QUI-036 - Episode with Louis Michot
0:55 - Bayou Perdu by Lost Bayou Ramblers
05:05 - Interview
- Talks about the story behind the song, “Bayou Perdue”
- Talks about the Michot family ancestry and musical history
10:30 - La danseuse by Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney
13:15 - Interview
- Grandfather played music and passed it down to his dad
- Grandfather had a drive inn theatre, with live Cajun bands
- Dad and his uncles were really into 1960’s folk and rock music, and then started playing Cajun music which led them to form the band Les Frères Michot
- Dad played accordion
- Brother Andre plays accordion
- Would play the t’fer (triangle) as a kid
21:35 - Cote Gelée Two Step by Les Freres Michot
25:35 - Interview
- Started playing violin at eight or nine years old
- Took formal lessons but preferred to learn by ear instead
- Learned guitar from brother, Andre, as an early teenager
- Also picked up accordion and bass
- Talks about forming a band with his brother and early gigging
35:04 - One Step de Morse by Nathan Abshire
37:47 - Interview
- Went to Sainte Anne in Nova Scotia to learn French, then hitchhiked to all the French speaking regions of Canada
- Busked on the streets in Canada playing violin
45:43 - Homage à Varice Connor by Vermillionaire
49:15 -
51:44 - Interview
- Talks about similarities between Cajun and Hawaiian steel guitar
- Talks about Henry Adams’ style of guitar playing
53:40 - Il m’envoyer by Lost Bayou Ramblers
56:16 - Interview
- Talks about the album Vermillionaire
- Talks about his house in Prairie Des Femmes
58:43 - Font Culottes by Lost Bayou Ramblers