Interview with Gerri Hall

Accession No.: 
BR2-032-1

Gerri Hall:

00:30 - Singing background
02:00 - Musicians who Gerri worked with
03:30 - Joining a band with Huey Smith (The Clowns)
07:00 - Life on the road with the band - places they played while on tour
13:00 - Info about Huey Smith and the band, Gerri's role in the band
13:25 - Popularity outside of New Orleans
14:30 - Other members of the band - Lee Allen
16:10 - Earl King and Allen Toussaint
20:00 - Recordings Huey and Gerri made together
22:20 - Older recordings of hers that haven't been released
23:30 - "Poor Jenny" "Broken Heart's Question" George Davis and Porgy Jones
26:40 - Background vocals done with Dave Bartholomew from '62-'64
28:40 - Justin Adams
30:45 - Politics in the New Orleans music scene
32:30 - Gerri's musical life after the Clowns - Performing with Lee Allen - tour stops
37:50 - David "Fathead" Newman
39:10 - Working with Ray Charles as a backup singer - Difficulty working with him
43:30 - Big Bands - Singing with Wallace Davenport

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; Soul, R&B, Rhythm and Blues
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Saturday, April 21, 1973
Coverage Spatial: 
New Orleans, LA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
45:44
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor