Виниловая пластинка Clifton Chenier – King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco (Релиз 2026)

Genre: Cajun

Release Year: 2026

Tracks:

1. Louisiana Stomp
2. Clifton's Blues
3. Boppin' the Rock
4. Ay-Tete Fee
5. Rockin' Accordion
6. Baby What You Want Me to Do
7. That's Alright
8. Ay Ai Ai
9. Why Did You Go Last Night
10. Zydeco Et Pas Sale
11. Louisiana Blues
12. Lafayette Waltz
13. Hot Rod
14. Louisiana Shuffle
15. French Zydeco
16. Bon Ton Roulet
17. Jole Blonde
18. If I Ever Get Lucky
19. Black Gal
20. Keep on Scratching
21. Black Snake Blues
22. Let's Talk It Over
23. Walking to Louisiana
24. Johnny Can't Dance
25. Grand Mamou
26. Gone a la Maison
27. Live from PHR Studio, Clifton Chenier!
28. Mr. Charlie
29. Hey Madeleine
30. 634-5789 (That's My Number)
31. Drifting Blues / Breaux Bridge Waltz
32. Shake, Rattle and Roll
33. Rock House
34. Breaux Bridge Waltz
35. Ma Negresse Est Gone
36. Fannie Mae
37. Going Home Tomorrow
38. J'ai Conet, C'est Pas Me Femme (I Know, You're Not My Woman)
39. Since I Met You Baby
40. Cher Catin
41. You're My Mule
42. I'm on the Wonder
43. You're Fussin' Too Much
44. All Your Love
45. Zydeco Cha Cha
46. Ti Na Na (Little Na Na)
47. Someone Told Me It Was All Over
48. You Can't Sit Down
49. Oh! My Lucille
50. Take Off Your Dress
51. M'appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)
52. Je Suis en Racolteur (I'm a Farmer)
53. Je Marche Le Plancher (I Walk the Floor)
54. Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now and Then)
55. Down the Road I Go
56. Calinda
57. Zydeco
58. What I'd Say
59. Dust My Broom
60. My Mama Told Me
61. Night Time Is the Right Time
62. I'm a Hog for You
63. Grand Prix
64. You Got Me Crying
65. Tit Mam's Zydeco
66. Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club)
67. I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)

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.