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Johnnie Billy Goat

Johnnie Billy Goat
Boozoo Chavis

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Track Listing

  1. Dance All Night
  2. Dog Hill
  3. Goin' to la Maison
  4. Oh Yeah
  5. Motor Dude Special
  6. Lula Lula Don't You Go to Bingo
  7. I'm Going to the Country to Get Me a Mojo Hand
  8. Lucille
  9. I Want to Go Home
  10. Tee Black
  11. Big Leg Woman
  12. Who Stole My Monkey?
  13. Boozoo, That's Who!
  14. I Went to the Dance
  15. Paper in My Shoe
  16. 41 Days
  17. Oh Black Gal
  18. Grand Mary's Two Step
  19. Valse de Derniere Fois
  20. Oh Bye Mon Neg
  21. Johnnie Billy Goat
  22. I'm Going Away to Stay

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #106326 in Music
  • Released on: 2000-10-31
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Dimensions: .20 pounds

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Boozoo Chavis is one of the originators of zydeco, that spicy blend of blues, Cajun, and Creole music. He made his first records in the 1950s, but after failing to make a living playing music, he quit to become a successful horse trainer. He was coaxed back into the music business in the mid-'80s and became one of the most popular zydeco artists in Louisiana. Johnnie Billy Goat, a 22-song collection taken from the three albums Chavis recorded for Rounder Records in the early '90s, is an excellent introduction to his earthy but compelling brand of accordion music. Chavis has an eccentric way of accenting the beat, a peculiar sense of pitch, and a disconcerting way of switching from French to English. But on songs like the rare Creole waltz "Valse de Derniere Fois," the raucous warning song "Lula Lula Don't You Go to Bingo," and "Paper in My Shoe," a live recording of his 1955 hit, his idiosyncrasies fuse into a gloriously cohesive sound. The music of Boozoo Chavis may be quirky, but the joy he brings to his playing gives it a charm that transcends its eccentricity. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews

Hard-stompin' zydeco fais-do-do music.5
This is Louisiana Zydeco music. Not as good as hearing it live (impossible now that Boozoo is playin' with the saints), but it will do. All life and liberty and joie de vive, this is truly what the Cajun/Creole Zydeco is supposed to be.

a great compilation from a great american icon.5
i agree with the first review
it;s a great compilation from a great american icon.
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