Boozoo Chavis - Boozoo, That's Who! (1993), Live At The Habibi Temple (1994), Who Stole My Monkey (1999), Down Home On Dog Hill (2001)

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The other King of Zydeco

A contemporary of Clifton Chenier (1925-1987)  and Rockin' Dopsie Sr. (1932-1993), Wilson Anthony Chavis aka "Boozoo", born in 1930 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was one of the pioneers of a Louisiana Creole music not yet called “Zydeco”.

Away from the urban environment of New Orleans, he was playing with his band The Magic Sounds (or sometimes Majic), a down-home style primarily intended to entertain rural people of the Southern Louisiana back-country . No keyboard, no horns either, just a bass, one and later two guitars, rubboard and drums, and himself on accordion. A small combo, a lot of songs in Creole French, a music to be danced.