Interview with Albert Davis

Accession No.: 
BE2-074

Albert Davis:

00:25 - Father Molette was their pastor; He was a farmer; Born May 6th, 1936 in Leonville
-He went to school with Murphy till he was 12 then he went to school with Gabriel

02:15 - After the Swing Masters, he made his own group: The Blue Eagles
-He sang and played guitar; They played until some of the guys went into the service
-They called Clayton "Fats"

03:30 - Recorded with J.D. Miller but it was never released

04:40 - King Carl; Joseph Zeno; Story about playing at the rec center in Lafayette for teenagers
-They actually made double than what Joseph told them; Another story in Franklin
-Joseph kept extra money for himself, so Albert stopped playing for him

08:10 - After Blue Eagles, he joined a group from Opelousas called the Reboppers
-Played with them for about 4 years until he moved to Lake Charles

10:00 - Played with Katy Webster in Lake Charles
-Katy Webster recorded at J.D. Miller's studio; Warren Storm

12:00 - Story about playing with Katy; Bamboo Club in Lake Charles
-He met Otis Redding and he asked him to play, but he had a family

13:50 - Eddie Shuler; George Khoury

14:15 - Band after Katy: Mitzi and the Mystics; Mitzi was the best female singer after Katy
-Played in a lot of clubs; He played guitar

15:10 - Big Ike; Played with Mitzi for 5 or 6 years

16:25 - Beginning of the 1970s; Played with The Cupcakes
-Cookie was in California but Shelton Dunaway kept the band going; Hot Rod

17:25 - Rosco Chenier; Gradnigo boys
18:30 - Murphy lived across the Teche from him

19:40 - Joe Walker joined the Cupcakes; Didn't get along with Shelton
-He did a lot of recording with Joe; In the 1980s

22:45 - Worked at Conoco - oil refinery
24:00 - He played guitar on some CDs with Joe recorded with Lee Lavergne
25:00 - Joe went overseas twice, but he didn't go with him

25:30 - Played with Rosie Ledet; He traveled with her
-Then played with Roy Carrier; He went overseas with Roy

27:20 - 50 years of playing music; Story of how the band started
-Jerry Morris was a drummer; His brother, Joe Morris, started playing bass

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
Music; Zydeco; Creole; Blues; R&B; Soul
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Albert Davis
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:33:01
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, September 23, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, October 15, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Center for Louisiana Studies