Harry Choates
Dessau Hall, Austin, TX
J.D. Miller and Abe Manuel talk with Chris Strachwitz about Harry Choates
(40:17) LISTEN HERE: J.D. Miller and Abe Manuel talk with Chris Strachwitz about Harry Choates
Interviewed by: Chris Strachwitz
Date:
Location: Louisiana
Language:English
Record producer J.D. Miller and Cajun musician Abe Manuel talk with Chris Strachwitz about the legendary cajun fiddler Harry Choates.
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Thanks to Wade Falcon with his help identifying the people and places in the photographs below.
Harry Choates, Johnnie Mea Smyrle (Manuel), Joe Manuel, Eddie Pursley, B.D. Williams at Speedy's Broken Mirror Club - Sulphur, LA
Amos Comeaux ("Como"), Junior Keelan, Harry Choates, Johnnie Ruth Smyrle (Manuel), Ronald Ray "Pee Wee" Lyons, unknown
Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez, Harry Choates, Joe Manuel, Eddie Pursley, Johnny Crain possibly at the Hollywood Club, Rayne, Louisiana, possibly December 1946
Helen & Harry Choates
Francis "Red" Fabacher, Ronald Ray "Pee Wee" Lyons, Johnnie Ruth Smyrle, Harry Choates, Amos Comeaux, Curly Maples at KWBU
Harry Choates death certificate
Super!