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Storytelling with Revon Reed and Friends, Revon Reed plays old Cajun Records

Revon & friends telling stories

00:00:00 - Carry-on Story;
00:03:50 - Difference between a joke and a wisecrack;
00:05:25 - Playing a game of Leap Frog;
00:09:15 - The Zebra with the Mumps;
00:11:20 - The Smart Bartender Explains Atomic Energy;

Dubs of Harry Choates recordings;
00:14:20 - Chère Mignon;
00:16:!5 - Harry Choates Blues;
00:17:55 - Honkey Tonkin' Days;
00:19:40 - Mon Chere Vieux Mari;
00:22:10 - Grand Texas;
00:25:10 - Chère petit;

00:28:30 - Storytelling continues;

Musical Performances by Preston Manuel, Aubrey Deville, Roy Fuselier, and Will Balfa

Beginning of Fred's Broadcast, Incomplete songs;

Preston Manuel, Aubrey Deville;
Crowley Two-Step;
'Tit Maurice;
Hip et Taiau;

House Party at Bois Sec Ardoin's Home/ Revon Reed Plays Old Records

Revon Reed at Bois Sec Ardoin's House Party - Mostly song fragments;

Musical Performance by Cheese Reed, Preston Manuel, Royce Thibodeaux; Aubrey Deville and Edius Naquin

Wallace "Cheese" Reed;
Arkansas Traveler;
Port Arthur Stomp (00:02:30);
Put a Tiger in Your Tank;

Ambroise Thibodeaux, Preston Manuel, Aubrey Deville;
Patassa Two Step (00:07:40);
B.O. Sparkle Waltz;
Two-step d'Afrique (00:12:20);

Aubrey Deville; Preston Manuel;
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes;

Ambroise Thibodeaux;
Breakdown;

Aubrey Deville; Preston Manuel;
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (00:21:25);
Shake Hands With Mother Again;

Commercial Recordings and Commentary by Revon Reed and Musical Performance by Ralph Rinzler

Commercial recordings and commentary

Deloris Grey;
Big Mamou (00:03:18);

Leo Soileau;
Port Arthur Blues (00:09:35)

Morris Leblue;
Bazile Waltz (00:11:01);

Floyd Leblanc;
Orphan's Waltz (00:14:12);
Louisiana Stomp (00:15:!0);
Jolie Blonde is Gone;

Songs by The Singing Nun "La Soeur Sourire" (00:24:30);

Revon Reed and Friends;
My Body Lies Over the Ocean (00:27:00)
Swing Low Sweet Chariot;
Old Man River;
My Old Kentucky Home;
April Showers (00:34:45)

Musical performances by Revon Reed and Friends, Wallace "Cheese" Reed, Storytelling by Sostan, Torchon, and Irvin "Too Too" Reed

French Folk Songs - La Soeur Sourire
Petit batteau sur l'eau;
Entre les etoiles;

Recording of Jolie Blonde (00:06:32);

Revon Reed and Friends;
Christian Soldiers;
I Have Seen the Glory;
America the Beautiful (00:14:00);
Round the Meadows;
Sons of Freedom;
Soldat (00:21:25);
Juanita Farewell;
Rock of Ages;
My Body Lies Over the Ocean;
Sweet Chariot;

Reading from Mcbeth;
Other stories;

Sostan, Tourchon and TooToo telling stories about the Mamou Pairie; (00:52:25)

Live at Fred's in Mamou - Musical Performances by Isom Fontenot, Sady Courville, Nathan Abshire, Preston Manuel, Mark Savoy, Chuck Guillory

Sady Courville, Nathan Abshire, Preston Manuel;
Calcasieu Waltz;
Blues de tac tac (00:05:40);
Two-step des vachers;
Bayou Chène Waltz;
Tramp sur la rue (00:14:40);

Isom Fontenot - Harmonica tunes;
Port Arthur Blues (00:18:25);
Madame Bosso
The Cattle Trail (00:21:05);
Hey Mom;
Ton papa et ton maman ma jeter dehors;
Rye Whiskey;

Musical Performances by Edius Naquin, Ed and Bee Deshotels, Dennis McGee and Sady Courville, Canray Fontenot, Bois Sec Ardoin,.

Edius Naquin;
La marche à Bonaparte;
Méchant ivrogne;
Un papier d'epingles;
Oh chère chèrie
La marche à Bonaparte;
Frenchman In a Crawfish Hole (00:07:30);
La messe;
Quelle tristesse (00:10:00);

Isom Fontenot;
Crowley Two-step (harmonica);
Contradanse;
Betaille dans le 'tite arbre (00:13:07);

Ed & Bee Deshotel;
T'es petite et t'es mignonne; (00:16:50);

Edius Naquin;
La valse à Adam Hebert;

Isom Fontenot:
Harmonica tune (00:20:25);

Musical Performances by Cyprien and Adam Landreneau, Preston Manuel, Chuck Guillory, Wallace "Cheese" Reed, Isom Fontenot, et. al

Cyprien and Adam Landreneau - Charlie Bolo Fuselier's Kichen;
Mardi Gras Jig;
Cherokee Waltz;

Preston Manuel; Chuck Guillory; Shirley Bergeron; Floyd Fuselier;
J'ai passé devant ta porte (00:03:00);
Grand Texas (00:05:25);
Reno Waltz;
Sundown Special (00:11:11);
Chere Alice;

Chuck Guillory;
Faded Love (00:17:10);

Wallace "Cheese" Reed;
T'es petite et t'es mignonne;
Grand Mamou (00:21:10)

Preston Manuel and Aubrey Deville;
Sugar Foot Rag (00:22:44);

Musical Performances by The Mountain Boys with Preston Manuel and Chuck Guillory, Aubrey Deville, The Green Boys, Chuck Guillory, Shirley Bergeron

French Canadian commerical recordings;
Sud de la Louisiane;
Mamou Two-step
Commentary on Grand Mamou Mardi Gras Association (00:06:00)

Tennessee and The Mountain boys with Preston Manuel.
Big Iron (00:10:00)

Aubrey Deville and Preston Manuel;
Country Fiddle (00:13:30)

The Green Boys;
Low Down and Dirty

Folk songs recorded by Ralph Rinzler;

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