ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Audio Interviews
Audio interviews by Chris Strachwitz during his research into the music he was recording for his label Arhoolie Records as well as for his radio programs on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, CA) in the 1960’s through 1980’s, and by Dr. Manuel Peña during his research for his several books on Mexican American music.
Sacred Steel Archive: Gamaliel Penn Interview
Gamaliel Penn Interview The son of Bishop Naomi Manning, the second Chief Overseer of the Church of the Living God, Jewell Dominion, and grandson of Bishop...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Angelas LeJeune
On Angelas LeJeune Finding living relatives of Angelas LeJeune, one of my favorite early Cajun recording artists, was a bit tricky. I went to Church Point...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Nathan Abshire
On Nathan abshire I never got to interview Nathan though I had a tape of an interview he did with Shirley Bergeron. Fortunately, Floyd Soileau offered...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Sidney Brown
On Sidney Brown Sidney Brown and Joel Sonnier Sidney Brown was not only one of the first people to recreate the diatonic Cajun accordion in southwest...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Amédé Ardoin
On Amédé Ardoin My friends Bois Sec and Marceline Ardoin told me that they knew the woman that renowned Creole artist Amédé Ardoin had always loved...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Douglas Bellard
On Douglas Bellard Douglas Bellard was the first black man to record Creole music in this area. In Vol 1 I put the lyrics to his...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On The Babineaux Family
On The Babineaux Family I went to Rayne in search of information about the Babineaux family who had a popular stringband there in the 1940’s. Somehow...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Austin Pitre
On Austin Pitre Though I never personally met Austin I had heard him play at the Evangeline Club in Eunice. Marc and I stopped in one...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Harry Choates
On Harry Choates I had to interview several people to get enough info about Harry Choates. There were still plenty of people living who had played...
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Ann Savoy Collection: On Blind Uncle Gaspard
On Blind Uncle Gaspard I drove the two hour trip to the Avoyelles region in search of traces of Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney. The...
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