Interview with Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler (Part 1)
Crawford Vincent and Eddie Shuler:
00:20 - Crawford's recollection of playing with Iry Lejeune - his playing, singing style, the impact that he had on Cajun Music
-Clubs that the band played
04:40 - Crawford meeting Angelas Lejeune
05:20 - Iry moved from Church Point to Lacassine in 1947-48
06:00 - Iry's first recording; Eddie Shuler letting Iry play on his radio show, Iry's Monarch Accordion
07:50 - Eddie getting in trouble for playing Cajun music on his radio show
10:30 - Other band members and instruments they played
-Robert Bertrand, Will Kegley, Wilson Granger, Earl Demerrit, Alfred Cormier
16:00 - Accordion style in Cajun music, chord changes
16:30 - Eddie saying that traditional Cajun music was no longer commonly played
19:00 - Iry's first two records - Lovebridge Waltz and Calcasieu Waltz - recording on acetate
23:45 - Quantities sold of the first record
24:30 - Crawford's opinion on amplifiers in Cajun music
27:00 - The first record deal between Eddie and Iry
28:00 - Iry hitch hiking because of his vision
32:00 - Iry's influence on others
32:50 - Iry's songs "J'ai fait un grosse erreur," "Lacassine Special," "Duralde Waltz" Dog barking on the recording
37:10 - Iry's desire to play the fiddle
38:45 - Eddie comparing Iry and Nathan Abshire. Nathan playing accordion with Eddie's band
41:20 - Iry beating Aldus Roger in an accordion contest
42:20 - Iry's "crying" style of singing
44:10 - Most popular songs - "La branche du mûrier," "La valse de grand chemin," "Evangeline Special," "Lacassine Special"
