Interview with Benny Jones
Benny Jones:
-00:05 - Born August 11, 1943; New Orleans; His father, Chester Ralph Jones, and his brother were drummers
-02:05 - Started playing drums when he was 16-17; Started playing professionally around 20-21; Olympia Brass Band in the early '60s; Dirty Dozen Brass Band in '79-'80s
-03:45 - Talks about Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Names some of the band members; Named after Dirty Dozen Kazoo Band
-04:45 - He married into the Baptiste family in about 1979; He and his wife went to high school together
-07:00 - Plays at Russell's in Treme (area in New Orleans)
-07:40 - Touring and traveling with both bands around the states and internationally
-09:50 - They talk about tuba players and booking back up musicians
-10:50 - After Dirty Dozen, he joined Chosen Few Brass Band and then Treme Brass Band
-12:30 - Talk about booking musicians from other bands; Union members
-13:00 - Tuba Fats and his wife Linda run Chosen Few now; Talks about touring with Chosen Few
-16:00 - Treme Brass Band formed in about 1991
-17:40 - Talks about band lineup for Treme Brass Band
-23:30 - Different band sizes depending on the event; Normally has a 8 piece band; 10 piece for parades
-25:00 - Traveling with the Treme Brass Band overseas
-26:00 - About a half a dozen individual tours
-26:45 - Talk about Lynn August
-27:50 - No of his kids play music; Has two boys and two girls; He has 5 grandchildren; His brother Eugene Jones passed away; He played with Frogman and worked on Bourbon street
-29:00 - Audio cuts out
