King of the Bayous

by Clifton Chenier

King of the Bayous cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1970
  • Label: Arhoolie
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:55
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued three years after 'Black Snake Blues', the album centres on 'I Am Coming Home', the blues waltz Chenier wrote for his mother while she was dying, presented here in its definitive studio recording. Chenier, then based at the Blue Angel dance hall in Lafayette, performed the song in Les Blank's 1973 documentary 'Hot Pepper'.

Genres

Descriptors: dance, groove-laden, bluesy, sorrowful, French language

Tracklist

  1. Tu Le Ton Son Ton (3:41)
  2. Hard to Love Someone (3:23)
  3. Who Can Your Good Man Be (3:39)
  4. Zodico Two Step (3:16)
  5. Going La Maison (3:35)
  6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home (3:20)
  7. Release Me (3:57)
  8. Big Mamou (3:21)
  9. Ton Na Na (3:05)
  10. I Am Coming Home (3:14)
  11. Josephine Par Se Ma Femme (3:07)
  12. It's Christmas Time (4:12)

Credits

  • Clifton Chenier - primary artist, vocals, accordion, written-by
  • Wayne Pope - cover
  • Cleveland Chenier - washboard [rubboard]
  • Chris Strachwitz - producer, liner notes
  • Doyle E. Jones - engineer
  • Dub Williams - written-by
  • Eddie Miller - written-by
  • Robert Yount - written-by

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