Artist: Ann Savoy
Ann Savoy Collection: Octa Clark, 1989
Octa came to the Savoy Music Center jam session consistently for years. He was a gentle character with a twinkle in his eye. His accordion style was so strong and clean and old style-the way I like it.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Nathan Williams 2019
I met Nathan at his neat, huge house in Lafayette where he also keeps his recording studio. Nathan was walking in in his working clothes carrying a sack of okra and asked me to please wait while he got ready for the interview.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Murphy “Chuck” Guillory, 1989
Chuck was a regular a Marc’s Savoy Music Center Saturday morning jam session. He was from Mamou and had composed or made famous some of the Cajun hits like Tolan Waltz, Grand Mamou, and The Last Waltz.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Moise Robin
I visited Moise at his house in Leonville where he lived with his lovely wife Mary. Robin had had a recent comeback playing music when he was approached by Farren Serrette to make a recording.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Leroy “Happy Fats” Leblanc, 1986
I interviewed Happy Fats at my house in Eunice. He and his old friend Doc Guidry came over for coffee and talked about the old days.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Leroy Broussard, 1989
A big man with a BIG voice, I wanted Leroy to be a part of my book because of his great high vocals on the B.O. Sparkle Waltz and because of his two hit songs that I loved and learned, Lemonade Song and Brasse Le Couche Couche.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Julius “Papa Cairo” Lamperez, 1989
Papa Cairo was a big, brazen man and a big talker. He came to my house for the interview because I had my children at home and it was easier for him to come over. He didn’t have too much good to say about musicians in general, which he called “low lifes”. He had an amazing photo scrapbook which he allowed me to copy.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Edius Naquin, 1985
I had become fascinated with the ballads recorded by Mr. Naquin and wanted to meet him. He lived on a tiny farm in the town of Reddell, Louisiana, near Mamou. I had heard many of his recorded ballads on field recordings made by friends and colleagues.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Ed Poullard, 2019
The Poullard family is an important family of Creole musicians from Eunice, LA. Ed’s father, John, was well known as a top accordion player in the region at the turn of the 20th century.
Read MoreAnn Savoy Collection: Dewey Segura, 1985
I had been loving the early 78 recordings of Dewey Segura for years, so when my friend Cajun musician D.L. Menard told me he knew Dewey and where he lived in New Iberia I asked him if he would bring me there.
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