Boozoo Chavis

Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis (born 23 October 1930 in Lake Charles LA and died 5 May 2001 in Austin Texas) was a zydeco musician - music created by French speaking Creoles of South-West Louisiana. He was active from 1954 until his death during which time he largely sang and played the accordion. "If it's wrong do it wrong with me" he would tell his band.

Many of his songs have become standards of the zydeco repertoire in spite of or perhaps because of their generally idiosyncratic and quirky construction and subject matter. Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis (born 23 October 1930 in Lake Charles LA and died 5 May 2001 in Austin Texas) was a zydeco musician - music created by French speaking Creoles of South-West Louisiana. He was active from 1954 until his death during which time he largely sang and played the accordion.