RIP Buckwheat Zydeco

[daviddesper]

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.

[carlo]

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.

[splanky]

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...

[destruction]

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.

[dennis_coffey]

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

[MIKEW-UK]

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.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckOHv4fBabs