic Mass
25:31 - 27:37 - Nighttime shots of tower and river
27:38 - 30:42 - Dusk shots of treeline, river and buildings
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Poitiers, France
Formerly JELA06
00:20 - 01:00 - Landscape, water, stone building
01:01 - 17:58 - Catholic Mass and detail shots of church and alter
17:59 - 22:02 - Ornate stained glass window, outside shots of a cathedral
22:03 - 30:41 - Various time lapse shots of bridge, cobblestone steeple, boat dock, sky, towers
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
Formerly JELA49
01:05 - 02:50 - Five takes of a woman packing clothes into a trunk;
03:51 - 06:25 - Four takes of women with babies being forced out of their home by a soldiers;
06:26 - 07:56 - Three takes of same scene - close-up of mother/baby and soldiers through window;
07:57 - 09:56 - Five takes of same scene - close-up on little girl with kitten;
09:58 - 13:50 - Three takes of same scene. Family loading belongings into a wagon. Leaving home;
13:51 - 23:44 - Houses and church being lit on fire and burning;
23:45 - 26:50 - Redcoats with torches;
26:51 - 30:40 - Burned homes, smoldering ashes, cattle, and hens;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
00:57 - 11:16 - Smoldering ashes, burned houses, farm animals grazing;
11:17 - 15:10 - Four takes of redcoats walking on trail through a forest;
15:11 - 17:12 - Two takes of same scene from back angle;
17:13 - 21:19 - Four takes of redcoats entering home shooting/removing Acadian women and children;
21:20 - 24:15 - Soldiers executing mother and child;
24:16 - 25:40 - Redcoat beating woman with whip in front of children;
25:41 - 26:50 - Soldiers shooting a man while trying to escape;
26:51 - 31:00 - Mass scene – congregation;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
00:43 - 01:54 - Two takes of church congregation
01:55 - 04:33 - Three takes of same scene focused on priest
04:34 - 07:00 - Redcoats imprisoning Acadian men in church- view from inside
07:01 - 09:15 - Same scene from outside, redcoats nailing letter to door, woman reading letter
09:15 - 11:00 - Three takes of redcoats imprisoning Acadian men in church- view from inside
11:01 - 12:49 - Three takes of woman walking to fire and stirring a pot of food
12:50 - 20:32 - Three takes of party scene - Men playing fiddle and jaw harp, dancing
20:33 - end - Several takes of Acadian boat arriving at port, people getting off of the boat, sick passenger
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
Formerly JELA52
00:01:05 - 00:04:25 - View of house party through window
00:04:26 - 00:09:30 - Acadian boat at dock, sick passengers debarking, babies crying
00:09:31 - 00:24:12 - Redcoats transporting Acadians along beach
00:24:12 - end - Acadians being taken towards the boats while carrying their belongings
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
Formerly JELA53
00:00:58 - 00:03:24 - Acadians carrying belongings towards boats
00:03:25 - 00:13:10 - Same scene different angle. Shot going downhill looking out towards the water
00:13:11 - 00:21:55 - Acadians being forced to sit, being separated
00:21:56 - 00:24:29 - People being loaded onto boat
00:24:30 - 00:31:00 - Multiple views of a redcoat watching boats leave the shore
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
Formerly JELA 54
00:56 - 05:45 - Redcoat looking out toward the water at dusk;
05:46 - 20:04 - Acadians being rounded up on shore and put into boats;
20:05 - 28:36 - Filled boats being rowed out to sea;
Against the Tide Stock Footage - Deportation Reenactment
01:00 - 06:44 - Views of beach, wrecked boats;
45:00 - 13:24 - People sleeping in hull of boat. Lady brings them a basket of food;
13:25 - 17:35 - Women coming down ladder into hull of the boat;
17:36 - 26:00 - Sick people in hull of boat;
Against the Tide – Reenactment of Deportation and Day-to-Day Acadian Life
Formerly JELA56
01:00 - 06:54 - Sick Acadians on boat;
06:55 - 09:30 - People climbing down into the boat;
09:31 - 17:26 - Men cutting hay;
17:27 - 20:00 - Drinking water;
20:01 - 28:45 - Building an aboiteau;
Interview with Dominique Dardar Sr., Dominique Dardar Jr. and Junius Billiot - Tape 1
Dominique Dardar Sr., Dominique Dardar Jr. and Junius Billiot:
00:00 - la pêche au bambou, la piège, les pirogues
02:50 - la chasse aux rats musqués, la chasse aux chaouis, la chasse aux rats de bois
04:30 - secher la peau des animaux, vender la peau des animeaux, la pêche aux huîtres
06:05 - la pêche aux caïmans, froguer, les ouaouarons
07:55 - l'école, l'ouvrage dans le clos, la pêche aux huîtres
09:20 - la pêche à l'épervier, le coupage de canne
10:05 - le français sur l’Ile, l'identité cadienne vs. l'identité amérindienne, Bayou Lafourche
11:00 - le mariage, la famille, les noces, la collation / la dessert
12:20 - les bals, les honky tonks, l'église
13:50 - les fêtes, le manger, la bière
14:45 - Elodia Dardar (la femme de Dominique Dardar Sr.), l'aveuglement
15:10 - la chasse aux canards, la chasse aux poules d’eau, la pêche aux huîtres
16:40 - l'eau salée, l'érosion
17:20 - les ouragans, l'église baptiste
19:40 - la piège aux rats, le manger
21:00 - la pêche aux crabes
22:30 - l'eau salée, l'érosion, la prairie
25:30 - l'identité amérindienne, Bayou Lafourche
28:00 - l'enfance, la piège, la pêche à la tremaille
30:00 - la pêche aux huîtres, la chasse dans la prairie
31:00 - l'identité amérindienne, les Houmas
(English keywords: bamboo fishing, trapping, hunting, frogging, cast-net fishing, cane cutting, French, Native Americans, Bayou Lafourche, wedding traditions, dance halls, coastal erosion, hurricanes, crabbing, Houma Indians)
Interview with Dominique Dardar Sr., Dominique Dardar Jr. and Junius Billiot - Tape 2
Dominique Dardar Sr., Dominique Dardar Jr. and Junius Billiot:
00:00 - la veillée, l'ouvrage, la pêche aux huîtres, la pêche aux chevrettes, la pêche à l'épervier, les pirogues
01:50 - la discrimination contre les Amérindiens, les Cadiens, le racisme, les Houmas, le monde de couleur
03:30 - l'huile / le pétrole, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, manque d'éducation, la misère / la pauvreté
05:00 - la dépopulation
06:00 - la pêche
07:30 - la vente des huîtres, Larose
09:00 - le coupage de canne
10:15 - la récolte de maïs, la récolte de foin, l'ouvrage
13:00 - Montegut, le bull-eye / la boulaille, la chasse au fusil
15:00 - la famille
16:00 - l'eau salée, l'érosion, la jardinage, la récolte, labourer / rabourer la terre
17:45 - Cutoff, l'église
19:15 - les coups de mains, les couvertures en latanier, la construction des maisons
20:15 - l'eau salée, l'érosion, les chênes, Bayou Cutoff
21:00 - les levées, la restauration de la terre, les lataniers
23:15 - la construction des maisons, les couvertures en latanier, le bousillage
26:00 - les coups de mains
27:30 - le manger
28:20 - les traiteurs, le traitement
32:30 - l'accouchage
(English keywords: fishing, discrimination against Native Americans, racism, Houmas, oil industry, poverty, farming, hunting, coastal erosion, costal restoration, palmetto roofs, faith healing)
Interview with Pierre Naquin, Maryline Naquin, et al.
Pierre Naquin, Maryline Naquin, and others:
00:00 - l'Isle de Jean Charles dans les années 1940, le pont à l'Isle de Jean Charles
02:00 - la vie avant l'électricité, la radio, la veillée, conter les histoires, les bals
03:00 - la musique en français, la pêche, la piège
05:20 - l'école sur l'Isle de Jean Charles, la Pointe-aux-Chênes
06:50 - l'intégration des écoles
07:40 - l'érosion, l'eau salée
08:40 - la récolte de riz, le jardinage, les levées, la restauration de la terre
09:30 - Gulf Hurricane Protection Levee, le marais
10:45 - les ouragans, la destruction, Hurricane Juan, Hurricane Andrew, Houma
13:30 - le soulèvement des maisons, capitaine de bateau, les tugs, la trôle, la pêche aux huîtres
15:00 - le latanier, Montegut, la vannerie de latanier, Marie Dean, les pow-wows, Le Pow-Wow de Grand Bois / Calling of the Tribes,
16:30 - Biloxi, Belle Chasse, Fort Jackson
17:00 - les chansons pour les enfants, les chansons traditionelles, "Mon bon vieux mari," "Jolie blonde"
19:45 - la pêche, la chasse, les crabes, les huîtres
22:00 - l'huile / le pétrole
22:50 - le Catolicisme, la religion
23:40 - les traiteurs, la prière, le traitement, les herbailles, les tisanes, la raquette
28:30 - l'accouchage, les accoucheuses
30:00 - Grand Caillou, les Cadiens, le français, les Naquin, les Bourg
(English keywords: storytelling, fishing, trapping, integration, coastal erosion, coastal restoration, hurricanes, tugboats, trawling, palmetto weaving, crabbing, oil industry, faith healing, childbirth, French)
Interview with Jimmy, Felicien Verret et al.
Jimmy, Felicien Verret, and others:
00:00 - les feux follets, la chasse aux caïmans
03:00 - la chasse aux nutrias,
04:20 - La Pointe de Frédéric, légende de la femme dans une robe blanche et un soldat
05:15 - Nonc Noy (conteur), Indian mound
06:00 - la potiche amérindienne, "les bombes indiennes"
08:00 - Camp Dularge, shell pit, "Indian burial ground," les esprits, le mauvais bois
09:00 - la pagaille, la pirogue, le trésor, Jean Lafitte
10:00 - conte, l'histoire de la femme et la pirogue
11:00 - le conte de l'étoile qui a tombé dans un bateau
12:30 - les feux follets, le mauvais bois
13:45 - loup-garou / lougarou / rougarou, "les Indiens marrons" / "les mauvais Indiens"
15:30 - la piège, la chasse aux ours, les esprits
16:45 - l'Isle à Cabri
18:00 - l'esprit de la fille qui crie
20:00 - le sawmill / le moulin à scie
21:00 - les herbes pour traiter, la mousse espagnole, les traiteurs, le traitement, les maladies
24:15 - les bombes à l'eau
25:30 - les traitements, les maladies, les figuiers
27:30 - l'eau salée, le sassafras
(English keywords: will-o’-the-wisp, alligator hunting, folktales, Native American artifacts, buried treasure, ghost stories, werewolves, faith healing, herbal remedies)
Interview with Marie Dean
Marie Dean:
00:00 - la mousse, les cabanes
02:00 - les paniers, l'artisanat
04:40 - construire les cabanes
07:00 - le ramassage de mousse, la cyprière
08:00 - les robes en mousse
12:20 - la famille, élever les enfants
13:50 - les paniers en latanier, les éventails en latanier
16:00 - l'apprentissage de l'artisanat
18:00 - l'école pour les Amérindiens, la Pointe-aux-Chênes
19:00 - les chapeaux en latanier, les éventails en latanier, les catins en mousse
20:15 - l'érosion de la terre
21:40 - l'habitation
23:00 - les églises, les relations entre les Amérindiens et les Noirs
24:00 - apprendre l'anglais à l'école
24:45 - les ouragans, Hurricane Andrew
27:20 - la construction des couvertures en latanier, les maisons à l'ancienne vs. les maisons modernes
29:55 - le lavage du linge avec un frottoir vs. les machines à laver
31:40 - Social Security
32:40 - les berceaux
(English keywords: Native American crafts, moss dresses, palmetto weaving, Native American huts, Native American schools, moss dolls, coastal erosion, race relations, hurricanes, household chores)
Interview with Kirby Verret
Kirby Verret:
00:00 - "L'histoire du commencement du pays et du monde rouge" / "Creation Story"
01:45 - l'histoire des Houmas, l'arrivée des Espagnol, l'Atchafalaya, le Mississippi
02:30 - l'arrivée des Français, la Rivière Rouge, Bâton Rouge
03:25 - l'arrivée des Anglais, la guerre, le déplacement des Houmas, Bayou Chitimacha / Bayou Lafourche, Terrebonne
04:15 - l'arrivée des Acadiens, les relations entre les Acadiens et les Houmas, la survie des Houmas
05:10 - la Guerre civile, l'esclavage, l'école, l'éducation, le jardinage, la chasse, la pêche
06:00 - le pétrole, la création des écoles pour les Houmas par les missionnaires baptistes, méthodistes et catholiques
06:45 - l'intégration des Amérindiens dans les écoles publiques
07:20 - les traditions des Houmas, les ressources naturelles, la construction des maisons en latanier et bousillage
08:15 - l'artisanat avec les lataniers
09:15 - les appeaux en bois, l'artisanat en bois
10:30 - la survie de la culture houma
11:40 - la discrimination contre les Houmas, l'identité Houma vs. l'identité états-unienne
13:00 - la reconnaissance des Houmas comme nation tribale par le gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis, Tribal Council
14:40 - Barataria, Terrebonne, la pêche, la pêche aux huîtres, la pêche aux chevrettes
15:20 - l'érosion de la terre, les levées, l'eau salée, Houma, Lac Palourde
16:50 - le champs de pétrole, la disparition des cipres
17:50 - la préservation de la terre
(English keywords: history of the Houma Indians, settlers, colonisation, French, Spanish, Acadians, English, Civil War, education, Native American schools, living off of the land, fishing, hunting, Native American crafts, palmetto, Native American homes, racism, federal recognition, coastal erosion, oilfield industry)
Pow-Wow - Isle de Jean Charles
Pow-Wow:
00:00 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 1)
00:59 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 2)
03:49 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 3)
06:46 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 4)
13:08 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 5)
16:00 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 6)
20:37 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 7)
25:37 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 8)
27:23 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 9)
28:30 - Native American drumming, Native American singing (pt. 10)
Interviews with Roy Parfait and Thomas Dardar
Roy Parfait and Thomas Dardar:
00:00 - l'artisanat en cyprès, les meubles en cyprès
01:15 - l'artisanat en acajou, noyer et teck, la sculpture en bois, les pirogues / "les dugouts d'Indiens"
02:40 - les outils, les couteaux, le vernissage
03:45 - les bébelles / les jouets en cyprès, les catins / les poupées faits à la main
05:40 - l'école, l'école pour les Amérindiens, les missionnaires méthodistes, l'église méthodiste, Dulac Indian Mission
06:45 - Daigleville Indian High School à Houma, l'intégration des Amérindiens dans les écoles publiques, la ségrégation dans les églises
07:45 - la reconnaissance des Houmas comme nation tribale par le gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis
09:00 - le racisme, la ségrégation dans les églises, la ségrégation dans les salles de danse
10:00 - l'importance des cheveux chez les Amérindiens, les plumes, l'identité amérindienne
11:30 - le français chez les Amérindiens, les punitions pour parler français à l'école
13:00 - la discrimination contre les Amérindiens
14:00 - la pauvreté, l'aide du gouvernement fédéral, la pêche aux huîtres, la pêche aux chevrettes, la chasse aux nutrias
15:00 - la piège, le chômage, le travail sur les bateaux, l'éducation
17:30 - l'eau douce dans les bayous, l'eau salée, l'érosion de la terre
18:30 - les ouragans, le pétrole / l'industrie pétrolière
19:45 - la piège, la dispersion de la communauté amérindienne, Hurricane Juan, Hurricane Andrew
21:21 - la proclamation de l'état d'urgence par le gouverneur pour l'érosion de la terre
22:00 - le relogement de la communauté amérindienne, la perte de la culture amérindienne
24:30 - l'histoire de la création des Houmas
26:00 - la dispersion des Houmas - Donaldsonville, la Nouvelle-Orléans, les bayous / la cyprière
27:00 - le manque de chemins, naviguer en bateau / pirogue, la construction des maisons en latanier et saule, le jardinage, la chasse, la pêche
28:55 - la mousse espagnole, le bousillage, les dugouts / les pirogues en cipre
(English keywords: wood carving, Native American crafts, dugout canoes, knifework, tools, toymaking, education for Native Americans, segregation / integration, federal recognition, racism, French, trapping, hunting, fishing, coastal erosion, oil field industry, hurricanes, Houma creation story, palmetto homes)
Interview of Jo-El Sonnier by Ben Sandmel
Jo-El Sonnier talks about recording with RCA records - Album "Come On, Joe"
02:00 - Modernizing the Cajun Accordion
03:40 - Richard Bennet
05:20 - Discussions about each song on album - Baby Hold On; Pay the Price; So Long Baby, Goodbye
-No More One More Time; Come On Joe; Say You Love Me; Raining in my Heart
-Louisiana 1927; Tear Stained Letter; I Slipped Your Mind
18:00 - Reasons for choosing the type of songs he did for this album - Not being confined to Cajun music
24:00 - Mark and Ann Savoy
29:30 - Rehearsing for and recording the album
32:30 - How this album is special to Jo-El - branching out. "big step forward for him"
34:30 - What RCA taking the album seriously means to Jo-El
Interview by Ben Sandmel with Johnny Winter
Interview with Johnny Winter: 1992 - Interview used to make liner notes for Scorching' Blues Album
00:40 - Drumming style on Johnny's albums
02:00 - Track by Track Rundown of Johnny's new album
04:00 - Walkin' By Myself (Jimmy Rogers tune) - Musicians on track, personal feelings about the song
05:15 - Dive and Duck - Musicians on track, recorded mostly live
06:20 - One Step at a Time
07:20 - Blaney May - Johnny played drums on the track - Talks about his drumming experience
08:50 - White, Hot, and Blue Album - New personnel on this album and issues he had making the album
11:50 - Mad Blues; It Was Raining
14:30 - Mother In Law, Goin' to Dallas
16:45 - Guitar slide
19:50 - Mean Town Blues
24:50 - Recollections about the album as a whole
25:40 - Early musical influences
28:20 - Recording and playing Sugar Bee
30:00 - Blues revival
32:30 - Older Blues musicians Johnny was influenced by
34:55 - Places Johnny played in Louisiana - Big Oaks Club, Louanne's, Texas Pelican
36:00 - Playing Cajun and Swamp Pop Music
36:40 - Playing with Clifton Chenier at Antone's right before he passed away
37:30 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Clarence Barlow
40:00 - Tips and tricks he learned about the slide guitar
41:40 - Goin' to Dallas
42:00 - Ben's liner note writing experiences
Interview of Paul Scott by Ben Sandmel
Recorded circa 1987
Paul Scott:
01:54 - Distinctions between Cajun and Creole cultures
03:00 - The borrowing and sharing between the two cultures
05:55 - The music that the young people are interested in, country vs. city kids
08:30 - The growth of the Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, LA, memorable moments
09:30 - Types of music that have planed off and predictions of where Zydeco music is going
12:30 - Memories of Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier playing at festival
16:00 - Expanding the festival
16:40 - Festival Committee, Helping other festivals book good bands
22:40 - Bands charging a lot of money to perform and how that effects their popularity and availability to the local people - Rockin' Sidney
32:30 - Radio stations playing Zydeco music
Interview of Warren Ceasar by Ben Sandmel
Recorded in 1987
Warren Caesar:
00:00:30 - Learning music from his father and other family members - Melvin Randall, Lionel Boutté, Jules and Joe Handy
00:01:50 - Lionel Boutté and the Zydeco Band
00:02:30 - His musical influences and the type of music he plays
00:03:30 - Rocking Sidney being his main influence
00:04:00 - Talking about his band and recordings they made
00:05:30 - When Zydeco started becoming popular
00:07:00 - More people starting to want to speak French
00:08:00 - Trying to work and play music
00:08:30 - What is unique about his band
00:11:30 - Thoughts on mainsteam music
00:13:10 - Started going to dances since he was seven - Growing up in L'anse Maigre
00:13:30 - Bois Sec Ardoin and Canrary Fontenot are his uncles
00:14:30 - La-la music
00:14:45 - Bois Sec and Canray playing in dance halls and listening to them, Bois Sec's Nightclub - Cowboy Club
00:16:00 - Listening to Bois Sec and Canray when he was a child
00:16:45 - How he began playing music using a cornet he modified
00:23:40 - Experience playing music in the school band
00:28:20 - Hitchhiking to get to gigs
00:29:20 - Moving to Houston to play music
-Clifton Chinier asking him to play his horn on Clifton's live album recorded at Grant Street
00:41:00 - Lessons he learned from Clifton
00:42:30 - How Zydeco music regained popularity
00:44:30 - Talks about being Creole
00:56:00 - His relationship with Clifton and working with him
01:00:10 - Paul Simon coming to play with Rockin Dopsie
01:01:10 - Nonc Joe and Amedé Ardoin
Interview of Wilbert Guillory by Ben Sandmel
Recorded circa 1987
Wilbert Guillory:
00:30 - How the Festival began
01:40 - They decided something need to be done to preserve the Creole culture
02:00 - 1980-81 - Meeting with Vanessa Green - The festival began at Holy Ghost in Opelousas
03:30 - Experiences as a sweet potato farmer and organizing the Sweet Potato Co-op
07:20 - Buying the festival grounds in Plaisance; Working with small farmers - training them
12:30 - The first year of the festival
16:00 - Sponsors for the festival
20:00 - Zydeco making a come back within the last 10 years
24:45 - Connection between Zydeco music and the Catholic Church
25:00 - Fundraising for the Church
26:45 - Canning snap beans
27:40 - Zydeco House Dances
29:00 - Southern Development Foundation; The staff organizing the festival
35:30 - Other things they do besides the festival
40:00 - Interview with Paul
Interview of Ann Savoy by Ben Sandmel
Ann Savoy:
00:00 - Discusses the start of the Liberty Theater
04:00 - Getting the national park involved in the Liberty Theater and then getting the Mayor of Eunice Curtis Joubert
06:10 - Marc Savoy putting on a Tex-Mex show at the Liberty in 1982 - Santiago Jimenez
07:15 - Nick Spitzer's "Zydeco" premiere at the Liberty
08:00 - Jim Isenogle - Head of Jean Lafitte Center being interested in buying the theatre
08:40 - Reviving the Mardi Gras of Eunice
10: 15 - The city of Eunice purchasing the Liberty Theater and the National Park began putting on shows at the Liberty
11:30 - Renovating the Liberty Theater. Historic aspects of the Liberty Theater, built in 1924 and opened in the 1930's
14:00 - Ann Savoy and Jane Vidrine writing plays and performing them at the theater
17:30 - The origins of the Rendez-Vous des Cajuns weekly show at the Liberty Theater
19:45 - The recipe portion of the show and humorist - Gertrude Fontenot, Linus Betrand, Madame Etoufée, Dula Matte
23:30 - Involvement of Ray Brassieur and Vincent Fontenot, Keeping the show mostly in French
Interview of Barry Ancelet by Ben Sandmel
Barry Ancelet:
01:00 - History of restoring the Liberty Theater
03:00 - The first show, - "Inventing a bicycle while riding one"
05:00 - The response of the public to the show being in French and the show speaking to the local people in their terms
07:00 - People coming form outside to get an out of culture experience
07:00 - The show validating the local people and culture
11:00 - The shock to the first band that played at the theater
13:00 - Dealing with last minute changes, warming up the crowd
15:00 - Traditions that have become as a result as the nature of the show
Interview of Curtis Joubert by Ben Sandmel
Curtis Joubert:
01:15 - Sworn in as mayor in 1981
02:00 - Issues in Eunice - Drying up of oil revenue
05:00 - The City of Eunice purchasing the Theatre
05:30 - Cooperative agreement with the National Park Service to start programming at the Liberty
08:00 - French speakers in the community
09:45 - His perspective on the reasons for renovating the Liberty Theater and starting the weekly Shows
12:15 - The response of the people of the community
13:15 - Curtis' feelings on why the program should be in French
14:30 - People finding Eunice and the economic benefits of these events
15:00 - The economic benefits to the city
17:30 - The Liberty Theater producing revenue
17:50 - Eunice rural Mardi Gras celebration, Crawfish Cookoff
19:50 - The liberty has inspired many more cultural events to occur in Eunice
21:00 - Louisiana Folklife Festival
22:20 - Restoration of the Liberty Theater
24:45 - Producing programming with a low budget
26:00 - The other local uses of the Liberty Theater
27:00 - Standout performances for Curtis
30:00 - Cajun and Zydeco Music becoming popular outside of the state
Interview of David Greely by Ben Sandmel
David Greely:
00:10 - His thoughts about playing at the liberty theater - Audience speaks French
00:20 - Loves that most of the audience knows the music and speaks French
01:00 - Show is conducted in French
01:15 - When David started learning French - exposure to the language
02:30 - Teaching himself vocabulary and grammar
03:00 - How he got involved in playing Cajun music
Interview of Vincent Fontenot by Ben Sandmel.
Vincent Fontenot:
00:30 - His involvement in Cajun music and owning the club in Basile
01:00 - Nonc Allie Young
02:00 - Harry LaFleur forming the CFMA - Cajun French Music Association
05:00 - First productions at the Liberty Theater
05:50 - Acadian Culture Center being tied in with the Liberty Theater
06:00 - Vincent became the first park ranger at the National Park, Jean Lafitte Center
07:50 - Architectural drawings for the Jean Lafitte Center
11:00 - Memorable events at the theater
11:50 - Claudia Wood, Tina Pillione
Interview of Nick Spitzer by Ben Sandmel.
Nick Spitzer:
00:00 - His experience using it to premier the documentary on rural Zydeco
00:45 - Event with Chris Strachwitz and Santiago Jimenez
01:30 - Locals coming together to get the theater prepared for the film premier
02:25 - Reactions during the premier
02:50 - Restoration of the theater
03:00 - Originally built to give locals access to popular culture
05:00 - Programming being in French
Interview of Benji Russell by Ben Sandmel.
Occupational Folklore of the Oilfield
Benji Russell:
02:35 - New employees offshore - Hazing rituals
07:30 - Cajuns working offshore
10:20 - Offshore cooks
15:40 - Helicopter pilots
18:55 - How the oil field has changed
20:15 - Activities during downtime on the oil platform
21:30 - The sacrifces made while working offshore
Crawford Vincent and Wilson Granger - Performance with commentary circa 1991 by Ben Sandmel
Crawford Vincent & Wilson Granger:
Fiddle tunes
00:00 - 'La valse de grand bois'
02:20 - 'Cowboy Waltz'
03:30 - 'Chère bébé Créole'
05:40 - 'Les veuves de la coulée'
09:18 - Unnamed Waltz
11:20 - 'Chère Mom'
13:08 - 'Ton Papa et ta mama m'a jeté dehors'
15:40 - 'Faded love'
17:42 - *inaudible*
19:00 - 'Over the Waves'
21:40 - 'Country Tune'
23:05 - 'Grand Mamou'
25:18 - 'Grand Texas'
27:30 - 'Bubbles In My Beer'
30:30 - 'J'ai fait une grosse erreur'
31:30 - 'Les veuves de la coulée'
33:20 - 'The Moment I Lost You'
35:10 - 'I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You'
38:00 - 'I Ain't Got Nobody'
40:40 - 'There'll Come A Time'
44:00 - 'Tous les deux pour la même'
46:00 - 'Cold Cold Heart'
48:00 - 'T'en à eu, t'en auras plus'
48:40 - 'Boil Them Cabbage Down'
49:30 - Unnamed Waltz
51:00 - 'Port Arthur Blues'