Clifton Chenier and Friends Playing on Porch, Zydeco Music, Black Americana, 1970s Louisiana

Clifton Chenier and Friends Playing on Porch, Zydeco Music, Black Americana, 1970s Louisiana from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref AB14. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more, visit www.kinolibrary.com. Available in SD.
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Chenier performs ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ classic blues song with accordion sitting on porch, great shot.
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[@ddl5856]

I grew up in south Texas. My father played accordion and we listened to a LOT of conjunto music, but also a lot of Cajun/zydeco music. We have a number of Clifton’ s albums. To this day my dad and I will occasionally say “this is my gee-tar player Paul Senegal, this is my uhDRumma’, Robert saint julie, and we also have jumpin’ Joe Morris on base”…… also listened to Guns N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Elvis, Hip Hop, etc, but I’m so grateful to know this music. Clifton and Cleveland, Professor Longhair, Dr. John and on and on. Thank you dad!

[@AnneBdd]

Merci infiniment from Paname 🪗🪘🪈🪇🎹🧶🌐🐸🗽🗼

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

In very loving memory of Mr. Clifton Chenier (1925 - 1987 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).

[@kaharold]

Poor Soul, May HE Continue To Rest In Peace, Zydeco Music Haven't Been The same Since This King right Here... Him And My Grandfather Were Good Friends, RIP Also To My Grandfather Houston Pete...

[@gabrielmelodia]

legend

[@CanePollFishermon]

Man that was beautiful. Mr. Cheniere lived Nextdoor to my great great aunt in Lafayette for years. I remember back in the day they would say we going to the la la tonight nowadays they say they going to the zydeco. 😂

[@Lovlv1908]

I grow listening to him ride with my papa ! 🥰

[@livingtruth4455]

May Clifton Chenier RIP the original pioneer of this genre so sad we can't get a national radio your station so his music can be heard all over the country,so of our music have not been exposed the banjo the homemade instrument we played to make music sound even with our mouth hands and feet harmonizing and quartets so much I thank Louisiana for giving us so much beautiful music especially zydeco and others this music was playing before the French gotten here the original indigenous Indians they call us Indian but we had tribal names and those drums sticks feet boomerangs voices echo and and clapping been with us for millenia years our civilization throughout Missouri arkansas Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia up to Canada to California let us rejoice cause we still alive in our land given us by our great God above

[@brotherrabbit8539]

Clifton is NOT the original pioneer, but he IS the King of Zydeco forever!

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

ha his friend mentioned papal in my shoe as probably the first song he learned, classic track

[@realtrucking9378]

HIS FRIEND IS MY FATHER

[@johna203]

Test in paradise Mr Clifton

[@tonypoulos1187]

Excellent!

[@nissi.k]

Love this so much! Thank you!

[@krystingrant6292]

❤️

[@aldosari8046]

Is that Dalton Arceneaux on Clifton's left?

[@harrietnielsen6897]

Who is the diatonic accordion player on the left of Chenier?

[@colbylejeune]

No more "Americana" than a dance in Haiti would be "Americana," we were here before the United States existed, much less before they bought us. Pa pli "americana" pase en bal dan layiti sre "americana," nouzo ja isi lontan lontan avan ye jamen gen en lezeta-uni, e sir avan ye ajet nou

[@ilikefreespeech3565]

Except it isn’t Haiti, it’s the United States

[@colbylejeune]

@@ilikefreespeech3565 This culture had survived and remained vibrant *despite* a century and a half of American control and influence, seems kinda weird to then credit its cultural productions to the United States

[@marcuscole1994]

@@colbylejeunedawg zydeco was made in America why do other black people always try to take American black culture stop. Layayette never had hatians they had they own black American creoles.

[@ilikefreespeech3565]

Na it’s 100 percent Americana. I’m sorry you got bought. Maybe someone will buy you back? Doesn’t give you the right to culturally appropriate.

[@colbylejeune]

@@ilikefreespeech3565 not sure what your accusation is, but claiming non American music as Americana is pure cultural appropriation...