Bull Run Restaurant
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Wednesday & Thursday: 4PM - 9PM
Friday & Saturday: 4PM - 10PM
SUNDAY BRUNCH 10AM - 2PM
Sunday Dinner 2PM - 8PM
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Information Wheelchair patrons are most easily accommodated in the Sawtelle Room at designated table #21. Please enter through our front entrance on Route 2A for ramp access.

Doors open 2 hours prior to performance time to give patrons time to eat & drink. Full service cocktails & dinner are available right in the same room with your show. Your ticket confirmation is your reservation.
Cocktails & dessert are available during the performance as well. Please advise your server of any allergies or accommodations in your diet.

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Dinner:

Wednesday through Sunday from 4pm
Sunday Brunch:
10am - 2pm
Sunday Dinner:
2:30pm - 8pm

215 Great Rd., Rt. 2A
Shirley, MA 01464
Front Desk:  978-425-4311

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C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band

C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
10-27-2016

Known as “the crown prince of zydeco,” C.J. Chenier has become one of Louisiana’s greatest musical exports. C.J.'s father, Clifton Chenier, was the undisputed "King of Zydeco" who was almost solely responsible for popularizing the entire music genre. And C.J., as singer and accordianist has for the last thirty years upheld the great Chenier family legacy with verve and style.

Throughout college, C.J. studied keyboard and saxophone, playing mostly jazz and R&B. But when a spot opened up in his dad’s band, the acclaimed Red Hot Louisiana Band, he joined up with his father to learn the zydeco tradition. In 1987, after a decade performing together, Clifton passed away, leaving the band to C.J. The following year, he made his recording debut on Arhoolie Records. C.J. does not try to imitate his father's playing: "I play it the way I play it. All my father really told me was to do the best I could do with my own style."

Without missing a beat, Chenier took the Red Hot Louisiana Band all over the world, touring the festival circuit and recording the music his father helped create. Over the past decades, Chenier recorded acclaimed albums for some of the most respected labels in the country, including Slash, Alligator and World Village. He was featured prominently on Paul Simon’s Rhythm of the Saints record (and subsequent tour) as well as having a guest appearance on the Gin BlossomsNew Miserable Experience. His 1995 appearance on the Jon Stewart Show and CNN brought C.J.’s music to his widest audiences yet. But all this attention didn’t change his philosophy toward his music. “You go to a gig by a jazz band,” he says, “and everybody's sitting down, sipping drinks. You play zydeco and you see shoes flying off. You can’t come to my show and stay unhappy all night long. You’re going to break a smile and stomp your foot before too long. This is happy music, and it makes you dance.”

Over the last few decades, C.J. (along with his friend Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr.) has been one of the world’s biggest ambassadors of Louisiana music and culture. The Chenier musical legacy is in good hands.
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