Buckwheat Zydeco Story: A 20 Year Party

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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

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Average customer rating: 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 Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Where There's Smoke There's Fire On a Night Like This The Ultimate Collection This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection ASIN: B00000JCBS Release Date: 1999-07-06

Tracks:

1. Zydeco Boogaloo
2. Turning Point
3. Lache Pas La Patate
4. Ma 'Tit Fille
5. Hot Tamale Baby
6. Make A Change
7. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
8. What You Gonna Do?
9. Beast Of Burden
10. The Midnight Special
11. Hey Joe
12. Skip To My Blues
13. Trouble
14. Put It In The Pocket
15. 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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