"American musician" . . . . . . . . "Chenier, C. J."@en . . "C. J. Chenier (born Clayton Joseph Thompson, September 28, 1957, Port Arthur, Texas) is the Creole son of the Grammy Award-winning \"King of Zydeco\", Louisiana musician, Clifton Chenier. In 1987, Chenier followed in his father's footsteps, and led his father's band as an accordion performer and singer of zydeco, a blend of cajun and creole music. With five previous albums to his credit, by 1994, Chenier began to record for Chicago-based Alligator Records."@en . . "1957-09-28Z"^^ . "1978Z"^^ . . . . . . . "1957Z"^^ . . . "1978Z"^^ . . "solo_singer" . . . "C. J. Chenier"@en . . . . .