Buckwheat's Zydeco Party

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Raucous, rowdy, and rambunctious in the best possible light, Buckwheat's Zydeco Party presents nimble-fingered, showstopping accordionist and band-leader Buckwheat Zydeco pulling the listener in for a Louisiana-styled throw down. The rhythms are hot and crazy, the band is tight, and the party is an explosion of two-steps and R&B flavored melodies. Included are the regional hit "Ya-Ya," a fiery take on Zydeco granddaddy Clifton Chenier's "Hot Tamale Baby," and a mix of traditional and original tunes. Furthermore, the Rounder reissue comes with extensive liner notes detailing the Buckwheat Zydeco story as well as the potent impact of the genre on American culture. When high-energy celebration is the mood to invoke, Buckwheat's Zydeco Party is the right fit. --Paige La Grone

Tracks:

Hot Tamale Baby
Ya Ya
Someone Else Is Steppin' In
Lache Pas La Patate
Turning Point
Walkin' To New Orleans
Zydeco Boogaloo
This Must Be Love
Your Man Is Home Tonight
Buck's Boogie
Madame Pitre
Help Me Understand You
Tutti Frutti
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
Tee Nah Nah
Let The Good Times Roll
Warm And Tender Love
Zydeco La Louisianne

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Raucous, rowdy, and rambunctious in the best possible light, Buckwheat's Zydeco Party presents nimble-fingered, showstopping accordionist and band-leader Buckwheat Zydeco pulling the listener in for a Louisiana-styled throw down. The rhythms are hot and crazy, the band is tight, and the party is an explosion of two-steps and R&B flavored melodies. Included are the regional hit "Ya-Ya," a fiery take on Zydeco granddaddy Clifton Chenier's "Hot Tamale Baby," and a mix of traditional and original tunes. Furthermore, the Rounder reissue comes with extensive liner notes detailing the Buckwheat Zydeco story as well as the potent impact of the genre on American culture. When high-energy celebration is the mood to invoke, Buckwheat's Zydeco Party is the right fit. --Paige La Grone

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Warning: You Might Dance Your Knees Off
long live southern cajun zydeco!
Great compendium of buckwheat's tracks
GREAT VARIETY PACK OF BUCK'S WORK OVER THE YEARS. SUPER
Wonderful and fun!

Buckwheat Zydeco Story: A 20 Year Party
Buckwheat Zydeco
Manufacturer: Tomorrow Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1999-07-06

Tracks:

Zydeco Boogaloo
Turning Point
Lache Pas La Patate
Ma 'Tit Fille
Hot Tamale Baby
Make A Change
Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
What You Gonna Do?
Beast Of Burden
The Midnight Special
Hey Joe
Skip To My Blues
Trouble
Put It In The Pocket
Hey Baby

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Just in time for summer barbecue season--this compilation was released two days after the Fourth of July--comes the ultimate Buckwheat Zydeco collection. From Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural's own label, Tomorrow Recordings (set up for the January 1999 reissue of the album Trouble), The Buckwheat Zydeco Story, unlike most artists' best-of collections, contains material from several different labels. The previous greatest-hits collection, Menagerie, streamlined the band's somewhat uneven material recorded for Island Records but didn't touch on the much finer earlier recordings made for Rounder and Black Top. The Buckwheat Zydeco Story does, even including the song "Skip to My Blues" from the children's album Choo Choo Boogaloo. There's also Buckwheat's collaboration with Eric Clapton, a tantalizingly upbeat version of "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" And, for completists who probably have all this stuff already anyway, there's an added bonus: a live track from the 1998 Edmonton Folk Festival. This collection's also an excellent introduction to Buckwheat Zydeco's music, and the perfect CD to spin at your next backyard beer-and-barbecue event. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Warning: You Might Dance Your Knees Off.......2005-11-30

Seriously, if this disc doesn't get you up off your butt, you might want to check for a pulse. I used to do a lot of business in the south and always was willing to go out of my way to see Buckwheat Zydeco, Clifton Chenier and other Cajun and Zydeco bands. The music is so full of life and energy and when you're on the road, you tend to sit around and work too much. Dancing in a hot sweaty New Orleans bar is the right kind of cure for jet lag, I'll tell you that!

This disc is an excellent compilation of Stanley Dural's (aka Buckwheat Zydeco) work. The opening track "Zydeco Boogaloo" gets the party started off right and pretty soon my toe is tapping and the beat has before long worked its way up to my spine. After that, it's all she wrote and I'll be hoppin' around like a fool for the next hour. The disc is just about evenly split between Buckwheat originals, traditional tunes arranged by Buckwheat and covers of more contemporary tunes. The mix works to excellent effect.

Standout tunes include: "Zydeco Boogaloo", "Lache Pas La Patate", "Ma 'Tit Fille", "Hot Tamale Baby", "Make A Change", "What You Gonna Do", "Midnight Special" and "Trouble". This is not to say that the remaining tracks aren't good. I love to listen to the whole disc. Eric Clapton plays along on "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad", a tune he co-wrote with Bobby Whitlock and this version is really good, as is the cover of the Rolling Stone's "Beast Of Burden". Even the 8 minute version of "Hey Joe" works well. This is great stuff lovingly compiled. Buy this and before long, you'll be picking up the individual albums these tunes were culled from.

long live southern cajun zydeco!.......2001-08-05

this is good stuff. good party music. very jumpin' and wild. a great disc to play at a BBQ. and hey, covers of hey joe and the midnight special are magical. MAGICAL.

Great compendium of buckwheat's tracks.......2000-11-23

I have a number of Buckwheat albums, and have seen him live at the NJ Crawfish Festival several times. This album captures alot of the material he often plays live. I also like the fact that it has traditional Zydeco blues selections, cover songs from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and newer upbeat originals. This is my favorite Buckwheat album. I wish it had "Hard to Stop" from the Trouble album, but that is the only thing lacking.

GREAT VARIETY PACK OF BUCK'S WORK OVER THE YEARS. SUPER.......1999-09-29

YOU GET A LITTLE BLUES, A LITTLE JAZZ, A LITTLE ROCK WITH THE ZYDECO TOUCH AND A GREAT BAND BACKING IT ALL UP! MAKES GREAT BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR LIVE PARTIES.

Wonderful and fun!.......1999-09-20

I grew up in New Orleans and live now in SW Florida with my 2 children. I am interested in exposing them to some of the wonderful cajun songs that I grew up hearing, even if they are NOT in New Orleans. This was a great CD to play as background music at my daughter's birthday party as well as to dance along with the catchy tunes!!

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Great Zydeco Music from a Master

Buckwheat's Zydeco Party
Buckwheat Zydeco
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Menagerie: The Essential Zydeco Collection
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ASIN: B0000003MF
Release Date: 1992-02-14

Tracks:

Hot Tamale Baby
Ya Ya
Someone Else Is Steppin' In
Lache Pas La Patate
Turning Point
Walkin' To New Orleans
Zydeco Boogaloo
Your Man Is Home Tonight
Buck's Boogie
Madame Pitre
Help Me Understand You
Tutti Frutti
This Must Be Love
Zydeco La Louisianne
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
Tee Nah Nah
Warm And Tender Love

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Customer Reviews:

Great Zydeco Music from a Master.......2001-01-26

I bought Buckwheat's Zydeco Party back in 1988 and have enjoyed listening to it on a regular basis ever since. Not really totally Zydeco in the traditional sense, Buckwheat's alblum combines the best qualities of New Orleans Zydeco, R&B,and soul music.

Buckwheat is a virtuoso on the accordian, but he also has a great voice. His backup band has just the right touches of horns and drums to fill out the jams and really make them a pleasure to listen to.

Great, fun and danceable alblum that features exceptional clean production touches. At times the pace of some songs becomes so frantic ("Zydeco Boogie" and "Tutti Frutti", for example) that you just start smiling and tapping your toes. It should compel even the most staid music listener to get up and dance.

I wholeheartedly endorse it. Go buy it!

Bayou Dance Party
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Bayou Dance Party
Steve Riley , Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas , Geno Delafose , Bruce Daigrepont , David Doucet , Beausoleil , John Delafose , Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers , Buckwheat Zydeco , and L'il Brian & The Zydeco Travelers
Manufacturer: Easydisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AS9EDG

Product Description

Bayou Dance Party// 1. Pointe-Au-Pic - Steve Riley 2. Outside People - Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas 3. C'Est Pas la Peine Brailler (There's No Need to Cry) - Geno Delafose 4. Laissez Faire (Let It Be) - Bruce Daigrepont 5. Zydeco Sont Pas Salés - David Doucet 6. Zydeco Gris-Gris - Beausoleil 7. My Little Dog - John Delafose 8. Richard's Club - Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers 9. Think It over One More Time - Buckwheat Zydeco 10. Snap Bean - L'il Brian & The Zydeco Travelers