MUS 360 - feat. Zachary Richard
Zachary Richard:
00:01:39 - Richard begins with his youth, as well as his musical origins in choir
00:04:04 - Days at Tulane Univesity; radical involvements in correlation with the Moratorium March of 1969
00:06:35 - Timeline of events that ignited becoming a musician, and first expieriences in the music industry
00:09:30 - Cajun upbringings and the start of playing Cajun music
00:11:08 - Zachary Richard answers questions from the class; first, about his accordion mentor-Felix Richard, alongside learning to play
00:15:55 - Continuing with the role of French from his past to present, going on to how it shaped his life and music
00:25:45 - Gives personal beliefs/opinions on the state and future of Francophone culture in Louisiana
00:34:25 - Richard picks up his guitar, then breakdowns the influences behind his music
00:38:09 - Clifton Chenier, their relationship, and Chenier's impact on him
00:42:20 - Dabbles on different styles of Zydeco
00:43:18 - Zachary Richard plays his song 'Clif's Zydeco,' and discusses it. Later, the class briefly joins in
00:50:30 - New album and it's title song 'Le Fou,' explaining the conncetions within
00:56:18 - Zachary Richard performs 'Le Fou'
00:59:45 - The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Gulf Coast oil spill 2010), and Richard's ideology on being a positive change in the world
01:08:00 - Zachary Richard performs 'Sunset On Louisianne
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