Interviews with Guitar Gable and Lee Lavergne

Accession No.: 
BR2-014

Guitar Gable and Lee Lavergne:

00:00 - Childhood, beginning music, first recording session
01:00 - Influences - Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Clifton Chenier
01:35 - Recording with J.D. Miller
02:15 - Recording Congo Mombo
03:00 - Band members - Clinton Perrodin, Clarence "Jockey" Etienne, Freddy Lavine, King Karl
04:25 - Meeting King Karl
05:25 - Most successful records - Irene, Life Problems, What's the Matter with My Baby
07:00 - Skinny Domino
07:45 - Pianists he played with - Talton Miller, Johnny Johnson, James Asburry
09:00 - Clubs and types of parties he played - Moonlight Inn, Southern Club, Bayou Club, Seven Seas, The Carousel
09:40 - Quitting the recording scene around 1959, joining the army
10:20 - Had his own group with Lynn August when he came back from the service, The Directors, Lil Bob and the Lollipops
11:00 - Other bands he recorded with - Lil Bob and the Lollipops
13:30 - Recording as a studio musician Lee Lavergne, Victor Phillips, "Little Victor"

13:40 - Part two of Lee Lavergne Interview begins
15:50 - The session of "Let's Stick Together"
18:45 - Recording at Cosimo's Studio
19:40 - J.D. Miller's studio, moving the studio to his home after the old property was sold
23:40 - John Roberts - manager who introduced Lee to different artists
25:20 - Producing methods
30:00 - Muscle Shoals sessions and Info about other bands and musicians Lee worked with
33:40 - Jackie Avery

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Blues, Swamp Pop
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Wednesday, October 1, 1980
Coverage Spatial: 
Church Point, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:35:55
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor