Crawford Vincent:

00:06 - Born October 4th, 1921 in Gueydan; His dad played fiddle for house dances; His mother didn't play; He started playing with Hackberry Ramblers in 1940
01:50 - Stationed in Hackberry in a CC camp; He played guitar and fiddle, but they needed a drummer so he played drums; Talks about Hackberry Ramblers
04:10 - Traveled with Hackberry Ramblers; Music was a side gig
05:35 - Drafted into the Army in 1942; He was wounded and was discharged after one year; Moved to Lake Charles and started playing with Harry Choates and Leo Soileau - Jolie Blonde band
07:15 - Accordion wasn't very popular until 1948; Played drums with Leo and Harry for 3 years; Harry died in 1951
09:30 - Played with Harry on and off for 6 years; He recorded one record on Khoury with Harry: Jolie Blonde Is Gone / Lake Charles Waltz; Recorded in 1948-1949
11:20 - Started playing with Marie Falcon in the 1950s; Marie played guitar, Shuk Richard on accordion; Bertrand (?) on fiddle, and Crawford on drums
12:25 - Played with Iry Lejeune, Joe Bonsall, Marie Falcon and Shuck Richard; Played with Iry first then Marie;

13:45 - He became a barber; Went to school in barber school in Houston; Worked as a barber during the week and played music on the weekends
-Conversation jumps back to playing with Leo Soileau's band; Harry was a member of Leo's band, then had his own band; Crawford played with both groups

16:20 - Played drums with Joe Bonsall

16:40 - Cover of the Johnnie Allan photo book is Crawford playing guitar while he was at the CC camp
-Photo was taken behind the barracks in a field of salt grass--not a rice field; He wishes he had his shirt on

17:22 - Recorded with both Marie and Iry; Marie's band recorded with Khoury; Iry with Eddie Shuler at Goldband
18:45 - Played with Joe Bonsall for about four months than with Sidney Brown for a year in 1953
20:00 - Rufus played with Happy Fats and Papa Cairo; Crawford played with Papa Cairo in the 1940s with Leo's band
22:30 - Recorded one record with Sidney Brown on Goldband
23:10 - Played with a string band; Algia Breaux and Cledis Mott (Matte); String bands still sung in french but no accordion
26:30 - Made more playing music than barbering when he just started out
27:50 - Rock and roll; He rejoined the Hackberry Ramblers in 1953-1954; Continued playing for about 10 years
30:30 - Played at the World's Fair in 1984 then retired; Worked as a barber till 1970
31:00 - Hackberry Ramblers reunion; Touring

33:22 - Recording with Hackberry Ramblers in 1963; Talk about Ben Sandmel (Johnnie joins the conversation--Johnnie Allan?)
-Recorded at La Louisiane with Carol Rachou; Arhoolie; Luderin Darbonne; Frying Fish Records

38:30 - Crawford did some vocals on the most recent recording; Glen Croker, Edwin Duhon; Eddie?