Artist Lounge: Clifton Chenier
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from some time in the mid 1960s, played by the undisputed king: Clifton Chenier.
As usual, his brother Cleveland plays the rubboard
Louisiana's Zydeco King Clifton Chenier keeps the thrust of my Black History posts flowing today as I think his contributions to the southern stew of sound should be noted...Born the son of a sharecropper/amateur accordionist, Joe Chenier, Clifton got his first accordion from a neighbor, Isaie Blasa, in 1947. Beginning with the basics under his father’s instruction, Clifton was performing live alongside his brother Cleveland (on frottoir or washboard) in two year’s time. L... MORE







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