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    RIP Buckwheat Zydeco

    This is a name I have only seen in print and do not really know that much about, but from what I can tell, he was influential in the development of the Zydeco scene in the New Orleans area. Don't know any more details...it just made my local paper today.

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    So sorry to hear this. Thank you for sharing. He was certainly a huge talent. My Dad saw him once in concert, I believe he was opening for Eric Clapton and apparently he stole the show! Rest in peace.

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    Buckwhet Zydeco was the truth! He and Clifton Chenier really produced the best of that
    Cajun music genre and made me appreciate an instrument I used to not really care for:
    the accordian. They did that by showing me that it could be played HOT and could be played
    as percussively as the Hammond B 3. So much music came out of New Orleans it's almost
    a sin. RIP, Buckwheat...

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    I started listening to Cajun and Zydeco after my Blues awakening in the late 80's and I began stocking up on Buckwheat and Clifton, among a few others.

    WPFW added an hour of Cajun music. My youngest granddaughter became a fan because she previously liked rockabilly and bluegrass and said that they sounded similar. I never noticed until she said it.

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    Buckwheat played B3 organ behind me when I played in New Orleans. We did some serious funk that night.

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    Buckwheat's fine version of George Perkins & The Silver Stars 'Cryin' In The Streets'...

    Play it loud. No computer / auto tuning - just pure talent. What a loss to Zydeco music and New Orleans.


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