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Down Home on Dog Hill. (More Jazz Than Not).

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Boozoo Chavis: Down Home on Dog Hill (Rounder 11661-2166-2)

The late Boozoo Chavis was one of a kind. He was full of vim and vigor and plain orneriness, but his music was pure joy. This CD comes from his final studio sessions. A month after it was recorded, he was gone. But certainly not forgotten.

Boozoo played a rural kind of Zydeco, full of fun and sly humor. When you hear Boozoo play, you'll want to smile and you'll want to dance. Down Home on Dog Hill mixes old songs with new, and even adds slide guitarist Sonny Landreth to the mix, along with fiddler David ...

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