Episode 149 Winston Hall - ”Shreveport- Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

For more than three years now and 149 episodes, I have been sitting down with community leaders talking about how do we get our city to the next level. I think there are as many answers to that question in this discussion as in any I have had. You can my full conversation with Winston Hall here.

 

Here are the questions I asked:

 

0:32 1. Winston, you’re a professional entertainer and tour guide, deeply knowledgeable about the rich and important music history of our area. And we’ll get into all that and many other things today. But let’s start here.

 

There’s an interesting story I’ve heard about your first gig as a performer. Share that if you would.

 

4:39 2. You help oversee a fascinating podcast entitled Louisiana Haywire. Tell me about the genesis of this project, as well as the great national news it was recently able to share.

 

10:29 3. You were recently appointed to the Louisiana Music Commission. What is the Commission and how could this potentially be important for our area?

 

17:23 4. Like you, I share an interest in seeing a museum locally dedicated to the importance of Leadbelly. Tell us about Leadbelly and what made him such an important figure in music all across the world.

 

22:30 5. I’ve heard you say that we don’t talk about our rich music history enough. In your opinion, why do we struggle as a city at knowing, preserving, and rallying around (with pride) our city’s rich musical past?

 

29:40 6. We haven’t talked much about it but you’re one of the area’s most knowledgeable historians about Municipal Auditorium.

 

Let’s say in your newly appointed position to the Louisiana Music Commission, they tell you that you get one project locally to better tell and preserve our area’s rich music history. What project would you most want to see happen?