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All about when you used to play the accordion and what it was like, when did you start playing the accordion? Have a seat. You try to sit in when I tell you, why don't you? That's your own, you can't talk to me. I don't name it.

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We're gonna say for me, I start playing the course and you know what I mean? Nothing. Get up for me. I started playing the card in about 19 29 or 1930 something playing for dances. Well, when did you, when were you born? When were you born?

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I was born in, in, in, uh, in 1908, 1908. The same year Amede was born. Did you know any people like Amede? Well, you're from Scott. Ok. Where did you get, when did you start playing? I mean, not dances? But when did you start playing when

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I start playing? Oh, I don't know when I start playing when I start playing. It was about 19, uh, 1930. How old were you? I was married at 19. No, you were. No, I start playing about three, about two or three years after

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I married three years. Yeah. Ok. Well, who did you learn to play from? And where did you get your coin? I learn it from myself. You the other, who were the others? Who did you, can you think of their names anymore? Can you think of some

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people who, who you thought were really good players back then? No. No. Oh, that was, that was a long time. That was a long time. That's when you, when you, uh and now, but you to ride in the little white food in Fort Arthur. Yeah, that,

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but I don't remember the year of that. That was later. Huh? Let me see about 25 years ago when I used to play in P I used to play in P uh, was playing all about and sometimes he dances with girls before uh my dance group.

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E come, finished the dance with me. I don't know. That's big, big, big. You remember that when, uh, uh, when, uh, uh, when the Russells, when it, when it ran open, you don't wanna come. He was the big Roy. You close over there and you come

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give you a Yeah. And at Russell's side, right? Ok. Well, well, listen, before, like, did you play before? You knew Clifton? You played a lot before you knew Clifton, huh? Well, what was it like back then? Like, did you play for house dances a lot for

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like the B Mason? I used to play in that. You're talking about who did you play with? I think Keith is you with me and Francis talk, my nephew and, uh, uh, uh, Jim Benois was my wife, my fir, my first wife, Jane Benoit. It on

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there JJ JJ. Did you say some women were, did you say three men? It was. And where did Francis play? I never heard that. I'm sorry, Nick for the what? Uh, I mean, I want to know if I'm making some money for that though.

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How much money you want? Well, what can I give you? I mean, it not, I'm not a TV, you're gonna be in a book and I'm gonna give you a book with your pictures in it and your story in it for you to give everybody and,

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and it'll make you known and people might, I don't, I don't, I don't wanna give him, you have to pay me to have it. I gotta pay you off. Oh, really? Right. I better cut that off. So, well, that's what, you know, I know Griffy used

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to, you know, help him out in that time. Like that's why I always try to get both of them together because they, they, you remember, it seems like he couldn't remember at the time that was when Griffy used to drive him around when he didn't have

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transportation when he was in Texas and lived in Port Arthur. He lived in Port Arthur and you, you bring each other in my first time when I met her in Fort Arthur it was a at Houston on, on seven. Me and you were in that. But

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I ain't gonna never forget he had a little car. The same, that suit. You remember that, that white and black, white and chocolate cup run. Then we go get in there right on the other 1. 17, 6, 17 years old. You about used

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to talk. So thank God his name again. I'll call him ugly child. A truck. Would you like a drink? Would you like a drink? Should we cut this off? Here's your problem, bro. Sarin uh Amos

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App the Spring. Uh Paul Maxi. I said, man, the first man, you with that was Claude. I made that play that uh your cousin like that after you on it on it

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or he didn't, he didn't, he didn't play like me bragging. But I, I believe I'm the only one can play Lucille that was supposed to be played because I'm the one made it, you know what they're gonna say, Lucille. But I, I like it. I'm all

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those card players. I'm not bragging, but he's the only one that uh he played Lucy that I like the way he played, you know. So did he, did he get the idea from, he got that from you? Huh? Lucy. The style too. They, they all line

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behind you but now they want to try to play that like you, but they can they can, they can see what happen, they try to put too much in it. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. All right. So when you were playing all these places and

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about 15 years, did you pray for me? Um OK. May give you the demonic, your manager that they Virgin. Virginia. Virginia. Oh What co meta com, Joe. The key eta Anton Du Joe. The, the key eta A Joe. Help me say that

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I learned from them how to play the who you heard. And you like, who did you hear? And you decide to keep it going. What did you hear? And like who were your heroes when you were learning? Who did you think were some great accordion players?

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And um like I told you they were older than you? Yeah, they were older than me and they had uh uh uh Pete Pete Pete Babe Ruben on a, on a and after that, I went on a double, double, double. And after

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that, when it, it went a little further along with Sydney Bono, he had a three horse three on her. That is that something? They should listen to me? I'm saying they have to pay me for

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that. Me. I came here before we did that. I put, I put in $5 again. Now we had to go back and come back again. Just another. OK. Oh No.

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S you know what that is when you say you talk with Jesus, you know why he don't answer you. But when you're saying, you pray, he didn't answer me. Answer me this morning because I was trying

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to get over you. You, you, you talk with Jesus every night when you need on, on your knee, on your d knee and, uh, you talk but you don't answer me through to me. And de de la VARSA Eva Key statistical at fault. Yeah.

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Yvon Dela, you, he takes care of you and, you know, I mean, walk close right outside of that. I know I wouldn't be, I know that. And I tell you something, the lady

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called from New Orleans or to pay me for interview and I told her no. Are you really? Oh, really? Name or? Oh, ok.