The Best of Clifton Chenier

Artist: Clifton Chenier
Label: Arhoolie Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 096297047422
EAN: 0096297047422
ASIN: B000087J7F

Release Date: 2003-07-22

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Zydeco

General

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Electric Blues Guitar

| Blues | Styles | Music

Cajun & Creole

Modern Blues

| Blues | Styles | Music

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My Favorite Zydeoc, Cajun, and Louisiana Music

Tracks:

Je Me Reveiller Le Matin (I Woke Up This Morning)
I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)
Ay, Ai, Ai
Brown Skin Woman (Who Can Your Good Man Be)
Hot Rod
It's Hard
All Your Love
Party Down (At The Blue Angel Club)
Why Did You Go Last Night
Ma Mama Ma Dit (My Mama Told Me)
Zydeco Cha Cha
Bon Ton Roulet
Black Gal
Johnny Can't Dance
I'm On The Wonder
Zydeco Sont Pas Sale (Snap Beans Without Salt) (Alternate Take)
Ain't No Need Of Crying (Every Day Is The Same/Louisiana Blues)
Interview With Clifton Chenier Over Radio Station KPFA - Berkeley, CA - 1978

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Customer Reviews:

Great Collection of a Master.......2003-11-07

I guess I'm not qualified to evaluate whether this is the best collection of Chenier's work, but this is a great collection. I was surprised that Chenier is a pretty good blueman, but the Zydeco numbers are the best, and that's why most people want to listen to. I suppose alternating the blues with the zydeco balances the collection.

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.

There maybe a better collection out there, but this was good enough for me!

Fantastic Collection!!!.......2003-07-22

A great introduction to the best singer/accordionist in the history of Zydeco, this collection features a mix of Chenier's classic Zydeco standards, like "Ay, ai, ai" and "Zydeco Sont Pas Sale" as well as some great blues numbers. 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). I suppose it is a six of one, half a dozen of the other, with the high level of blues actually adding another facet to the King of Zydeco (if the quality were any less, then I might complain, but as it is, it's really perfect).

Overall, the album is outstanding: some of the best Zydeco music ever made, interspersed with top-notch blues and topped off with a fascinating interview, which, along with a previously unreleased version of "Zydeco Sont Pas Sale" make this interesting even to a long-time Clifton Chenier fan.

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