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Clifton Chenier

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BluesRhythm and bluesWorld music

Clifton Chenier is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their catalogue also touches World music. Their sound grew out of Alligator Records, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles and Etta James. Those roots explain a lot about how Clifton Chenier arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White, The Blasters and Bo Diddley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Buckwheat Zydeco, Paul Simon, Rory Gallagher, Sonny Landreth and John Mellencamp, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Clifton Chenier, reaching back through Alligator Records and forward to Buckwheat Zydeco. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Clifton ChenierAlligator RecordsMuddy WatersProfessor LonghairRay CharlesEtta JamesChuck BerryLittle RichardT-Bone WalkerBuckwheat ZydecoPaul SimonRory GallagherSonny LandrethJohn MellencampPhishThe Rolling StonesSteve EarleLeadbellyJohn Lee HookerBukka WhiteThe BlastersBo DiddleyEtta JamesElmore JamesJohnny Copeland

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Clifton Chenier connections

Clifton Chenier grew out of Alligator Records, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White and The Blasters, went on to shape Buckwheat Zydeco, Paul Simon, Rory Gallagher and Sonny Landreth. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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