Feb 20 (Fri) @ 8PM, C.J. Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana Band wsg. Banjo Juice Jazz Band – The Big Easy in Buffalo 19th Annual Mardi Gras Jam – Sportsmen’s Tavern, 326 Amherst St, Buffalo. 

• Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day of show.
• Clayton Joseph Chenier is Creole music royalty. His father, the legendary Clifton Chenier, invented the style of music we know today as zydeco and was the first Creole musician to be recognized with a Grammy Award. Raised in this indigenous American culture with its own distinctive language, cuisine and music, C.J. delivers soulful vocals along with jaw-dropping masterful accordion-driven rock, zydeco, and blues.
• “C.J. Chenier attacks the accordion with the tension and drive of James Brown…creating contemporary, turbo-charged dance music.” — The Boston Globe

• “C.J. Chenier attacks the accordion with the tension and drive of James Brown…creating contemporary, turbo-charged dance music.” — The Boston Globe