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	Clifton Chenier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987) was the pre-eminent performer of zydeco music, a blend of Cajun and Creole music with RandB, jazz, and blues influences.
		Chenier died of kidney disease in 1987 and was buried in All Souls Cemetery in Loreauville, Iberville Parish.
		Fortunately his son CJ Chenier is carrying on in the zydeco tradition with a touring band and quality album releases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clifton_Chenier (174 words)

	Clifton Chenier put zydeco music on the map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton Chenier was born June 25, 1925, near Port Barre in St Landry Parish.
		It was his improvisations that made Chenier the "King of Zydeco," (he often performed wearing a crown) and made him world famous.
		Poor health from a kidney infection plagued him in the late 1970s, but Clifton Chenier returned to better health in the 1980s and, though sometimes so enfeebled that he had to be helped onto the stage, performed until just before his death in 1988.
	www.lft.k12.la.us /chs/la_studies/ParishSeries/FrenchMusic/CliftonChenier.htm (889 words)

	Clifton Chenier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although Clifton Chenier did not invent Zydeco, he is credited with creating and developing its modern sound as well as exposing Zydeco music to the world.
		Clifton Chenier was born on June 25, 1925 in Notelyville, Louisiana, a small rural community between Opelousas and Leonville, Louisiana to Joseph and Olivia Chenier who were sharecroppers.
		Clifton Chenier died on December 12, 1987 and was buried in Loreauville, Louisiana.
	www.zydecoonline.com /cliftoninfo.html (253 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Clifton Chenier
		It was Clifton Chenier who took the old dance music of the rural Louisiana Creoles and added blues,; soul, and country and stirred it all up until it became what we now call zydeco.
		Chenier assembled a band of musicians who were not just good but were the best in the business; they were a close-knit group that became legendary for high intensity concerts lasting four hours straight without a break.
		Over the next few years, Clifton Chenier would realize the wisdom of Strachwitz's insistence on sticking close to unadulterated zydeco,; which was already a musical gumbo of various ingredients, and he became more of a traditionalist himself, championing Creole culture and the French language wherever he played.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200219 (882 words)

	Clifton Chenier, Squeezebox Boogie - PopMatters Music Review
		Chenier feels right at home on this live disc recorded in Montreal and he doesn't mind speaking exclusively to the crowd in their own language in between songs, and on a lot of the tracks, as well.
		Musically, Chenier and his band don't make any statements on this live disc, except that zydeco as we know it from Buckwheat Zydeco and Baux Jacques was not necessarily the typical zydeco at the time of this recording.
		Chenier's soloing on this track seems a little closer to normal volume range, and he romps through it with a whole lot of cool single note playing and nifty chording.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/c/chenierclifton-squeezebox.shtml (527 words)

	The Zydeco Road: Artist of the Month - November, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton Chenier was affectionately known as the undisputed "King of Zydeco." His ability to blend various musical styles and influences such as: Cajun, RandB, and the blues helped launch the zydeco music genre to the masses over four decades ago.
		A truly gifted showman, Chenier played the piano style accordion, possessed a raw blues vocal style and often was attired his in trademark cape and crown during his performances.
		One year later, he signed with Specialty Records and released his hit single "AyTete-Fee." By 1956 Clifton Chenier's popularity was established and he was able to leave the oil refinery and begin his reign over the zydeco road that stretched from Louisiana to Texas.
	www.zydecoroad.com /aom/aom_1101.shtml (511 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Clifton Chenier
		Clifton Chenier, Albert Collins, Gatemouth Brown, Canned Heat, Barry Melton, Bill Kirchen, John Hammond Jr., Elvin Bishop, Little Charlie and the Nite Cats, Stoneground, Roomful of Blues and many more gave us their magic over and over again.
		I knew Clifton Chenier, because he and my father were best friends and he came to the house all the time, but I'd never heard what he could do...
		Like Clifton Chenier -- the late zydeco pioneer Dural played organ for during the 1970s -- Dural turns the accordion, an instrument previously known for polkas and romantic ballads, into a blues-rocking machine...
	music.surfwax.com /files/Clifton_Chenier.html (1496 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Clifton Chenier: The King of Zydeco
		Clifton Chenier was the undisputed king of zydeco, the Louisiana-bred mixture of blues and Cajun music.
		With his pumping accordion, manic French vocals and top-notch band, Chenier could set a crowd to dancing like few performers before or since, and this home-video release captures him in his element.
		Clifton Chenier: The King of Zydeco includes footage from the 1982 San Francisco Blues Festival and the 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as well as rare videotapes of Chenier and his band appearing on a French-language television broadcast from an independent Lafayette, LA, TV station.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/6527/plot.jhtml (173 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Clifton Chenier: ...Sings the Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The lyrics are typical of the genre, presenting a narrator in straightened and depressed circumstances, yet the buoyancy of Chenier's delivery, in both Zydeco-tinged accordion solos and hollered vocal choruses, shows indefatigable spirit.
		Chenier's accordion-playing style also reveals an awareness of sixties R&B. His solo on "Brown Skinned Woman", a traditionally structured 12-bar blues, draws forth big fat melodies and thick chords that sound like they belong to a Leslie-powered Hammond organ rather than a portable squeezebox.
		Chenier closes the album with a rousing rendition of one of my favorite traditional tunes, "Worried Life Blues".
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=108910857688883 (381 words)

	Clifton Chenier : Entertaining Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton is absolutely "the man" when it comes to hard rockin' zydeco accordion music.
		This was my first Clifton Chenier LP I bought maybe 10 years ago and have been in love with Clifton's music ever since.
		Mance Lipscomb, Clifton Chenier and (Sam) Lightnin' Hopkins have all passed on, but (thank god) their legend and legacy live on through recordings such as these.
	queerpopculture.com /entertainment/artistsearch_Clifton%20Chenier/mode_music (983 words)

	Clifton Chenier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Playing the accordion and singing, Clifton was a real showman on-stage; smiling, he displayed a shiny gold tooth, and he often wore a cape and crown during his performances.
		Clifton was a prolific composer and wrote many songs that are now standards of the genre, including "Tu Le Ton Son Ton", "I'm Coming Home", "Zydeco Cha Cha", "Johnny Can't Dance", "I'm A Hog for You", "Zydeco Sont Pas Sale" and "Hot Tamale Baby".
		Chenier began suffering from diabetes and slowed his touring pace in the late 1970s.
	www.flattownmusic.com /Clifton_Chenier.htm (215 words)

	Concerted Efforts -C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When zydeco superstar C.J. Chenier stepped onto the main stage at the 2001 Chicago Blues Festival and looked over the crowd of 60,000 eager fans, he had one thing in mind: get them on their feet and make them dance.
		Chenier contributed eight originals and carefully chose the rest of the material.
		Chenier steps it up and infuses his music with a funky and soulful attitude so irresistible, music fans everywhere will be happily dancing well into the new millennium.
	www.concertedefforts.com /artists_cjch.asp (1334 words)

	Clifton Chenier \| Live! At Grant Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton Chenier may not have invented Zydeco, but most aficionados will agree that he was the undisputed King of the music during his lifetime.
		As might be expected quality varied from release to release and in later years some of the youthful verve of his earlier prime had faded.
		Overall Chenier’s live recordings are a mixed bag, but this one taped in his hometown definitely ranks alongside Live At St. Marks as one of his most raw and redoubtable.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=7250 (529 words)

	ZYDECOROAD.COM: Contribute to the Clifton Chenier Memorial Statue Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It has been said Clifton Chenier was a man who trascended race and instilled the pride and heritage into everyone he touched.
		As the leader of the "Red Hot Louisiana Band", Clifton Chenier was Lafayette's first music ambassador.
		Chenier memorializing him by remembering and recognizing his contributions to the Creole culture and community.
	www.zydecoroad.com /cliftonchenier (335 words)

	Tribute to Clifton Chenier
		The 15th annual Festival International de Louisiane held in Lafayette ended triumphantly with a tribute to the late Clifton Chenier performed before a huge crowd seated in folding chairs, squatting directly on the parking lot pavement, or, more often than not, on their feet cheering and dancing.
		On stage were "All the King's Men," members of Clifton Chenier's Red Hot Louisiana Band at some time in the band's history up until the undisputed King of Zydeco's death in 1987.
		While C.J. Chenier was on stage playing accordion, Buckwheat Zydeco shifted to organ, the same instrument he played when he was in Clifton Chenier's band.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/music/cheniertribute.htm (316 words)

	Compare prices for Clifton Chenier - Folk & Roots Music > Cajun and Zydeco Music. Read folk & roots music ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The undisputed "King of Zydeco," Clifton Chenier was the first Creole to be presented a Grammy award on national television.
		A flamboyant personality, remembered for his gold tooth and the cape and crown that he wore during concerts, Chenier set the standard for all the zydeco players who have followed in...
		Zydeco Dynamite: The Clifton Chenier Anthology (1993) - Clifton Chenier
	shopping.yimg.com /p:Clifton%20Chenier:1927000562 (411 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Louisiana Blues And Zydeco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton Chenier is still an unsung hero not only in blues and zydeco, but in music in general.
		You can tell in these wonderful tracks here that he was an energetic force of nature with his accordian and that he could play this music all day and all night if he wanted to.
		Clifton almost didn't need a backing band; these songs would still sound great even without the percussion or washboard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000001GP?v=glance (537 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: The Best of Clifton Chenier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The interview at the end of the CD starts to meander, but I was surprised to hear Chenier say he invented Zydeco mostly to distiguish himself from other musicians, rather than some compelling need to create a new musical form.
		One of the strengths of this title, as well as a weakness, is that longtime Chenier producer Chris Strachwitz set out to highlight Chenier's blues abilities, which are considerable.
		Chenier was an outstanding blues singer, but the price for the inclusion of each blues number is the exclusion of a Zydeco masterpiece (although the listener never feels shorted, as there is not a bad cut on the whole album).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000087J7F?v=glance (842 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Bogalusa Boogie [Import] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leading the Red Hot Louisiana Band from behind his brawny, always-on accordion, Clifton Chenier charges through "Ride 'Em Cowboy" with devil-may-care abandon and then slinks into a chilled blues on "I May Be Wrong", riffing his accordion off the sax and guitar in splendid contrast.
		Chenier never sounded better on record than here, and for that fact alone, this is a must-have.
		The ensemble performance is superb: Paul Sénégal's guitar, Cleveland Chenier's rub-board, John Hart's tenor sax, Joe Brouchet's bass and Robert St.Julian's drums all assist and add weight to Le Roi's accordion work.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000001HJ (677 words)

	Oldies.com : Clifton Chenier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chenier was given lessons on the accordion by his father, and started performing at dances.
		Still playing music at weekends, Chenier was discovered by J.R. Fulbright, who recorded him at radio station KAOK, and issued records of these and subsequent sessions.
		Clifton Chenier (1928-1987) may not have invented Zydeco (or "Zodico," as it's sometimes spelled), an accordion-driven, blues-drenched variant of Cajun music, but he almost single-handedly defined the style as we know it today.
	drama.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_7964.html (309 words)

	Clifton Chenier Feedback
		The last time I saw Clifton play was for a festival in Lafayette, the year that he died.
		The ambulance had picked him up from the hospital (which was across the street from the fairgrounds) and brought him to his performance.
		It was sad to see him in that condition, but when Clifton was handed his accordion, he played like he always did, with all that emotion, feeling and vigor that Clifton was known for.
	www.coldbacon.com /feedback/clifton-feedback.html (833 words)

	Clifton Chenier - The King of Zydeco
		I would be just shivering, and saying to myself that if I died at that moment, if I were electrocuted right there, that I would have done everything in music that I could ever possibly want to do, because the feeling was so intense.
		I love my father, and I love the fact that he had the strength to do it, even after everybody ridiculed him in the beginning about what he was trying to do with that accordion, because they had a misconception of what the thing could do.
		Considered to be among the finest recording sessions ever made by Clifton and his Red Hot Band, this album is as super-charged and caffeinated as Sings the Blues is laid back.
	www.coldbacon.com /music/clifton.html (866 words)

	C.J Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band/title>
		Clayton Joseph Chenier is the son of the King of Zydeco, the late Clifton Chenier, but, growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, where he was born in 1957, he had only occasional contact with his father, who lived with his wife in Lafayette.
		As his health began to fail, Clifton Chenier let his son sit in for him, and when he died in 1987, C.J. Chenier became the leader of the Red Hot Louisiana Band.
		Despite its namesake, The Red Hot Louisiana Band is mostly on the road outside the state, and Chenier calls Houston home, but he was in Lafayette in mid-September 1999 to attend a ceremony unveiling a plaque naming a community services building the Centre de Services Communautaires Clifton Chenier.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/music/cjchenier.htm (444 words)

	Clifton Chenier
		Clifton personally arranged and paid for this recording, had his band in top shape, obviously gave it his all, and succeeded in taping one of his best "live" performances ever.
		Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz acquired the masters from Margaret Chenier in 1989, and, finally, we've got this terrific record of Chenier and his band throwing down an outstanding live set.
		Chenier was just about the bluesiest zydeco man who ever toted an accordion, and this album testifies to that fact.
	www.arhoolie.com /titles/487.shtml (250 words)

	FRETPLAY : Review : Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins Live at 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins - Live at 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival
		Clifton Chenier and Lightnin' Hopkins each follow with equally genuine solo sets of their own.
		Accompanied by drummer Francis Clay (on loan from Muddy Waters' band), Clifton rocks the audience introducing his bluesy zydeco "boogie" on such numbers as "French Zydeco", "Clifton's After Hours" and a couple of then-current cover numbers, "What'd I Say" and Slim Harpo's "Scratch My Back".
	www.fretplay.com /review/l/lipscomb_mance/discography-CD-B00003OP2M-Live-At-1966-Berkeley-Blues-Festival.shtml (510 words)

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