If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid.

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.