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Tone|date=February 2008Refimprove|date=February 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Wislon Anthony Chavis| alias = Boozoo Chavis| image = Boozoochavis.jpg| alt = Boozoo Chavis at the 2000 Original Southwest Zydeco Festival.| caption = Boozoo Chavis at the 2000 Original Southwest Zydeco Festival.| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Wilson Chavis| birth_date = Birth date|1930|10|23| death_date = Death date and age|2001|05|05|1930|10|23| origin = Louisiana | instrument = Cajun accordion | genre = Zydeco | occupation = Musician , accordionist , singer | years_active = 1954& ndash;2001 Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis cite web|url= http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0853542.html|accessdate=2011-08-05|title=Zydeco (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 . Chavis was also a prolific writer of zydeco songs. 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. "If it's wrong, do it wrong, with me," he would tell his band. "If I'm wrong, you wrong, too!" His wife's name was Leona and they had six children, Wilson Jr., Margret, Louanna, Charles, Licia, and Rellis Chavis and had over 20 grandchildren. Boozoo was crowned "The King of Zydeco" in New Orleans in the 1990s. His son Charles was a member of his band at the time.
Comprehensive Boozoo discography on WangDangDula& #33; http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/boozoochavis.htm
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Persondata | NAME =Chavis, Boozoo | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =23 October 1930 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH =5 May 2001 | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Chavis, Boozoo Category:1930 births Category:2001 deaths Category:National Heritage Fellowship winners Category:Zydeco musicians Category:People from Lake Charles, Louisiana Category:Musicians from Louisiana
