Cortez, Joe Sr and Eddie Lucas 1971-01-14
Joe Cortez Sr. and Eddie Lucas discuss their lives as Texas musicians, along with other bandleaders and musicians from the 1920s to the present.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Joe Cortez, Sr. and Eddie Lucas
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: January 14, 1971
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 45 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Cortez family [Joe Cortez, Sr., speaker],
Musical background,
To San Antonio, Texas,
Began musical career,
Jack Teagarden Band (1918),
Mack Rogers,
Eddie Lucas [speaker],
Mack Rogers (again),
Seven Oaks,
Band members,
First wife,
Killed in an auto accident,
Second wife,
Joe Cortez, Sr. [speaker],
Married Kate Masuka (1931),
Children,
Bands played with,
Emilio Caceres,
Family band,
To San Antonio (1923),
Joe Morin's band,
Band members,
Musical background,
Eddie Lucas [speaker],
Musical background,
Taught drum lessons,
High school band (Burbank, Texas),
Jimmy Kline's band,
Mack Rogers' band,
Larry Herman's orchestra,
Nightclubs owned by Herman,
Music played,
Popular music,
The Six-Part Invention (local band),
Jimmy Joy Orchestra,
Recorded many songs,
Rex Preis,
Other band members,
Various musicians discussed
Tape 1, Side 2:
Various musicians discussed,
Brewer family band,
Band members, singers,
Goodall, Winter family bands,
Jim Cullen's Happy Jazz Band,
Sybil Hopkins, singer,
Cotsie Keith, singer,
Kooksey Teniente [speaker],
Various musicians discussed
Range Dates: 1918-1971
Bulk Dates: 1918-1971
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