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Um, ok. So you were cropping crops like sugar cane? You had a tin knife. Um, you need to load, load it up my arm. Well, listen, what were your father and mother's names? Walter Ruben? 30 years now. Good, nice. Uh, he died the same week, uh,

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when my wife got married. Oh, really? What is your wife's name? Alvina. She was, she, does she speak French? Well, is that the kind of French you speak to? Pretty much? I noticed when I was writing down the words of the song you're saying, um, Magan,

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something like do two kick shows. Mo again again. I had to get somebody to help me out with that one. I couldn't catch it. Uh, well, out there where you live in Karen Crow? Were there any people playing music? Yeah. And sometimes they had, uh, this

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guy, uh, Claude Fox. Yeah, they had, um, lady used to call him. I never knew. What is that mule. You know, they had somebody in, they had two or three of them but they all gone. Now, they're all gone. Said Mr Fox is still around. He

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should be really, well, they live out in Karen Crow too. There was no, he was staying in Scott, he was living in Scott. Is that near to Karen Crow? Yes, Scott. And can I say it's about like, uh, let me see, Scott, I mean, Lafayette and

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K is six miles or four. I say that's about like, 12 miles from all. Well, did your family know the fox when you all were young? Oh, yeah, I knew because they used to play them country dances, you know, and I, I was small at that

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time but I used to go and listen to them on the outside. I was too young to go inside. Did he play with Boule Mr Fox? And what did Boulet play? He played the accordion, Mr Fox too. They both play the accordion at the same time

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or at the same dance or this was around the late 19 th you? Ok. Um, like what other things were in the band at that time? What other instruments were in the band? All they had a scrub boon and them little triangle and no record in

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this all. They didn't have no guitars in the forties. Yeah, that's right. But, but this one that happened, I was small. That's why I said I was small. Must have been like, in the early forties, you think, probably more like you wanna get through. Um, well,

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did they let you? So you went into the dance halls when you were in your teens? They let young people in there too. Oh, really? So, you get to go, your dad would take you? Were they, were they, do you know the old, the old houses?

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Everybody that get together then they give up like a dance in the old house. Well, what kind of Accordions did they use? They were using them? They had a double, double. What do you know? I can't believe that. That's so, even back then they had this

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double, no, no piano keys. I didn't know they had piano cardio. They would call you. Well, back then, like, what kind of music would you call that? There wasn't any such thing as a, back then? Oh, no, it was. But it was mostly French music, you

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know. But, uh, like, what did you all call it? You just call it French music or did it have a name? La la, la la that came before the TV, in my room? Well, um, what's the difference between La la and just all time? Cajun music?

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Well, it is more French with music. It makes it more French, the French language. You mean, like the LA la did a lot of like rhythm and blues and stuff is like a little, you know, a little more, uh, but with, uh, since changing music is

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more fraction, that's why we call that, uh, that music opera. Now, that's why we call that article because it's blues and jazz and, and, and, and, and French mix. Yes. Where that would be weird combination. Oh, well, when did you first, um, hearing about that word

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zoa, like about, when did that idea come, come around that came around in the, in the forties? When, uh, when, uh, when I heard, uh, Clifton with that, you know, he said that you think he started that pretty much it was, but it was. But, uh,

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well, Clifton saw what people said, let's go to this article, you know, Clifton play. Let's go to Z article. So that, that word kill, they kept it up, you know, they have changed it. But before that it was there they got a la la of, of

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a picnic, a big picnic so soon. And so the light that, you know, oh, picnic was another kind of little thing, but it was the same thing. But, you know, you have different for different nicknames. That's neat. Well, when did, did you ever hear Clifton when

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you were young? You younger than? I didn't know how old he was. I never met him. I knew he was pro. So you have to be playing for a long time. I understand. Have been playing music for years in your twenties. Um, can you think of

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any of the names of the songs that Boulet and Claude Fox used to sing like some of the tunes they play? Oh, right off the bed. Right, right out of my knowledge. I heard one of the I heard about something he, uh, that he maybe had

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written, I was gonna see if you name it. Can you think of something you wanna come over? I'd love you to come talk too. Come on, come sit over here. I'd love you to be in the interview. Let me see what it is. Yeah, I remember

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that. You know, I remember. Yeah, I remember that. I do remember that. Yes. Come on over. I want to hear your voice on the tape. So I can remember. Come on, please do. I'd love, I wanted to ask you some questions too. Having a headache for

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my gosh. You get migraines. Is that what that is? I used to and it had stopped all. I'm so sorry. How awful. Um, well, we were just like you're from Broke Bridge you were saying and, uh, you're young, you're quite a bit younger than Mr Doopy

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or what are you about the same? So, you, did you hear music when you were a little girl too? Did you go to any of the clubs or the girls weren't allowed to go in there? No, I wouldn't go with my grand. Used to play. Oh,

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he did hear that. Yan Yan Leblanc. He played accordion. Oh, yeah, we talk about that all the time. They play some old, like de play. My wife used to tell me my, used to play that. She said, just like, just like she said, that's old time.

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Music like Dease play. So that's all time the way he plays. Well. Can you, since that your great grand, your grandfather sing? And maybe you could think of some other songs still. How about some French songs either? Besides like paper machine? And it was mostly just

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two steps and, you know, like waltz is two steps and then, uh, play with the other musicians would play, but he had never recorded, you know, to have his own style. He just play when you hear him play at home and, and it like parties, I

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guess. Uh, did he play with friends at friends, parties, at home? Just at home? Mhm. So that was good for you. You got to be around the music but you didn't go in the club. So you just said you grow up. Well, here's a name for

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your, oh, I know, I know what I heard was that Mr Fox had written Lucille? Is that right? That's a great tune. That's one of Mark's favorite songs. And you hear that song, we played that song about 25 times in the car going to New Orleans.

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I never, but, uh, Clifton recorded in so he, he's a friend of his. So the old man gave Clifton the song because he told Clifton, he said, uh, the time, uh, they were playing, they were recording your call, your music, you know, like we play. So

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when Clifton started recording, that's what he told Clifton he said, I want you to record him. He, he said that that's one of my song. Give it to Clifton. Oh, that's so. Yes. So you, you recorded that too recently? Um, well, did yall used to call

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some of the music? La la too? Did you know that word? La, la? Yes, that was the word like before. Z y'all used to say the picnic, the older people going to LA, LA and picnics. I never heard that picnic thing before. Um So the main,

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I'm just trying to get a picture in my book. I want to draw like a picture like out in the country. I mainly interview country people that are pretty much older than y'all and it's pretty different over in Unice than it is up here. Like there's

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so much more rhythm and blues influence around here. It looks like y'all think that's right. Like more than Mr Delafosse plays. You know, it's like, like he's got like mostly French stuff. Mhm. Ok. I got a, I got a name for you all. Now, how about

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Sydney Bineau? Have you ever heard of him? I talk about him. You never met him but he was good. That's right. And his father was Oscar Bono too. But that's another area from y'all. It's quite a waste for this. But you know what, he, he recorded

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the original Zydeco. I mean, he made a record of that, like in the fifties, the Zydeco Paal A real old time one. Just like you were saying, just the board and the accordion. That is so neat. I never met him. I was too young at that

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time. Yes. Well, um, in, at the health dances did people drink and stuff back in those days? They used to have, uh, what do they do? They had a homemade, bless you. You used to have that homemade? Oh, really? You know, used to be beer. So

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they used to sell that at the, at the house. It was just there for the guests and they bottle it and everything. They had a card game and they had a t, the big, the big tub full of that beer with some ice on it. And

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I took me one bottle and I drink that. I got so drunk and I was young. I was about nine years old. I got, I got the, the, the, the biggest people, my mama with me. I said, then I said, I don't think I'm a rec

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no more. Yeah. Yeah. Come, well, um, how did you get a, when did you start playing? When did you get an instrument and everything? How did you get, hold of an accordion? Sweat. My, my, my phaser card cost me, I think it was $6. It, it

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was a double. No, it was only used one. Some, somebody had, and I asked my father to buy it for me. My daddy had one. But, uh, I couldn't use it when he was dead. Did he play to your dad? Ok. What is your real name?

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Alton Ruben? Uh, that, I thought it was, I was wondering if that, I'll ask you about your nickname later. I wanted to ask you after you get your band. I want to know that. Um, so your dad had one and he played and he, he played

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a lot, a lot too because they didn't have no lounge in the time that they didn't have no lounge in. No, they didn't have too many, uh, Z, yeah, I knew they had just too soon and that's all. And, uh, did a mostly go play called,

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uh huh. What do you say to what balls? Dances like dance halls? Oh, bars. I misunderstood you? Oh, well, how about women? Were women ever involved in music at all? Back in those days around anybody y'all knew? Did you know any women who played or sang

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or? No? I knew, I knew she was out in, in, uh, Karen Crow too. Iii, I think, I think you used to go out with her. You said you used to know her? You hear or play? You never heard it? Double row accordion. How about that?

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That's real neat. She played dances and stuff and that was LA, LA too. She played French music in the forties or was it earlier than that late forties? That's pretty advanced for a woman to be on stage or you don't see too much of that. Yeah,

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she's amazing. And she's a great player. She said Mark couldn't get over it. She could play in some real hard keys, you know. He was impressed with her. Wait a minute now she, uh, she played mostly like Spanish. Yeah, she's got some stuff that you wouldn't

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exactly call to me, you know, Spanish. Yeah. Huh. But she doing good. Yeah, she's good. It's different though, that's for sure. Um, ok, let's try to think if y'all could think of any other early names, the names I'm gonna tell you now are country people. And

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I don't know if y'all would have ever heard about too much about these people. Did you ever hear about the fiddle player? Douglas Bellar? No. How about Adam's dad? That's way out that way. I knew. I knew and you didn't know him when you were younger,

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right? Ok. Well, back then, did you all have car or anything? How did you get around and you go in a wagon, fill up a wagon for the people and go where we have to go. We used to go to, go to a two. So you

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didn't go too far? Really? Huh. Like your world was about how big a set up, like, about how many miles would be your furthest you would go. Oh, really? So you really stuck close to the dance. There's a, there's enough happening around right where you were

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you had to work so hard. You were too tired at night to go anywhere, I guess. Did you, what did you, your family do when you were little when my mother worked out? She was, uh, a me and we farmed my stepfather. That would, and so

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you all were farming family too? And your mom worked too and you help too sometimes. Did any of y'all have cows and things on your farm? So you pretty much just did crops. And I know my grand we had, we had hogs, chicken and cows pass.

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Oh, really? You had a big, how many kids were in the family? It wasn't that big a family lately. Everybody I've asked to say like 1411, I've got four. And I tell you, well, you have a lot of, it was just two in your family. Like

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me and my wife, we got eight. You have 84 boys and four boys. That is a lot. But one of my aunt has 15 living Children. That's right. She have five girls and 10 boys. I just don't see how they can keep up with them and,

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and they're all grown now. I think her baby is like, uh 14. All the rest is grown. Really? Oh, come on. And she am. But 58 years old. Good. She must have started when she was about 14 years old. She must have been 16 when she

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got married and I had one every year she had 15. I just can't get, well, I heard, um, I was reading about, um, you had mentioned Jesse and Zozo Reynolds. Who were they? They're from? Oas, what kind of, who are they? Are? They, they are two

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men who played and they were about the same time as Mr Fox. Ok. So they're about Clifton's age but they're gone now. They're love still. You think they were old? And then, and that was a la, la style too. That was really before that Zydeco stuff.

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OK. Kind of get all this stuff straight in my head. Um It is a lot of people, they got a lot of them are musicians in Z but they really not playing it like uh like John Della, he don't really play article, he played mostly uh

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just one like a fracture. You know, he, his music is not mixed, like, like uh like me, Clifton, me and Clifton about the two regions. Are they, you know that really playing blue and jazz and to you, that's the definition of Z jazz and blues mix

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with a little bit of Cajun and French. OK. And so really, and, and you think Mr De is pretty much the French French? I see. OK. Well, so you say you started playing, got your record and you were at eight years old, you got it for

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$6. And so what, tell me about your first band and when you got started and when you started playing, oh, I really got, started playing with, uh, when I, when we move to Lafayette. But I feel like about 25 or 38. And, um, I got me,

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uh, I had a, this guy play, we were just to, we started just to mean Chester. His name was Chester. Z Chester. Is that the little guy we played? That was in high school? I mean, when you were young, like teenagers, I mean, he was from

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Karen Crow too. In Lafayette. Well, how did you meet him when I moved to Lafayette? That's when I met him. Your whole family moved to the city? Yeah. Yes. My mother, my sister and my brother. So you, so that your mom could get work in Lafayette?

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My ma, my ma was working at the hotel. I bet that was some hard days going to the city and all the kids. That's just, that's how I got started. And my first dance that I played. New J was, that used to be old Rosie nightclub

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on the highway. Rougier. Yeah. Like, uh, when you go to that big club, when you get out on the road that is called Rouge? Ok. I have to notice that. I haven't seen it before. I haven't gone to me as soon as you get up, you

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get off that he there, that's the first thing you're gonna need to do right hand side. And that, that big old girl. But when you start that, that place was about being like, it was small, a new chest. I was so small they had to put

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me, uh, you have to put a table and put a chair, put me on the chair on top of it so that people could see me. Oh, really? Do you have any pictures of that? I had some picture, I mean, after we move around, I don't

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know, I can't even find him. Oh, too bad. I was hoping you had some old pictures of you. A lot of people had some pictures of the early pictures, you know, their family, they got, they got. And what a shame that you played that for about

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eight years. And it was just you and Chester just me. Just me in the scrub book telling me he was making some, and at one time I give it up that I quit. And when I met, I just met my wife and I stopped playing again.

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So I thought this is not, I take and I'm kind of glad I picked it up. It's paid, it paid off. It took a long time. You know, it took me 30 years to get through. Ok, 30 years. Well, don't tell me. What were you doing?

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Meanwhile, were you working in construction, construction? I was gonna say, I must have you had to do something while you were waiting to get through. I was playing and I had a lot of work. But I was, they weren't paying too much. I was getting like,

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between me and Chester, we were given that $25 and I had to divide it between me here and that was much. But I had a job. I was doing construction and I played nice with, well, what are some songs you and Chester used to do? Can

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you think of the names? Any of the teen y'all used to play? Like when you first started at Chester Mid, I never record it. But I think my n recorded Chester, we had made a little song called If you want to spend my money on. Be

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careful. Just that with that. Just that. But I won't wait that. But I mean that people used to go crazy over that number would jump in numbers, right? Like a name. But I used to play the most tune like and all that, you know, I used

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to play when I used to hear the artist play, you know, play it up whenever anybody wanted. Um Where did you get your name? I can do when I was young. I used to, I used to, I used to you and they had a guy, his

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name was and he was a musician, he was a dancer and I used to go watch him dance and 14 years old, I mean, I, I was doing the same thing he was doing. So they, they called me, they called me doopsie too. So that man

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stayed. And uh when I started playing music, like I said, now said, uh, we gotta change that. Now we're gonna call you rocking Doocy. That's how it's such a great show business name too. So you're left handed, right? I am too. Left hand. People are kind

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of upside down. You know, I've been around the world. I'm the only man to see at the first time the energy and you hold it upside down. You don't change the reeds, do you like it? Is? He was Mark. Mark said, Duke, I don't see how

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you, how you do it. I don't know how you can do it. Mark said I tried, I can't, you know, that's because his mind didn't upside down. Oh, yeah. But, uh, they've seen a left hand guitar player, a left hand bass player, but they have never

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seen a left hand play. I'm the only man in the world, you know that playing. Really? Now we got to come to shoot out for 11 and play and they get rich man. That would be, I guess that'll be the number one. That's right. Special attraction.

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Um, ok, let's see. What else. Who is Furnace Arcena? Have you ever heard about him? Do you know him? He didn't do much French stuff? Does he, or rock and roll and disco? Oh, I wanted to put, um, you know, I was gonna tell about the

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old time country music and I was gonna tell about Zydeco and mention a couple of names. And what about Buckwheat Zydeco do you know about? Is he? They're pretty much dis disco now. They used, they started off French though, didn't they? And rock and Sydney, that's

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almost all in English too, isn't it? Why did they change? You know? No, but people want to hear all that French music and that's right. If I play for 20 or 30 more years, you never knew. But I never changed my style. I never change my

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style. That's what people want. This y this y this y state, you can't change that. When you change that, you get your own self. Why do you say that? Cause uh like Clifton change his music. Clifton changes music depend on it. He used to play a

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lot of French but you don't play much French no more. The people say he changed the music and he lost his squad, he lost his squad. So you're gonna stick with your. Oh yes, I'm staying with that. I'll tell you what that French growing, growing, growing

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more big as this French music taking over the country taking over. I hope I wish you would. Oh Yes, you take rock and roll is gone and uh country western is gone is gone too. This score just about to play out. So that means just the

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trash music. They got more young people turn into French to Z is that. Right. You know, I haven't heard any young bands. There are a lot of young bands around here playing last night. Now, the kids don't bring too much noise like the college kids. Like

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last night I did a party for USA last night at the mill of play. But I had about 2000 kids there went wild. Oh, and let me tell you, boy, them kids really drink. You know how many kids I really drank last night. 41 K 16

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G and killed 41. Now they figure how many gallons of beer is that? That's 656 gallon of beer you drink last night? Um You know that, you know it was a wall party on the, the win any doors get broken or windows or anything. I'll tell

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you um you were saying how you were a real great dancer in the past and that's where you got your nickname. Oopsy. Um Did you all know any of those old dances too? But were you dancing like um kind of rocking out kind of dancing or

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were you dancing the old style, like rock and roll, rock and roll dancing, rock and roll? Uh There's a lot of old dances. I go to old style, I, I go to style, you know, like the waltzes and that, you know, two steps. Do you ever

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go out when you take a break and dance? But I tell you what I got I, I'd love to film y'all dancing. I'd love to see that. It's really, we're making a, um, I don't want to hear what I have to say. Um, I just remembered

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something. Then your son play the rub board with you. What is his name? That's David. And he's about how old now? 21 he's capable and the old one is. Oh, now I haven't seen y'all the whole family. I just saw y'all that night when I was

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over there with the Lala's. See, I haven't been to your band for a long time because I don't go out that much. I have all those kids, you know, I just, I have a babysitter who comes during the day in the week a little bit tell

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Sarah gets out of school so I can go interview people. So, yeah, I'm gonna call you all and find it when you're playing somewhere and come hear your band and you wouldn't mind. You have to set up lights and all that. Would it bother you just

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for a little while? That would be great. Yeah. Ok. So you're used to that. Yeah, I'll do that. And then when you all get a video recorder, I'll copy it for you. Yeah, we can copy it. Ok. Let's see. Now, what else should we tell about?

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Um, so you think Zico is here to stay and it's, yeah, it's the music. Oh, yeah. What about Mr Charters from? Um, he's, yes, Sam, does he come over here and record you? How did he discover you? Oh. When did you start making records before? That

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wasn't with him? That was your first record? Oh, I thought you made some before. I had, I cut to 45 with Florida and 45. Are they still around me? But when I started doing a LP S it was with, uh, with Sam Charters that you're the

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ones, uh, started me going over to. Oh, that's been a good deal, hasn't it all? Do you ever go along? You can't leave the Children? The funny thing, I mean, I got surprised summer before the London Apple and we was, uh, fixing, uh, we just got

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it all we had to do is get off of this, this flight from, uh, from Houston to London and we was going to Germany and, uh, you was calling my last name, you know, and, uh, uh, any color Alvina Ruben Alvina. So I got to the

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bed but they had a ticket for her, you know, if she wanted to come. But I said, you know, if she wanted to come, he was gone and a round trip ticket, you know, she wanted to come on the tour and, uh, too bad you couldn't

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come. So my son told me that, that, that, that, that's mama. They calling, that I listen again. I went to the con. They said that's al yeah, we have, uh, ticket for al we know. Well, I said she's not, she, she never care. So, what did

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you do? Did you found the ticket back? So I told her she couldn't go. But I was surprised, you know. That's funny. I, I guess so because that name, you know, you knew it was, I thought I was in the field. I said, well, I said

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she beat me over you. Well, I said, I know, but I, I know I gonna get lost now. She, she said, all right, that's me. Whatever people do when they get paid way. Right. Well, yeah, you know, they did because they wanted you over there, they'll

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pay to get you over. Yeah. Ok. What shall we say? What else shall I say in the book? What do you think would be? Do you have any statements you wanna make to put in, in the book about your music or my music? I'm intended on,

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I keep on playing as long as I can. All right. Even though I get old, if I can pull, I'm gonna still go ahead and do it and I'm gonna keep doing quick. Go, go. Actually, then I'm gonna, I'm gonna still keep on and I am

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changing my music. I'm not changing my music. I'm staying with the French article. All right. That's a good thing for the young people to read, you know, and I, and I hope more young people pick it up and, uh, and, and keep it going because it's

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growing strong. All right. That's a good, I'm gonna put that at the end. I just thought it, one would. Um, you play mainly the triple row accordion now? And do you play any other cons? And your first accordion was the double row? And that's what mainly

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the LA la people play was double rows. Most of those people like Mrs. OK. Ok. And also one of my best friend that I have in, in Eunice is Mr Marks. And that's the man that, uh, that sells me all my, that's why I buy all

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my card from and they can't be beat and I won't buy it from nobody here because I'm, I'm more than satisfied with his, uh, with his, with his merchandise because he's good. He's the best is the best and he's, he's one of my close friends. What

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I like about him. He's there when I need it that I really appreciate that. That's really nice. And, uh, and I believe that with you, Paul, I always believe that Rock and Dukes are always gonna be all right. He'll appreciate that.