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In South Louisiana, Clifton Chenier (1925-1987) grew up hearing his father play a style of music known as La La at house dances held in Black French Creole communities. It had a percussive and syncopated sound, played in spare combinations of an accordion and a washboard used to scrub out a rhythm. After picking up accordion as a curious teenager, Chenier soon brought into this sound the rhythm and blues that dominated radios and jukeboxes, crafting a new style that would be called zydeco. In the 1950s, he recorded for Elko, Specialty, and Chess, and joined national package show tours with stars like Little Richard and Etta James. A decade later, Chenier was quietly settled in Houston, the big stages seemingly behind him. But one rainy Saturday night at a Houston neighborhood bar, Chenier's cousin Lightning Hopkins introduced him to Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, where zydeco and Clifton Chenier would find a new home and champion. King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco is a 4 CD/6 LP retrospective box set assembled in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Chenier's birth. The set features a chronology of Chenier's landmark work with Arhoolie and other labels, alongside a healthy dose of previously unissued gems. The 160-page book includes photos, posters, and other graphic artifacts from the Strachwitz Collection and deeply researched liner note essays by Grammy award-winning writer Adam Machado, public folklorist and radio host Nick Spitzer and longtime Louisiana journalist Herman Fusilier, along with a moving personal remembrance by Clifton's son, Zydeco musician C.J. Chenier. The set is the first release on Arhoolie since the label became a part of Smithsonian Folkways. With music and storytelling and abundant visual imagery, this set demonstrates Clifton Chenier's life as a transformative artist - from his earliest days practicing in the barn back home, to his reign as the undisputed King of Zydeco.
Tracklist:
- Louisiana Stomp
- Clifton's Blues
- Boppin' the Rock
- Ay-Tete Fee
- Rockin' Accordion
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- That's Alright
- Ay, Ai, Ai
- Why Did You Go Last Night
- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
- Louisiana Blues
- Lafayette Waltz
- Hot Rod
- Louisiana Shuffle
- French Zydeco
- Bon Ton Roulet
- Jole Blonde
- If I Ever Get Lucky
- Black Gal
- Keep on Scratching
- Black Snake Blues
- Let's Talk It Over
- Walking to Louisiana
- Johnny Can't Dance
- Grand Mamou
- Gone a la Maison
- Live from PHR Studio, Clifton Chenier!
- Mr. Charlie
- Hey Madeleine
- 634-5789 (That's My Number)
- Drifting Blues / Breaux Bridge Waltz
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Rock House
- Breaux Bridge Waltz
- Ma Negresse Est Gone
- Fannie Mae
- Going Home Tomorrow
- J'ai Conet, C'est Pas Me Femme (I Know, You're Not My Woman)
- Since I Met You Baby
- Cher Catin
- You're My Mule
- I'm on the Wonder
- You're Fussin' Too Much
- All Your Love
- Zydeco Cha Cha
- Ti Na Na (Little Na Na)
- Someone Told Me It Was All Over
- You Can't Sit Down
- Oh! My Lucille
- Take Off Your Dress
- M'appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)
- Je Suis en Racolteur (I'm a Farmer)
- Je Marche Le Plancher (I Walk the Floor)
- Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now and Then)
- Down the Road I Go
- Calinda
- Zydeco
- What I'd Say
- Dust My Broom
- My Mama Told Me
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- I'm a Hog for You
- Grand Prix
- You Got Me Crying
- Tit Mam's Zydeco
- Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club)
- I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)
UPC: 096290060015
Label: Arhoolie Records
Release Date: 2.6.26
Format: Vinyl Record
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