Clifton Chenier Bayou Blues Digital Life Music

Bayou Blues
by: Clifton Chenier

Binding: Audio Cassette
EAN: 0022211213949
Label: Specialty
Manufacturer: Specialty
Publisher: Specialty
Release Date: October 17, 1990
Sales Rank: 887941
Studio: Specialty

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Here is where the Chenier legend began. This disc contains the 12 Bumps Blackwell-produced tracks Clifton cut in 1955 in Los Angeles for Specialty Records. On tracks like 'The Cat's Dreamin'' or his first hit single, 'Ay 'Tète Fey' (which is the Cajun-French form of its better-known title, 'Eh, Petite Fille' meaning 'Hey, Little Girl'), Chenier's amalgam of blues, R&B, and rock & roll mixed with traditional French dance tunes is still rough but already has the power and drive that he (and his accordion) would later hone to a fine edge. Instrumental greats and mainstays of Chenier's early road bands like tenor saxman Lionel Prevost and guitarist Lonesome Sundown add their considerable talents to these sessions. The starting point for any comprehensive Chenier collection. --Robert Baird

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- Brilliant
Truly a great disc. This is the blues, but unlike any blues you've heard before. My only complaint is its too short.

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- King of the Bayou Blues
In this 1955 session, Clifton Chenier and his Zodico Ramblers laid down track after track of greasy, back-beat shuffles and boogies for the Specialty Record Label. Rolling instrumentals like "Boppin' the Rock," "Zodico Stomp" and "Opelousas Hop" demonstrate Chenier's masterful touch and wonderful delivery on the accordion, an instrument not normally associated with the blues; that said, this recording is unmistakably a blues record.

Ironically, one of the most interesting elements of this recording has little to do with music. "Eh, Petite Fille," offers listeners an example Creole. Creole is a blending of two or more pidgin (simplified) languages resulting in the synthesis of language that is adopted as the "mother tongue" by a group of people. Creole languages are spoken all over the world but the blend of French, English, and several African dialects merged in Louisiana to create a uniquely American ... Read More

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