Born into royalty, the son of zydeco’s most famous artist has spent his life and career between two worlds. Raised in Port Arthur, Texas, C.J. Chenier lived with his mother, away from the French language and isolated from the explosive musical synthesis his father, Clifton Chenier, was creating night after night on stages across the South. His dad was the undisputed king of zydeco, but C.J. understood few of his father’s songs. The young musician based his saxophone playing on more mainstream...