ABSTRACT: 00:42 Demonstration “Gulf Stream” 07:08 Romero explains how lucky he feels to be rich in local influence, saying the Lafayette and New Orleans have really “been it” for him, musically. 08:07 Adcock says that he feels American music has always sprung from South Louisiana, which he says is the foundation of their inspiration as musicians. He believes a regional sense of place permeates all their music, whether or not it seems objectively regional stylistically. 10:21 Romero confirms that regional music has always been his influence and inspiration, having been exposed to it at a young age through his older siblings. His desire to please his parents and facilitate their dancing helps hold him to this, despite national trends; he explains that their household had “a good mix of French Acadian songs and Fats Domino brewing in one pot.” 12:02 Adcock and Romero explain how they hit it off when they met as teenagers. They were both playing professionally, emphasizing different styles, which terrified Adcock initially, but it became clear that their interests aligned, in their focus on local music. 14:58 Romero expresses the import of carrying on tradition, and Adcock explains the delicate art of respecting it while trying to move it forward, which he explains has gotten them some flack but he likens to an oak tree growing new limbs. 18:15 Adcock explains his process writing “The Creole Nightingale Sings,” inspired by his grandparents’ visits to the Hotel Monteleone in the ‘30’s and ‘40’s. 19:45 Demonstration “The Creole Nightingale Sings” 25:11 Romero emphasizes their ability to stick close to home and find incredible songwriters, like Bobby Charles, and Adcock extols the musical richness of South Louisiana, explaining how incredible he finds it that Charles, Allen Toussaint, and Fats Domino all lived so close to one another. He also gets into the fact that Acadiana was, originally, quite separate from New Orleans; he considers records a great, modern way to blend all influences in one place. 28:38 Demonstration “Must Be In A Good Place Now” 33:06 Romero says that, in response to how many under-sung songwriters there are, all he sees that they can do is keep loving and doing what they do. Adcock concurs, adding that he believes people to be highly influenced by the radio and what’s fed to them by the mass media. 35:35 Adcock speaks to the influence of Buckwheat Zydeco, explaining how lucky he and Romero were to be taken under his wing early, as they frequented the club where he played as kids. Zydeco encouraged them to make their own label, and told Adcock never to criticize what he doesn’t understand, advice that has stuck with him since. 37:53 Romero seconds this, emphasizing that “it’s the same twenty musicians in the fifty bands” back home, and how busy everyone is, proving Buckwheat Zydeco’s lesson that you can do bad all by yourself. 38:36 Romero says that since the release of their last record he’s been, as always, continuing to write and outline arrangements. Adcock admits that the record took a lot out of them and that they’ve partly been recouping, but that his creativity is coming back now that the business necessities have subsided. 39:59 Demonstration “Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul Radio” 43:40 Adcock outlines their upcoming gigs, in Lafayette and Pensacola.