Conversation for Archives of Indiana University with Lionel Leleux:

0:00 - From Leleux, LA 10 miles south of Crowley on Hwy 13, description of musical development
-First getting interested in the fiddle, first violin from Sears and Roebuck in 1924 for $4 and something
-Bascom Mouton music in 1923, untitled Bascom Mouton waltz

5:47 - Broken bow in 1925, making bows, repairing violins in 1927, building violins, first violin made
-Playing accordion music in 1929, 1931-1932
-Played with Felix Trahan, Joe Brasseaux, Nathan Abshire, and Angelas LeJeune in dancehalls, Nathan Abshire drinking moonshine

10:53 - string music in 1932 with Happy Fats and the Rainbow Ramblers, quit playing in 1935 (for 19.5 years) when first child was born
-playing with Adolphe Martinez, 'Tit Neg Broussard, Joe Falcon, Lawrence Walker; accordion tunes in the 1930s

14:27 - J'ai passé devant ta porte
16:28 - Chère Alice; Favorite accordion players--Nathan Abshire's timing, Joe Falcon

20:01 - Joe Falcon was Lawerence Walker's idol, then Walker developed his own style
-He could play many dances on the accordion that others could not
-Lawrence Walker modernized Cajun music; Elias Badeaux second fiddle; Lawrence's "Country Waltz" becomes "Chère Alice"

24:45 - Difference between old French and modernized French music, smoothness of modern Cajun music
-Iry LeJeune playing like Angelas Lejeune, Amédé Ardoin's old style in the 1931
-played fast; musical development throughout the years