LA114 Interview: Snooks Eaglin (LA114Abbott_Side1)

Description

Side 1: Interview with Snooks Eaglin. Abstract for Eaglin: [00:00-24:53] Snooks Eaglin describes how he met Victor "Papa Doc" Augustine in the early 1950s. Eaglin recalls that Augustine kept musical equipment and a wire recorder in a room behind his Dryades Street shop and that many local musicians would have jam sessions there – 1:27. Eaglin and Abbott discuss various songs that Augustine composed and assorted musicians who played at his shop. Eaglin shares a story about winning a radio-sponsored talent contest as a child playing 12th Street Rag – 5:27. They mention Augustine's gospel recording on which Eaglin played, Jesus Will Fix It, and Eaglin describes how Vernon "Dr. Daddy-O" Winslow was the only local radio person to promote the song – 9:40. Abbott and Eaglin continue to discuss musicians who worked with Augustine and Augustine's ear for talent but poor business sense, which limited his success.

In collections

Lynn Abbott Interviews

Details

Title: LA114 Interview: Snooks Eaglin (LA114Abbott_Side1)
Part Name: LA114Abbott_Side1
Interviewer: Abbott, Lynn
Interviewee(s): Eaglin, Snooks, 1936-2009
Date Created: 1984-03-03
Date Captured: 2020-03-13
2020-03-13
Description: Side 1: Interview with Snooks Eaglin. Abstract for Eaglin: [00:00-24:53] Snooks Eaglin describes how he met Victor "Papa Doc" Augustine in the early 1950s. Eaglin recalls that Augustine kept musical equipment and a wire recorder in a room behind his Dryades Street shop and that many local musicians would have jam sessions there – 1:27. Eaglin and Abbott discuss various songs that Augustine composed and assorted musicians who played at his shop. Eaglin shares a story about winning a radio-sponsored talent contest as a child playing 12th Street Rag – 5:27. They mention Augustine's gospel recording on which Eaglin played, Jesus Will Fix It, and Eaglin describes how Vernon "Dr. Daddy-O" Winslow was the only local radio person to promote the song – 9:40. Abbott and Eaglin continue to discuss musicians who worked with Augustine and Augustine's ear for talent but poor business sense, which limited his success.
Extent: 24 min., 53 sec.
Form: sound recording
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: interviews
Physical Location: Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections
Sublocation: Lynn Abbott collection, HJA-092
URL: https://archives.tulane.edu/
Topical Subject(s): Music trade
Gospel music
Gospel musicians
Geographic Subject(s): New Orleans (La.)
Temporal Subject(s): Nineteen fifties
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (Local): HJA092_LA114_1.mp3
Rights: Copyright to portions of this collection has been transferred to Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or owner’s heir for permission to publish where Tulane University Special Collections does not hold the copyright. For permission to publish collections material to which TUSC holds intellectual property rights, please contact Research Services at specialcollections@tulane.edu.
Source Note: This recording was digitized in 2020 as part of a Recordings at Risk grant funded project administered by CLIR, "Tell the real story of me": Mahalia Jackson and Black Gospel Quartets in the South.
Preferred Citation: LA114 Interview: Snooks Eaglin, Lynn Abbott collection, HJA-092, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Contact: specialcollections@tulane.edu