Clifton Chenier Cliston Blues

I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes

Composed by J.R. Fulbright

As a note the original release of this recording was billed as "Cliston Chanier King Of The South". The song title should have been "Clifton Blues" as well.

Clifton Chenier:Vocals & Accordion

Morris "Big" Chenier:Guitar

Robert Pete:Drums

Recorded in Lake Charles, LA. 1954

Originally issued on Elko 920 & Imperial 5352 (78 RPM)

This recording taken from the 1996 CD "Louisiana Swamp Blues"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Clifton
• Chenier
• Postwar
• Blues
• Zydeco
• Louisiana
• Accordion
• Combo
• 1950's
• R&B

[atomspies]

this is absolutely amazing, thank you for sharing. i feel like edith in ghost world when she hears skip james for the first time. god speed my friend.

[randomandrare]

@atomspies You're very welcome and thank you for viewing!

[bulbheadmyass]

Oh yeah, this is some hot swamp music. 5 stars for sure.

[randomandrare]

Thank you again!

[klakkin]

cool one!...thanks for uploading this

[randomandrare]

You're welcome!

[bluesfoo]

drip drip drip - love this swamp music - merci - clifton is one of my heroes

[cccdouble]

@say1what yep, this movie brought me here.

[say1what]

straw dogs

[mrallcz]

Great blues.

[dpoole999]

This is so good it hurts.

[streetcornerjames]

OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW

Who dat? CAVa BON!

[streetcornerjames]

OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW

Who dat?

[Rowland108]

Wow. This is B side of Clifton's 1st single Louisiana Stomp after he was discovered when living in Lake Charles with his bro' Cleveland driving oil trucks by day & playing bars etc at night by roving Elko record label boss JR Fulbright (see he took composing rights!). Imperial Records bought the rights & issued 2 more on their Post label before he signed to Specialty in 55 then Chess subsidiary Argo in 56.