1:03 – Plutard dans la vie by Wayne Toups (written by Jean Arceneaux)
4:20 – Interview with Barry Ancelet
- In 1978, when he was twenty-seven years old, he was at an event called “Rencontre des peuples francophones”, and the “Soirée littéraire”, and on the spur of the moment, he read one his poems in which he came up with the pseudonym and alter-ego, Jean Arceneaux.
- Under the name, Jean Arceneaux, he wrote songs for Wayne Toups, Richard LeBoeuf, D.L. Menard, Hubert Maitre, Jambalaya, and Steve Riley.
- Growing up, he listened to the Beatles and Bob Dylan, but his father listened to Iry LeJeune
- “Viens me chercher” was his father’s favorite song
8:26 – Viens me chercher by Iry LeJeune
11:30 – Diga Ding Ding Dong by Aldus Roger
14:15 – Interview
- Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys played on channel 10 every Saturday, and his grandma used to dance along to the music.
- Grew up in Vatican, speaking mostly French because his father’s family didn’t know much English.
- Spent a lot of time with his grandmother.
- His aunt was the only English speaker in the house.
- As a child, everything was in French, which wasn’t something that people were even much aware of at the time
- His French teacher said that he was going to have to undo all that "bad" French, before learning the "good" French.
- Won medals at each literary rally at school
- His high school French teachers recognized the value in local French.
- At fifteen years old, along with Zachary Richard, he went to Switzerland for three weeks, and three weeks just outside of Paris. Realized that the French he spoke was understandable to the people there.
- Went to UL and majored in French
- Won a scholarship to go to the University of Nice in France for his senior year, along with his friend, Sharon Arms.
- “Roger Mason chante de la musique cajun” was his first experience of Cajun music in France.
27:20 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers (Ralph Rinzler recording)
30:00 – Interview
- After returning from France, he and Ralph Rinzler met up with Dewey Balfa and started talking about putting together a festival of Louisiana French music.
- Through CODOFIL, they put together the first Cajun music festival on March 26th, 1974.
- Went to Indiana University for graduate school to study French.
- Met Henry Glassy who motivated him to change his field of study to Folklore.
- Received an MA in folklore and French
36:48 – Parlez nous à boire by the Balfa Brothers (Newport Folk Festival)
40:00 – Interview
- That first festival performance was the first time the younger generation considered the music to be "old-time".
- Established the Cajun and Creole archive with Dewey Balfa, by recording different people
44:30 – Les blues français by Nathan Abshire
47:05 – Interview
- In 1976, for the Smithsonian Bicentennial Festival, Cajun musicians were featured for its cultural preservation, and Ralph Rinzler wanted to hire The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire.
- At that point, Dewey Balfa and Nathan Abshire were not playing music together anymore.
- Tells story of Nathan Abshire eating pizza for the first time
- Tells story of Nathan Abshire’s signature
54:19 – 1916 by Freeman Fontenot (at his house, 1978)
56:08 – Interview
- Says that Freeman Fontenot ran a dance hall which he converted into his house