00:01:25 - Bébé, Eraste, and Calvin Carrière; His mom was first cousins with the Carrières; He played triangle and rub board and sang before accordion; Mostly house dances, not a lot of nightclubs; Delton Broussard and Calvin Carrière told him he should start playing;
00:03:20 - He was 50 when he decided to buy an accordion; Elton Doucet in Richard builds accordions; His friend, Fruge, got one too; He paid $300 for it;
00:07:55 - The Carrières and Delton gave him good advice; Bois Sec Ardoin; He saw Amédé Ardoin one time in person; Tracey Schwarz; His CDs;
00:11:00 - Talks about meeting Cedric Watson; Corey Ledet; Difference between zydeco and Creole music;
00:12:20 - Clifton Chenier started zydeco; Creole music and Cajun music is first cousins, but Creole music is a little more bluesy;
00:13:30 - Story about meeting Amédé Ardoin as a kid; House dance on a Sunday afternoon; He was 8 or 9; Ardoin's accordion was in a sack tied to his saddle; He played for about 3 hours; They passed a hat around for his payment;
00:17:00 - His parents bought Amédé's records; His first record was in 1929;
00:18:15 - He enjoys playing music and helping the people; His dad was a sharecropper; He stayed and helped his parents repair their house; His mother only spoke French;
00:22:10 - (Interview switches to French); Importance of preserving the French language; French in school is different than Creole;
00:25:25 - Singing in French;
00:28:35 - The relationship between his band and the audience;
00:32:00 - Motivation to continue playing for so long; It's not about money; Radio; He listened to Grand Old Opry, Amédé Ardoin, Amédé Breaux, Joe Falcon;
00:37:30 - The Carrière's music; Bébé recorded Bluerunner, Madame Faielle, Two-step de Coteau, Two-step de Creole;
00:40:10 - *Ask Marie to translate this section*; Picking cotton; Cornbread; Dancing two-steps and waltzes;
00:46:15 - His first song on his first CD;
00:49:39 - B-roll footage of his house;