Murphy Richard:

00:05 - Born in the Leonville area; Moved to Grand Coteau then back to Leonville as a child

00:45 - Zydeco back in the day; They called it La-la music; Rub-board and accordion
-Clifton and Cleveland Chenier played at a club called the Silver Slipper
-They played there every 15 days
-Clifton used to live in Leonville but was living in Opelousas at the time, then Lake Charles and Houston

02:30 - He was around 13 when they were playing at the Silver Slipper around 1950
-They weren't selling liquor; They'd play on Saturday

03:30 - When he got older, he started wanting to play music
-Borrowed an accordion to play for himself at home

04:10 - La-la music was french music - not called zydeco at that time; Origin of the name

05:20 - Farmed on his grandfather's farm from the age of ten till he got married at 24
-He was a foreman, straw boss, for a crew
-They had pigs, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, guineas on the farm

08:10 - His brother Joseph was on the farm too

08:40 - He got married October 1st, 1960
-Moved off the farm; Worked construction for Miller Trade (?)

09:55 - Bought an accordion in 1984 or 1985; Played for fun
-Joseph starting playing a couple of years before him

10:50 - He was part of the house band at Roy's on Thursday nights
-Started with a triple note then switch to a single note; Now he plays both

12:10 - Him and Joseph started the band together; Jockey, Chester, and Fred joined them
-Morris had a band called the High-Steppers, then started playing with different bands
-He started on bass

14:00 - His brother died mid-1990s

15:30 - He and Jo would alternate on accordion
-Jo played the piano accordion and he would play single and triple note

16:00 - He went overseas in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997
-He went to France, Germany, Vienna, Switzerland

20:15 - Left the band around 1998; After his brother died, Morris played some piano accordion

21:15 - Made a CD at the Friendly Club for a German label - "Live at the Friendly Club"
-Two CDs with Lee Lavergne called "Boiled Crawfish" and "Come to Party" in the mid-1990s

27:00 - Recorded the last CDs in Eunice at Fred Charlie's

27:50 - Friction with the band
-People assumed he and Joseph were the band leaders because they played accordion

30:40 - New band lineup: Albert Davis on bass, Philip Chenier on drums, Roger Charles on scrub board, and Toe
31:30 - Retired; Not raising hogs anymore
32:20 - Bluerunners; First cousins with the band; Album with Rosco Chenier; They are third cousins
35:00 - His mother was Mary Gradnigo; Her brother was David and he had three sons who played music with him
36:40 - They asked him to play with them, but he wasn't playing music at that time

37:54 - Back on his grandfather's farm; His sisters live on the property too
-One sister died; 37 acres; His aunt and uncle have 80 acres near there

39:00 - Morris "Big" Chenier - blues guitar player from Opelousas; Related to Rosco
40:10 - Jockey played with Guitar Gable for a long time; He used to go listen to him

41:20 - Foreign tours; Ralph (Rolph?) Hubert booked them
-Met him at the Hamilton Club when he was scouting bands to tour
-Met him first at Maple Leaf then at El Sido's with the Creole Zydeco Farmers
-Sampy was playing with them - he possibly came up with the name

45:45 - Sampy wants to start a new band, but Murphy won't play with him unless he quits drinking