Clifton Chenier with Clarence Garlow – Zydeco – Louisiana Stomp – 2CD

Prior to Clifton Chenier's arrival, zydec was confined to Louisiana and South-East Texas, taken seriously by its practitioners and their audiences but passed over in the larger picture. Clifton was one of the first to move from diatonic button accordion to the piano accordion, a Cadillac of an instrument that gave him a wider selection of keys and the possibility of integrating other music forms like the blues into his repertoire. Zydeco's wide popularity can be laid mainly at the feet of Chenier and his 1954 recording of 'Clifton's Blues' and 'Louisiana Stomp'.

The first complete collection of the first sides by the two men who created Zydeco-Clifton Chenier and Clarence Garlow.
Superbly re-mastered and presented set that brings the highest re-issue standards to this key set of recordings which would influence zydeco for the following 60 years.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Clifton Chenier: 1. Louisiana Stomp - 2:54   2. Cliston Blues - 3:14   3. Tell Me (Just a Lonely Boy) - 2:17   4. Rockin' the Bop - 2:44   5. Country Bred - 2:28   6. Rockin' Hop - 2:01   7. Ay-Tete-Fee - 2:42   8. Boppin' the Rock - 2:23   9. Wherever You Go I'll Go - 3:18   10. The Things I Did for You - 2:52   11. Think It Over - 2:29   12. All Night Long - 2:42   13. Opelousas Hop - 2:18   14. Yesterday (I Lost My Best Friend) - 2:50   15. Opelousas Hop - 1:42   16. I'm on My Way - 2:48   17. Squeeze Box Boogie - 1:58   18. The Cat's Dreamin' - 2:10   19. Chenier's Boogie - 1:44   20. Zodico Stomp - 2:14   21. Clifton's Dreamin' - 2:54   22. Ay-Tete-Fee - 1:55   23. Wherever You Go I'll Go - 1:55   24. All Night Long - 2:37   25. Chenier's Boogie - 1:58

CD2:
Clarence Garlow: 1. In a Boogie Mood - 2:56   2. Jumpin' for Joy - 2:58   3. She's So Fine - 2:58   4. Blues as You Like It - 3:02   5. Bon Ton Roula - 3:16   6. New Bon Ton Roula - 2:32   7. Hey Mr Bon Ton - 2:36   8. New Bon Ton Roulay - 2:53   9. You Got Me Crying - 2:18   10. Dreaming - 2:40   11. Jumping at the Zadacoe - 1:55   12. I'm Hurt - 2:15   13. Cry Cry Baby - 3:08   14. I'll Never Hold It Against You - 2:36   15. I Called You Up Daddy - 2:28   16. Come Baby Come - 3:35   17. Nothing to Talk About - 3:25   18. Train Came Down the Track - 2:20   19. Crawfishin' - 2:36   20. Route 90 - 2:41   21. Za Belle - 2:51   22. Made Me Cry - 2:53   23. No No Baby - 2:42   Boozoo Chavis: 24. Boo Zoo Stomp - 2:21   25. Paper in My Shoe - 2:15