Boozoo Chavis - Who Stole My Monkey

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Album Details: Who Stole My Monkey

Release Date:: 03/02/1999
Label:: Rounder / Umgd
UPC:: 011661215627

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Chavis continued to roll on, pumping out joyous zydeco music, on this session recorded in September 1998. With a relaxed feel to everything on here, Chavis turns 16 classic examples of the form minus the commercial overlay found on most modern zydeco records. With his regular working band, the Magic Sounds, following every quirky move of his irregular time and meter, Boozoo lays down tunes just like he was working a dance in Louisiana rather than making a record in the sterile confines of a recording studio. As a result, the time gets constantly shifted on and off the beat on several tunes ("Bottle Up and Go" is a classic example of this, at times sounding like there's two different takes of the same song being played simultaneously), an odd by-product of what is, after all, dance music. But the overall feel is amazing, capturing the good-time feel that is at the heart of Chavis' music. Highlights include "Dance All Night," "I'm Going Away to Stay," "Lucille," "Baby, Please Don't Go," "Valse de Derniere Fois" and the title track. Rubboard player Charles Chavis taking the vocals on "Marksville Slide" and "Sock It to Me," and Boozoo finishes off the album with recut versions of both sides of his X-rated single, "Deacon Jones" and "Uncle Bud," two tracks not for the weak of heart or the prudish among you.

- Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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Boozoo Chavis Biography

Boozoo Chavis (born: Wilson Anthony Chavis) was one of the pioneers of zydeco, the Cajun and blues hybrid originating in southwest Louisiana. Although his self-composed 1954 single, "Paper in My Shoes," was the first zydeco hit, Chavis was distrustfu...Full Boozoo Chavis Biography

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