Clifton Chenier - King Of Louisiana Blues And Zy [VINYL]

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.

Louisiana Stomp

Ay, Ai, Ai

Louisiana Shuffle

Black Snake Blues

Live from PHR Studio, Clifton Chenier!

Rock House

J'ai Conet, C'est pas Me Femme (I Know, You're Not My Woman)

I'm on the Wonder

You Can't Sit Down

Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now and Then)

Dust My Broom

You Got Me Crying

Clifton's Blues

Why Did You Go Last Night

French Zydeco

Let's Talk It Over

Mr. Charlie

Breaux Bridge Waltz

Since I Met You Baby

You're Fussin' Too Much

Oh! My Lucille

Down the Road I Go

My Mama Told Me

Tit Mam's Zydeco

Boppin' the Rock

Zydeco et Pas Sale

Bon Ton Roulet

Walking to Louisiana

Hey Madeleine

Ma Negresse Est Gone

Cher Catin

All Your Love

Take Off Your Dress

Calinda

Night Time is the Right Time

Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club)

Ay-Tete Fee

Louisiana Blues

Jole Blonde

Johnny Can't Dance

634-5789 (That's My Number)

Fannie Mae

You're My Mule

Zydeco Cha Cha

M'Appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)

Zydeco

I'm a Hog for You

I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)

Rockin' Accordion

Lafayette Waltz

If I Ever Get Lucky

Grand Mamou

Drifting Blues / Breaux Bridge Waltz

Going Home Tomorrow

Ti Na Na (Little Na Na)

Je Suis En Racolteur (I'm a Farmer)

What I'd Say

Grand Prix

Baby What You Want Me to Do

Hot Rod

Black Gal

Gone a la Maison

Shake, Rattle and Roll

Someone Told Me It Was All Over

Je Marche le Plancher (I Walk the Floor)

That's Alright

Keep on Scratching

• Genre: Blues
• Product Type: Vinyl
• Barcode: 96290060015
• Release Date: February 06, 2026

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