Interview with Louise Rowe, May 23, 2005 - transcript

Creator
Project director: Brown, Ronald C., 1945-
Interviewee: Rowe, Louise
Date Created
May 23, 2005
Description
Dee Lannon interviews Louise Rowe.
Side A: Louise starts showing the interviewer pictures of her family. She then describes her earlier life and playing with her brothers. She talks about meeting Bob Wills and his band, and how them and her brothers' band (Seven Rowe Brothers) did a battle of the bands. She talks about her time touring with Texas Playboys. She talks about her fashion. Then she speaks about playing the bass and doing recordings with the Texas Playboys.
Side B: Louise talks about how she lost her voice with age, and started to focus on Christianity. She shares verses from the Bible and compares her religious journey to her music journey. She compares music in California to Texas, then covers on what the instruments in the Texas Playboys are. She shares a story about a time she had to fill in for guitar and bass. She finishes with talking about some songs she has sang in.
Related to

Part 1 of the audio is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24893
Part 2 of the audio is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24895

Resource Type
Physical Form
Extent
25 pages
Language
English
Identifier
TMOH_2007-122_014_Transcript.pdf
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Source
Texas Music Oral History Accessions, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
Collection 2007-122, Box 887, Folder 7