Interview with Eddie Shuler

Accession No.: 
BE2-009

Eddie Shuler:

-01:00 - Talking about his new 24 track console
-01:15 - Love Bug Pellerin
-04:10 - Background information
-07:00 - Managing a record store in Lake Charles
-08:30 - Joining the Hackberry Ramblers as a singer
-11:00 - Chicken wire between musicians and spectators at clubs
-14:00 - Mothers chaperoning daughters at dances
-16:25 - Singing in French but not being able to speak it
-17:00 - Early versions of the Hackberry Ramblers - Edwin Duhon, Luderin Darbonne, Cheek? Widcamp, ?? Gentry, Johnny Fab
-19:00 - Ramblers on KPLC radio, Producing advertisements
-24:00 - Leaving the Ramblers, moving to Houston and trying to start a new band
-25:45 - Moving back to Lake Charles, forming the Reveliers
-26:30 - Forming Goldband Records
-28:15 - Meeting Iry Lejeune - First time Eddie had seen an accordion
-29:25 - Eddie reprimanded for putting Iry on the radio
-31:40 - Producing Iry Lejeune's records - 24 78 rpm records; Reissuing Iry's recordings
-34:45 - Pressing plants Eddie used
-38:00 - Recording process before the studio was built
-40:30 - Boozoo Chavis, Sidney Brown
-42:00 - Zydeco music
-43:00 - Hiring Classie Ballou to play with Boozoo, Discussion about Boozoo's recording sessions
-46:35 - Folkstar Record Label

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, French, Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Stringband
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Eddie Shuler
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Charles, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:02:06
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor