Sonny Igoe interviewed by Monk Rowe, Emerson, New Jersey, July 31, 2003 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Making $5 for gigs imitating 'name bands' during the Depression -- Learning to keep time/Winning a Gene Krupa contest at age 16 -- Lessons and connections in New York/Influenced by his Mother's piano practice regimen -- Musical generation gap : The Beatles/Pay scale for jazz in 1950's New York -- Audition for Benny Goodman band -- Goodman anecdote : "The ray" -- Racial discrimination on the road in the 1940's -- Marriage, leaving Woody Herman, and financial trouble with Tommy Dorsey and the musicians' union -- Drugs and jazz/Financial hard times -- Goal of playing with 'A' bands was more important than income -- Transitioning from swing to rock 'n roll to RandB/Faking "The Twist" on Candid Camera/"Rock is putting the amateurs to work" -- Working with The Muppets -- 1970's network studio recession/Teaching experiences -- Conclusion.