Clifton Chenier is known as the King of Zydeco. He was a pioneering accordion player who melded Black Creole dance music from southwest Louisiana and east Texas with rhythm and blues.
Here & Now’s Scott Tong speaks with CJ Chenier, Clifton Chenier’s son who’s also a musician, and Maureen Loughran, director and curator of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, about the new box set “Clifton Chenier, King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco.”
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