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2019 Swamp Pop Legends
001-2019-012
39:11 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4
Sat Apr 27 2019
With Warren Storm and Willie Tee. Interviewer - Nick Spitzer
00:12 Demonstration 02:37 Warren Storm mentions having become good friends with Fats Domino; describes the music he grew up with; explains how Fats Domino inspired him to move away from the music of his youth and lean toward swamp pop, which he says started with rhythm and blues 04:24 Willie Tee discusses his hometown of Judice, Louisiana; Tee and Storm discuss when they got together, in 1980 06:46 Storm describes how he got to record “The Prisoner’s Song,” in 1958 08:45 Storm introduces his band members and shows off some of his alligator paraphernalia 10:05 Demonstration, “Sick and Tired” 13:24 Storm and Tee dispense with the notion that they are ever sick and tired of playing music, and describe how they came to collaborate; Tee describes his various nicknames 16:39 Storm tells how he got his stage name, necessary partly due to his birth name not fitting on 45’s 18:03 Storm explains how J.D. Miller pitched “The Prisoner’s Song,” which charted, and describes the recording process 18:46 Demonstration, “The Prisoner’s Song” 21:30 Storm tells how “Prisoner’s Song” got him to meet Elvis, who himself recorded a dirty version of the song; gets into his time recording in Nashville 24:15 Demonstration, “Seven Letters” 28:38 Storm attributes his ability to maintain a heartfelt feeling in his songs to abiding love for music 29:06 Storm discusses his experiences with Lil’ Band o’ Gold, which helped him take his music worldwide; cops to sometimes singing in French 30:39 Demonstration, “Jolie Blonde” 33:45 Storm discusses the lack of accordion in the band, compromised with a keyboard that sounds like one 34:49 Haydee Lafaye Ellis tells a story of Fats Domino paying Warren Storm a high compliment; Storm counters with a joke Domino made, teasing him with his own song 36:16 Demonstration, “Thank You So Much” 39:12 Interview ends
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive