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2017 DL Menard and Terry Huval
001-2017-026
43:30 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 Server on Cloud
Sun May 07 2017
Interviewer, Michael Tisserand
01:03 D.L. Menard mentions having visited a town named Menard, where he was offered the key to the city 01:40 Michael Tisserand and Menard discuss “La Porte en Arriere” having made Rolling Stone’s top one hundred country and western songs 02:40 Demonstration “La Porte en Arriere” 04:47 Menard explains how he got started with the guitar in Erath, Louisiana 06:02 Menard describes his first guitars and how he got them 08:03 Menard discusses his first gig 08:48 Menard explains that he never announced his intent to be a musician to his family of farmers, as he never imagined he’d make a living of it 09:55 Menard describes his radio 11:08 Menard describes what he would listen to on the radio 11:25 Menard explains what drew him to Hank Williams 12:28 Menard discusses his meeting in 1952 with Hank Williams 13:43 Demonstration “Your Cheatin’ Heart” 15:56 Menard discusses writing “The Back Door” and its frequency of covers 17:44 Menard explains the story within the lyrics of “The Back Door” and how its success surprised him 19:29 Menard speaks to his songwriting methods 19:50 Menard explains how the turntable determines good songs 20:13 Menard describes his first recording 20:40 Menard explains how he got started touring 24:37 Menard explains the beginnings of his chair factory 26:35 Menard admits he can’t remember when or how he first met Terry Huval 26:58 Terry Huval describes his first encounters with Menard 28:24 Huval describes touring and being on the road 31:21 Demonstration “Happy Go Lucky” 32:23 Menard and Huval describe their relationships to Don Helms 35:30 Huval relates an anecdote about the writing of “Jambalaya” and its import to the Cajun population 38:06 Menard explains how he came to collaborate with Dewey Balfa on “The Green Oak Tree,” and how quickly he wrote it 40:04 Menard declines to translate the “Oak Tree” lyrics, explaining that he can’t always translate from writing in French 40:27 Huval explains the lyrics 40:44 Demonstration “Under the Green Oak Tree”
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