Chavis is one of the key architects of what has become Zydeco music today, having released the fiirst record in the genre back in 1954 (the single "Paper In My Shoe"). After leaving the music business shortly thereafter, he returned to regular recording and performing in the mid '80s. With Chavis on accordion and vocals, his outfit is a rhythm machine--subtle tensions layer upon one another with ferociously unstoppable intensity. Chavis has managed to create a body of music that is at once fiercely idiosyncratic and invitingly alluring. There's not a note or beat throughout this whole anthology that's anything short of fully honest and committed. Part of the Rounder Heritage series, this is a definitive collection of many of his best-known songs, along with three earth-moving live performances that have never before been released. Released in 2000, 22 tracks, including:
01- Dance All Night
02- Dog Hill
03- Going To La Maison
04- Oh Yeah
05- Motor Dude Special
06- Lula Lula Don't You Go To Bingo
07- I'm Going To The Country To Get Me A Mojo Hand
08- Lucille
09- I Want To Go Home
10- Tee Black
11- Big Leg Woman
12- Who Stole My Monkey
13- Boozoo That's Who
14- I Went To the Dance
15- Paper In My Shoe
16- 41 Days
17- Oh Black Gal
18- Grand Mary's Two Step
19- Valse de Derniere Fois
20- Oh Bye Mon Neg
21- Johnnie Billy Goat
22- I'm Going Away To Stay