Interview with Richard Burgess
01:10 - La prairie ronde by T-Sale
04:12 - Interview
- Grew up in Pineville, Louisiana
- Father played country music
06:40 - Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea by Jimmie Rodgers
09:32 - Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
13:27 - Interview
- Started playing rock n’ roll guitar
- Played in the jazz band in school
16:46 - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting by Charles Mingus
22:29 - Frankie by Mississippi John Hurt
25:50 - Interview
- Went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and majored in history
28:09 - Old Time Calypsos by Lord Melody
30:55 - How Blue Can You Get by B.B. King
36:00 - Interview
- Played with a jazz band in college
- Briefly went to graduate school in North Carolina for folklore
- Moved to Baton Rouge and started going to blues clubs
- Was introduced to gypsy jazz and minush music
41:40 - Blue Drag by Django Reinhardt
44:32 - Interview
- Started playing a lot of different styles on guitar
48:47 - Three Forks of Cheat by The Hammons Family
51:01 - Cankton Waltz by Cheese Read
53:26 - Interview
- Got into early Cajun and Creole recordings
- Started playing fiddle and going to jams
- Joined a band called T-Sale
- Talks about playing music with his wife, Anya Burgess
58:09 - I’ll Walk Alone by T-Sale
