Interview with Warren Storm

Accession No.: 
BR2-019-1

Warren Storm:

00:00 - Born February 18, 1927, Real name is Warren Schexneyder,
-learned music from his dad who played Cajun and Hillbilly music (Rayne-bo Ramblers)

01:00 - Warren's first dance job in 1950 with the Rayne-bo Ramblers
02:00 - Playing music during high school at local nightclubs
02:30 - Origin of his last name "Storm"
02:55 - Members of his first group (The WeeWah's)
04:00 - First recordings with J.D. Miller in 1958 - "Prisoner Song" "Mama, Mama, Mama"
07:30 - Performing "Prisoner Song" on TV in Memphis
08:20 - Meeting Elvis Presley
09:30 - Other hits that Warren recorded with J.D.Recording in Nashville for Top Rank Records

14:15 - Recording a session in New Orleans for Dot Records
-musicians involved with the session; session in New Orleans for Dot Records
-Using Katie Webster and Fats Dominos band

15:55 - Recording for Huey Meaux's labels - Sincere and Teardrop Records - in several different studios
18:00 - Biggest records on Huey's labels - "The Gypsy," "The Tennessee Waltz" - Using Lil Bob's band as a backing band
20:15 - Staying idle for 2 years (71-72) with Huey, and switching back to J.D. Miller
20:30 - First Country/Western Album - PeeWee Whitewing, Delton Colombe
23:20 - Working with Rod Bernard
24:05 - Recording with Huey Meaux on the "Crazy Cajun" label and subsequent tour with Freddie Fender
25:15 - How Warren became involved with Blues music. Becoming staff drummer for J.D. Miller
27:45 - Blues artists who he worked with and white musicians backing black artists
28:30 - Lazy Lester
30:30 - Difference between recording and playing clubs
32:00 - Katie Webster
33:00 - Comments on different artists - Al Ferrier, Rocket Morgan, Lonesome Sundown, Slim Harpo
35:15 - Descriptions of Jay Miller's old and new studios

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Swamp Pop
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Thursday, April 26, 1979
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
45:22
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, February 5, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor