NEW ORLEANS - Boozoo Chavis, one of the creators of the Louisiana Creole accordion music known as Zydeco, died Saturday at an Austin, Texas, hospital after a heart attack and stroke. He was 70. Chavis ...

Wilson ``Boozoo'' Chavis, a Lake Charles bandleader who was one of zydeco music's pioneers and most beloved characters, Saturday in Austin, Texas, of complications after a heart attack. He was 70.

The grandsons of legendary zydeco player Boozoo Chavis have always had a passion to play music just as he did. "They're pretty amazing," said proud father, Rellis Chavis Sr., who is a well-known ...

As a lifelong journeyman musician, gigging in clubs and casinos for more than half a century, Lake Charles guitarist Classie Ballou has mastered many different styles of music. But zydeco -- the sound ...

Allons au Zydeco: the place and the people -- The emergence of Zydeco: Clifton Chenier: "They call me the king" -- The world of rural Zydeco: Boozoo Chavis: Creole cowboy -- Gallery of photographs -- ...

Tributes to zydeco legend Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis by his grandsons and their bands, RJ Chavis and Creole Sounds and Justin Chavis and the Dog Hill Stompers, lead off the 10th annual Louisiana ...