A1 	Grand Prix 	3:05
A2 	Hungry Man Blues 	4:30
A3 	Parti De Paris 	2:20
A4 	Take Off Your Dress 	4:40
A5 	Party Down (At The Blue Angel Club) 	4:30
B1 	Falksy Girl 	4:20
B2 	Easy, Easy Baby 	3:05
B3 	Tante Na Na 	3:50
B4 	Do Right Sometime 	3:35
B5 	Highway Blues 	3:20

Bass – Joseph Bruchet
Drums – Robert Peter
Guitar – Paul Senegal
Piano, Organ – Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural
Saxophone – John Hart
Washboard [Rubboard] – Cleveland Chenier
Written-By, Vocals, Accordion – Clifton Chenier

In New Orleans was recorded in the late '70s with one of Clifton Chenier's classic bands, which featured his brother on washboard, saxophonist John Hart, and guitarist Paul Senegal, among others. The album is textbook Chenier -- it rocks & rolls, wails and shouts. It's may be a typical record for the king of zydeco, but that means it's very, very enjoyable. ---Thom Owens, AllMusic Review

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01. Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now And Then) — 3:47
02. Hard To Love Someone — 3:25
03. Who Can Your Good Man Be (Brown Skin Wom) — 3:45
04. Zodico Two-Step (Zydeco Two-Step, French Two-Step) — 3:22
05. Going La Maison — 3:42
06. I Believe I'll Go Back Home — 3:26
07. Release Me (From My Sin) — 4:00
08. Grand Mamou (Big Mamou) — 3:25
09. Ton Na Na (Aunt Na Na) — 3:07
10. I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother) — 3:19
11. Josephine Par Se Ma Femme — 3:12
12. It's Christmas Time — 4:16
13. Coming Home Tomorrow — 3:24
14. Me And My Chauffeur — 3:12
15. Mo Veux Connaitre (Where She Slept) — 3:45
16. Tired Of Crying Over You — 2:40
17. Clifton's Blues — 3:32
18. Let's Rock A While — 3:31

Clifton Chenier (vocals, accordion); 
Antoine Victor, Raymond Monett, Cleveland Keyes (guitar); 
Elmore Nixon (piano); 
Joe Morris (bass); 
Robert Peter (drums); 
Cleveland Chenier (rubboard).

After gaining initial notoriety in the '50s and '60s on Specialty Records and a variety of small Texas and Louisiana labels, Zydeco King Clifton Chenier brought the blues-fueled Cajun music he practically invented to Chris Strachwitz's roots label Arhoolie, subsequently recording a series of fine albums including 1970's King of the Bayous. Featuring brother and longtime partner Cleveland Chenier on rubboard, Robert St. Judy on drums, Joe Morris on bass and Antoine Victor on guitar, King of the Bayous includes Chenier's standard blend of zydeco two-step, waltzes and blues, and provides an excellent taste of what the band no doubt played on countless one-niters along the Louisiana-Texas Gulf Coast. Zydeco-brand blues predominates with Chenier originals "Hard to Love Someone," "Who Can Your Good Man Be" and "I Am Coming Home," in addition to a cover of the honky-tonk weeper "Release Me." Offering a contrast to the blues and something for the dancers, the band lays down a lively two-step beat on "Tu Le Ton Son Ton," "Josephine Par Se Ma Femme" and "Zodico Two Step." Throughout the varied set, Chenier's irrepressible vocals and accordion playing stand out. A nice sample of bayou zydeco by one of its finest and most original practitioners. --- Stephen Cook, allmusic.com

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01 - Caldonia (what makes your big head so hard?) - 2:51
02 - Laissez les bons temps rouler - 3:55
03 - Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas rentrer - 2:39
04 - Le blues de la vache a lait - 3:35            play
05 - Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme - 2:26
06 - Tous les jours mon coeur est bleu - 4:09
07 - J'veux faire l'amour a toi - 3:01
08 - Choo-choo ch'boogie - 2:52                    play
09 - La valse de Paris - 3:07
10 - Shake, rattle and roll - 2:15
11 - Goin' down slow (in Paris) - 3:48
12 - Don't you lie to me - 3:12
13 - Aye, aye mama - 2:16

Personnel: 
Clifton Chenier (vocals, accordion); 
Lon Price (saxophone); 
Stanley Dural Jr. (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); 
Cleveland Chenier (rub-board).

Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco, is heard in prime form on this reissue from 1976. Since Chenier's first language was French and some of his top fans were from France, many of the selections on this set have his French lyrics to familiar songs. It is quite interesting hearing such numbers as "Let the Good Times Roll," "I've Got a Woman," and "Everyday I Have the Blues" sung in French. Chenier's band, which used a few substitutes for this studio set, is top-notch with the pianist-organist being Stanley Durell, Jr., the future "Buckwheat Zydeco." The music has plenty of blues, rock & roll feeling, and the passion of R&B, all mixed together to form zydeco. While many of the selections are fairly brief, each number features a solid groove and plenty of spirit. Recommended. ---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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1. Mon Fait Mon l'Ide (I Made up My Mind)
2. Introduction and You Got Me Crying
3. Wrap It Up, Baby
4. What Am I Living For?
5. My Dog Jumped a Rabbit (Rock House)               play
6. All the Things I Did for You
7. Zydeco Rock
8. I'm Back Home
9. Ay-Ye-Tie-Zydeco
10.You Don't Have to Go
11. Mardi Gras Zydeco                                play
12. I Got the Blues
13. Johnny Can't Dance
14. Tout Chacun Apres Parler (Everyone Is Talking and Good Night!)
15. 'Tit Mama's Zydeco

Credits:
Clifton Chenier (Accordion), Clifton Chenier (Vocals), 
C.J. Chenier (Sax (Alto)), 
John Hart, (Sax),
Paul Senegal, (Guitar),
Robert Peter (Drums)

Clifton Chenier recorded this 73-minute performance in Lafayette, LA, on April 28, 1981, backed by the Red Hot Louisiana Band. That group featured Cleveland Chenier on rub board, C.J. Chenier on alto sax, and Robert Peter on drums; oddly, the guitar and bass players for this specific gig remain unidentified. No surprises here -- just a good energetic set by the king of zydeco, with a full-sounding band and pretty good fidelity. As usual, he varied the set between traditional-sounding zydeco and numbers with a heavier soul and blues flavor (on which the saxophone comes much more to the fore), including a cover of the old Chuck Willis hit "What Am I Living For." --Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com

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01. Zydeco Sont Pas Sale — 3:16
02. Lafayette Waltz — 4:35
03. Louisiana Two-Step — 3:49
04. Clifton's Waltz — 4:16
05. Louisiana Blues — 5:01
06. Hot Rod — 3:27
07. Banana Man — 4:49
08. Ay-Tete-Fee — 2:42
09. It's Hard — 3:23
10. I Can't Stand — 2:43
11. I Can Look Down At Your Woman — 3:32
12. Accordion Boogie — 3:09
13. Banana Man (Take 2) — 3:08
14. Ay, Ai Ai — 3:07
15. Clifton's Blues (Where Can My Baby Be) — 3:28
16. Let's Rock Awhile — 3:29
17. Elmore's Blues — 3:19
18. Clifton's Two Step — 3:11
19. Zydeco Sont Pas Sale (Take 1) — 3:38 

Line Up:
Clifton Chenier, vocals and accordion ; 
Cleveland Chenier, rubboard ; 
The Red Hot Louisiana Band.

Clifton Chenier was the undisputed King of Zydeco, and the man who literally invented the genre. He took Louisiana’s rural Creole music from the house dances to concert halls around the world. He was not only the King, but the father of Zydeco.

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01. Clifton Chenier - Tu Es Si Jolie (4:22)
02. Clifton Chenier - Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés (4:49)
03. Clifton Chenier - You're Just Fussing Too Much (5:10)
04. Clifton Chenier - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (4:36)
05. Clifton Chenier - Marcher Plancher (3:12)
06. Clifton Chenier - Here Little Girl (3:30)
07. Clifton Chenier - Release Me (4:22)
08. Clifton Chenier - Jambalaya (3:54)
09. Clifton Chenier - I'm a Hog For You (6:19)
10. Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Two Steps (4:05)
11. Clifton Chenier - When You Going to Sing For Me (4:49)
12. Clifton Chenier - Who Who Who (3:22)
13. Clifton Chenier - You Promised Me Love (4:52)
14. Clifton Chenier - Black Girl (3:06)

Bass – Joe Morris (tracks: 1, 5 to 9, 11 to 14)
Drums – Robert St. Julian
Guitar – Paul Senegal (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 9, 11 to 14)
Vocals, Accordion – Clifton Chenier
Washboard [Rub-board] – Cleveland Chenier 

Like so many American originals, accordion player and singer Clifton Chenier was able to synthesize several older genres of music into a new form. He added to Cajun music a touch of the blues, rhythm and blues, and rock & roll to create a driving pop version of zydeco. He explained, "People been playing zydeco for a long time, old style like French music. But I was the first one to put the pep to it." A native of Opelousas, LA, he started his career performing on weekends near the oilfields, where he worked at his day job. During the '50s he was associated with R&B, recording for legendary labels like Specialty and Chess. His influences were not older Cajun musicians, but figures like Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and Joe Liggins. By the time Chenier hit his stride, traditional Cajun and Creole music had begun to take different paths: Cajuns were becoming more interested in country music, while Creole players preferred blues and R&B, abandoning the fiddle in favor of the rub-board and sometimes a horn section. In 1964 Arhoolie Records producer Chris Strachwitz persuaded Chenier to play more zydeco -- a move that renewed his career and led to a long series of hit albums. Among his later hit singles were 1964's "Louisiana Blues" and 1965's "Black Gal." He also recorded what has become the national anthem of zydeco, "Zydeco Sont pas Sale." --- pbs.org

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