Remembering Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987) He was a Louisiana French-speaking native of Leonville, Louisiana, near Opelousas, and was an eminent performer and recording artist of zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion and won a Grammy Award in 1983. He was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest hon

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