Interviews with Dewey Balfa et al:

0:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about growing up speaking French, speaking French in school, American identity vs. Cajun identity, bilingualism
1:10 - Dewey Balfa talks about issues with teaching standard French rather than Louisiana French being taught in schools
4:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about his Folk Arts in the Schools program, explains the reason for using English words when speaking Louisiana French
5:55 - Dewey Balfa talks about the word "fiddle" vs. the word "violin"
8:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about the various instruments used in Cajun music, the origins of the accordion in Cajun and Creole music
10:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about preserving Cajun music
11:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about playing at the Newport Festival in 1964, traveling the world to play Cajun music
14:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about Cajun bands in other states (Washington, California)
15:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about various themes in Cajun music
16:00 - Dewey Balfa plays "Chère joues roses"
17:40 - Dewey Balfa talks about his childhood, his family, sharecropping, etc.
20:20 - Dewey Balfa talks about his grandfather traveling from Chataigner to Krotz Springs to sell fish and his father purchasing his first harmonica
23:30 - Dewey Balfa talks about his father playing harmonica, fiddle and accordion and singing, Dewey Balfa's aunts singing, "Je me suis marié"
25:20 - Dewey Balfa sings "Je me suis marié" a capella
27:30 - Dewey Balfa talks about the song "Hip et taiau"
28:50 - Dewey Balfa plays "Hip et taiau"
30:30 - Dewey Balfa talks about Douglas Bellard, "La Valse de la prison" / "Les Barres de la prison", Canray Fontenot
33:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about "Jolie blonde"
34:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about women not being allowed to play Cajun music in public
36:40 - Dewey Balfa talks about "The Pine Grove Blues," Nathan Abshire
40:10 - Dewey Balfa and Deo Langley play "The Pine Grove Blues"
42:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about "The Criminal Waltz" / "La Valse criminelle," Leo Solieau, Mayeus Lafleur
45:30 - Dewey Balfa talks about Robert Jardell
47:00 - Dewey Balfa talks about his violin from France (Gérard Dôle's father's violin)
49:00 - Deo Langley plays an unnamed contredanse
53:30 - Deo Langley plays "Fais ton idée"

57:30 - Dewey Balfa talks about frontiers between communities, disputes about women, violence

1:02:25 (Tape 1385 begins) - footage of various signage relating to the word "Cajun" (Cajun Village, Cajun Field, Acadiana Mall, Cajun Court Club, Rue Louis XIV, The Cajun Cottage, Cajun Cycles, Cajun Country Flea Market)

1:10:05 (Tape 1386 begins) - The Hackberry Ramblers play "Jambalaya"
1:11:45 - Luderin Darbone talks about The Hackberry Ramblers, their 50th anniversary, the history of the band
1:13:45 - Luderin Darbone talks about the influence of hillbilly music and Cajun music in their style, playing without an accordion, "The Riverside Ramblers"
1:15:50 - The Hackberry Ramblers play "Jambalaya"/"Grand Texas"
1:18:05 - Crawford Vincent talks about "Grand Texas"
1:18:45 - Edwin Duhon talks about romantic themes in Cajun music, marriage
1:20:45 - The Hackberry Ramblers play "Jambalaya"/"Grand Texas"
1:23:40 - Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon talk about "Une piastre ici, une piastre là-bas"
1:25:52 - The Hackberry Ramblers play "Une piastre ici, une piastre là-bas"