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2017 Preston Frank and Ed Poullard
001-2017-002
40:23 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 on Server and Cloud
Fri Apr 28 2017
Old-time Creole Accordion and Fiddle, Interviewer Nick Spitzer
02:00 Demonstration: Two-step 06:22 Keith Frank explains that he followed his own musical path 07:35 Keith Frank takes credit for the dance band’s version of The Jeffersons theme song, which Nick Spitzer had addressed as a big hit in Louisiana. 08:50 Ed Poullard relates that he moved to Beaumont nine months after being born but returned regularly to Louisiana 10:03 Poullard explains that due to his family, despite physically being in Texas, his childhood was that of a Creole, with French being spoken and traditions such as house parties and dance halls being adhered to. 11:34 Poullard relates his experiences with accordions, which he builds. He had been tinkering and then got patterns from Marc Savoy, incentivized partly by his children’s interest in the instrument and his desire not to have to buy multiples. 15:30 Demonstration 19:40 Keith Frank speaks to how to get young people out to hear music 22:08 Demonstration “Why You Wanna Make Me Cry” 25:29 Poullard explains that that song in that key is new to him since playing with Preston; he learned the song it was based on, composed by Canray Fontenot 27:00 Poullard and Spitzer discuss how few Creole fiddler players are left who came up within the tradition 28:50 Poullard discusses the erosion of the fiddle within contemporary Creole music 30:42 Preston Frank explains that he began under the name Preston Frank & The Soileau Playboys, often misspelled ‘Swallow’ 31:29 Demonstration “Soileau Special” 35:45 Keith Frank explains how he felt in awe of his father, working all day and then playing music all night and then immediately returning to work 36:54 Preston Frank explains that he’s the only of his six siblings to have stayed in Soileau 37:18 Keith Frank explains he’s remained in Soileau because it’s his home, and his working studio is there 38:01 Demonstration “Born in the Country”
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