Menagerie: Essential Buckwheat Zydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1993)
• Original Release Date: January 29, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mango
• ASIN: B000003QL5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,775 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High-energy, good-time music!, May 26, 2003

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Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Menagerie: Essential Buckwheat Zydeco (Audio CD)

Zydeco, the black relative of Cajun music, is right up there with Celtic jigs, Indian banghra and belly-dance music when it comes to fun sounds to dance to. Drawing from Cajun and R&B, the harmonic structure of this music is simplistic (and occasionally even mono-chordal), but the focus is on spirit and soul rather than structure. Selections are frequently punctuated by hoots and hollers in both French and English, and spurred on by the frenetic, locomotive-like rhythms of frottoire (a metal rub-board derived from old-fashioned washboards) and drums. In short, these songs have so much energy you can't help but grin and move your feet. The group "Buckwheat Zydeco" features accordionist, pianist and lead vocalist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr., a protege of Clifton Chenier (who is considered the father of Zydeco). The 10 tracks on "Menagerie" are compiled from Dural's Island Records recordings. For more good, spicy Zydeco, try also the music of Queen Ida and her Bon Temps Zydeco Band.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Body-moving, feel good music, July 17, 1998

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Stephen G. Kusheloff (Sunbury, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Menagerie: Essential Buckwheat Zydeco (Audio CD)

Crank it up! If you can keep your body still listening to Buckwheat Zydeco, call the undertaker 'cause you're ready to go. An accordion, drums, and a few choice words in French seems to be all Buckwheat needs. The floors will tremble, and you'll feel yourself starting to strut. Frowning? Forget it. This is good time, happy time, feel good music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you collect Zydeco you must have this CD., July 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Menagerie: Essential Buckwheat Zydeco (Audio CD)

The title says it all: The essential Zydeco Collection. Whether your from Beau Bridge or Boston, this album gives you Zydeco with all the energy that there should be.