Dennis McGee, Michael Doucet, Jeanie McLeary:

0:00 - La valse à Jean Billeaudeau (Port Arthur Waltz)
-There was a pretty girl who went to school, and he'd follow her home stop at the rose bush/thorn bush and sing to her
-"La belle bouclette de Choupique." Dennis never recorded that one; La valse à Guilbeau Pelloquin
-Killed in the Civil War. Played this waltz on his coffin before he got shot
-Bee Deshotels wanted to learn it from Dennis, and so said he put it on an album
-But Dennis said it didn't sound like it should. It's a hard waltz to play. Mississippi, Florida, Georgia
-He left maroon and got caught/shot by riflemen

6:35 - La valse à Napoléon Bonaparte. Napoleon played fiddle
9:17 - La valse des Marcantel (Rosalie?); La reel des Marcantel

11:51 - Pa Janvier (played then sung). Discussion of the song. 80-100 years old
-An old Native American lady would sing, and her husband would play that for marriages. Sad song

15:03 - "La marche des mariés" by Joe Falcon from Crowley/Lafayette. Dennis didn't know his songs
-Dennis played a little with Amédé, Cléopha (accordion)), and Ophé Breaux, more with Ophé since he played guitar
-Fiddling around; how Dennis started playing with Amédé Ardoin
-Both worked for the same man, Oscar Comeaux, in the fields. Boss liked music and put Amédé and Dennis together to play at night.
-Started playing together for good when Oscar sold to a black man, and both moved to Eunice
-Dance hall on the other side of Bayou Queue de Torture, Luma Arpin owned it. Another dance hall in Kaplan
-Brought so many people, Luma put a fence and people would jump the fence to go. Joe Falcon would come watch them.

-'Tit Nèg" Schexnyder (Shine Mouton's uncle) played with Amédé and Dennis. He makes guitars and plays well
-Dennis's son would put him to shame playing guitar. McGee family reunion May 27th in Port Barre

20:30 - T'en as eu, t'en auras plus; Rosina (Michael Doucet, violin)
-La valse à Tophile Young? (similar to Rosina; La valse à Jean Billeaudeaux); La valse des Ballots