Zydeco Boogaloo - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Turning Point - Buckwheat Zydeco, Graham, Leo [1]
Lache Pas la Patate - Buckwheat Zydeco, Traditional
Ma 'Tit Fille - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Hot Tamale Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco, Chenier, Clifton
Make a Change - Buckwheat Zydeco, Buckwheat Zydeco
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? - Buckwheat Zydeco, Clapton, Eric
What You Gonna Do? - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Beast of Burden - Buckwheat Zydeco, Jagger, Mick
The Midnight Special - Buckwheat Zydeco, Traditional
Hey Joe - Buckwheat Zydeco, Roberts, Billy [1]
Skip to My Blues - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Trouble - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Put It in the Pocket - Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural, Stanley Buck
Hey! Baby [Live] - Buckwheat Zydeco, Channel, Bruce
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... more » 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« less
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
adam lasser | gillette, nj United States | 11/23/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
Long live southern cajun zydeco!
joe borlik | holland, MI | 08/05/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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 VARIETY PACK OF BUCK'S WORK OVER THE YEARS. SUPER
joe borlik | 09/29/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
"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!!"