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The single appears alongside a 1965 Clifton Chenier recording and is released by El Cerrito's Arhoolie Records.
It’s songs of the summer time, as both the calendar and the thermometer make clear — we’re deep in the sticky season. This ...
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Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at Carnegie Hall and in Ronald Reagan’s White House; won a National Heritage ...
The Rolling Stones recorded “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which commemorates the 100th ...
And the proof of that fascination lies in the first studio recording the band has released since 2023’s Hackneyed Diamond s: ...
The Rolling Stones' cover of Clifton Chenier's 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' was released on June 25, 2025, part of an album called ...
But they did for Clifton Chenier. The Rolling Stones recorded “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which commemorates the 100th anniversary of Chenier’s birth.
The Rolling Stones’ reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards’ penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung ...
Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have turned 100 today, was a pioneer of zydeco, an accordion-reliant, ...