Transcript: Interview: Randy Newman comments on "Louisiana 1937"

RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
09-09-2005
Interview: Randy Newman comments on "Louisiana 1937"

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

Hundreds of songs have been written about New Orleans and Louisiana. One that's been played so often in recent days has a special poignancy.

(Soundbite of "Louisiana 1927")

Mr. RANDY NEWMAN (Singer, Songwriter): (Singing) What has happened down here is the wind have changed. Clouds rolled in from the north and it started to rain. Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time. Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline.

MONTAGNE: This is Randy Newman. He wrote the song "Louisiana 1927," the story of another ...

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