0:57 – McGee’s One Step by Blake Miller and Chris Segura
3:04 – Interview
- Plays accordion, fiddle, and guitar
- Grew up in Iota, Louisiana
- Grandfather is Larry Miller, an accordion maker, who was originally a science teacher, high school assistant principal, elementary assistant principal, and then went into the oil business. Larry Miller learned accordion building from Shine Mouton.
- Grandfather, grandfather’s brother, and their dad and uncle were all musicians.
- There were instruments everywhere in all the houses that he grew up in.
- When he was three and four years old, he was obsessed with Boozoo Chavis, and would mimic all his movements from a video tape.
9:28 – Dog Hill by Boozoo Chavis
12:00 – Interview
- Met Boozoo Chavis at his grandfather’s house when he went to buy a new scrub-board.
- Started seriously playing accordion around nine or ten years old.
- Took lessons from Kenneth Thibodeaux in Eunice, Louisiana
16:39 – Choupique Two Step by Nathan Abshire
19:14 – Interview
- Grandparents brought him to Augusta Music Camp in West Virgina in 1999, where he met a lot of musicians
- Listened to a lot of Nathan Abshire, Iry Lejeune, Balfa Brothers.
21:28 - Valse de Cajun by Iry Lejeune
24:05 – Eunice Two Step by Nonc Allie Young and Shirley Bergeron
26:59 – Interview
- Grandfather would have jams at the house.
- Horace Trahan came to one of the jams and made a big impression on him
29:05 – French Blues by Horace Trahan
32:10 – Interview
- Started playing his father’s guitar while his friend, Lyle Guidry, played accordion
- Then he started playing fiddle while his other friend, Joe Romero, played guitar
- Formed a trio with friends. Started by just playing chords on the fiddle.
- Learned melodies on the fiddle from Brandon Moreau
- Started playing fiddle with Howard Noel
37:55 – Quoi c’est y a mon ‘tit bébé by Belton Richard
39:20 – One Hour Too Late by Horace Trahan
41:36 – Interview
- From eleven to fifteen years old, he didn’t listen to anything but old Cajun music.
- Started playing gigs with New Pine Grove Boys and Howard Noel
- Toured with the Red Stick Ramblers
- Started playing with Wilson Savoy and Cedric Watson
- Went to Université de Sainte Anne with Cedric Watson. Afterwards, they moved into the same house together right next door to the Blue Moon Saloon, and then started the Pine Leaf Boys.
- First Pine Leaf Boys record was released on Arhoolie Records
- After leaving the Pine Leaf Boys, he became Cedric Watson’s bass player.
50:05 – Sud de la Louisiane by Cedric Watson
54:10 – Interview
- Currently in school
- Playing with Lafayette Rhythm Devils and Bijou Creole
57:55 – My Suitcase Is Always Packed by the Red Stick Ramblers