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Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier would have been 100 on June 25, and a new tribute album featuring The Rolling Stones ...
Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 in 2025. This year he's the subject of a book, a box set and a tribute album featuring the Rolling Stones ...
On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to celebrate royalty: Clifton Chenier, the ...
The single appears alongside a 1965 Clifton Chenier recording and is released by El Cerrito's Arhoolie Records.
The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community ...
RASCOE: That's C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy who are both a big part of "A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco," aka Clifton Chenier. Thank you so much for joining us. SAVOY: Thanks so much for having me.
Zydeco-music pioneer and Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award-winner Clifton Chenier’s centennial was celebrated a year early Friday night at San DIego’s 21st annual Gator by the Bay, but … ...
Also included in the star-studded lineup is CJ Chenier, Clifton's son. “It was an honor to be a part of this project with all of these wonderful, ultra talented artists celebrating my dad’s ...
Clifton Chenier was born June 25, 1925, in Opelousas, a south-central Louisiana town that — thanks largely to him — is now known as the birthplace of zydeco.
Story originally ran Oct. 1, 2014. A suit filed by the heirs of Clifton Chenier against C.J. Chenier in the 15th Judicial District Court alleges, among other things, that the King of Zydeco was ...