Chavis, Boozoo

Chavis, Boozoo Wilson Anthony Chavis, 23 October 1930; Church Point, LA – 5 May 2001; Austin, TX Zydeco king Boozoo Chavis learned accordion from his father, who along with Joe Jackson, Potato Sam, and Henry Martin, played the Creole dance halls in the Lake Charles area of Louisiana. He recorded the single “ Paper in My Shoe ,” an update of a two-centuries-old New Orleans standard, in 1954. It became the first zydeco song to become a regional hit. The single fared well nationwide, but Chavis…