Description
Release Date: 1993
Label: Arhoolie Records
Track List
- 1 Every Now and Then
- 2 Hard to Love Someone
- 3 Who Can Your Good Man Be (Brown Skin Woman)
- 4 Zodico Two-Step (French Two-Step)
- 5 Going la Maison
- 6 I Believe I’ll Go Back Home
- 7 Release Me
- 8 Grand Mamou (Big Mamou)
- 9 Aunt Na Na
- 10 I’m Coming Home (To See My Mother)
- 11 Josephine Is Not My Wife
- 12 It’s Christmas Time
- 13 Coming Home Tommorow
- 14 Me and My Chauffeur
- 15 Where She Slept
- 16 Tired of Crying Over You
- 17 Clifton’s Blues
- 18 Let’s Rock a While
Notes
“I put a little Rock into this French music.” (Clifton Chenier, interview with Arhoolie 1978) Clifton Chenier was among the first to incorporate rock music along with Rhythm and Blues into traditional Louisiana creole music. Affectionately referred to as the King of Zydeco, Chenier’s music began to receive exposure outside his native Louisiana as the result of a series of recordings for Arhoolie Records in the 1960’s. He eventually toured the world with his band and was named a National Heritage Fellow in 1984. This album includes sessions recorded in the 1960’s and 1970 and includes several previously unissued tracks.
