Performance by John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys

Accession No.: 
LO2-023

John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys:

0:00 - John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys play "Lucille," Geno Delafose plays rubboard
4:45 - John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys play an instrumental
11:38 - John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys play "I Gave you my Heart"
16:00 - John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys play "Jolie Blonde"

21:30 - Alan Lomax interviews a carpenter from Iowa
-Louisiana and his family about going zydeco dancing, being raised in French

24:15 - Alan Lomax interivews a family from Lake Charles about Zydeco music and speaking French

26:40 - Alan Lomax interviews John Delafose about going out to French dances with his parents as a kid
-playing the harmonica, and then buying an accordion when he was 16

28:00 - John Delafose talks about playing at the World's Fair, touring in Africa
28:45 - John Delafose talks about the difference between Zydeco music and Cajun music
29:40 - Alan Lomax interviews John Delafose's wife and their friends
32:20 - Alan Lomax interviews Ann Goodly about playing accordion
34:30 - Alan Lomax talks to John Delafose about race relations
36:30 - Alan Lomax interviews John Delafose's wife about what it's like to be the wife of a musician
38:50 - Alan Lomax interviews a woman about being a woman in South Louisiana, farming, raising children, etc.
39:50 - John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys play "Bad, Bad Woman"

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Lomax Video
Subject: 
Zydeco music; Zydeco dancing
Coverage Spatial: 
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
42:46
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, January 11, 2010
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore