Boozoo Chavis
Full Name: Wilson Chavis
Birth Date: October 23, 1930
Deceased Date: May 5, 2001
Artist Bio:
Accordion maestro and one of the principal architects of the modern Zydeco sound, the music created by French-speaking Louisiana Creoles, refused to play publicly following his single, the first Zydeco hit “Paper In My Shoe” (1954) but returned in 1984 to tour and record until just prior to his death from complications of a heart attack on 5/5/2001, age 70
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