I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Many would perform with the band; and Brenda Lee's sit-in resulted in a duet record album recorded by her and Pete. Awards and honors
2006 Loyola University New Orleans awarded Fountain an honorary degree. He owned his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s.

He has played jazz Dixieland and Creole music. July 3 1930) is an American clarinetist based in New Orleans.