Track Listing

1. Turning Point
2. Zydeco Boogaloo
3. Ya Ya
4. Buck's New Jole Blon
5. Take Me To The Mountain Top
6. On A Night Like This
7. Hot Tamale Baby
8. Ma 'Tit Fille
9. Hey Good Lookin'
10. Buck's Hot Rod
11. Pour Tout Quelque'un
12. Where There's Smoke There's Fire
13. Maybe I Will
14. Why Does Love Gotta Be So Sad
15. Make A Change
16. Drivin' Old Grey
17. Five Card Stud
18. Secret Of Love
19. Bayou Girl
20. People's Choice
21. Zydeco Honky Tonk

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20693 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-18
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Thank Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural and his group Buckwheat Zydeco for the many contemporary zydeco releases now available. It was Buckwheat's major-label breakthrough record, On a Night Like This, that brought this rural Louisiana dance music into the mainstream, at least for a time, and his zesty repertoire that won new legions of fans. His accordion prowess also liberated the instrument from its polka-band image. This excellent collection traces Buckwheat's trajectory from 1979 to 1988, peaking with his rollicking accordion-powered party poppers "Ma 'Tit Fille" and "Zydeco Honky Tonk." His roots are covered, too, with zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier's "Hot Tamale Baby" and rural-themed numbers like "I Bought a New Raccoon." There's also his collaboration with Eric Clapton--E.C. reprising the ripping solo of his "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad." But with Buckwheat, love's rarely sad. His deliciously uptempo, two-stepping blend of swamp-funk, rock, and R&B is a tonic for misery of any kind. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews

This Is It
While I'm more of a traditionalist-a la BeauSoleil-I can't get enough of the Zydeco fusion sound of Buckwheat. This man and his band just keep bringing it on and bringing people to their feet.

I've seen Buckwheat live twice-once in New Orleans and once in Lafayette-and the atmosphere is classic Cajun with a great mix of Zydeco.

Buckwheat is the undisputed King of Zydeco hands down and I know you'll enjoy this compilation if you have any love of Louisiana music.

Buckwheat Zydeco
Blues and zydeco hybred if you like both you can't loose with old Buckwheat! He really has his own sound, if you heard him before you already know that. This is a best of and you will have to decide if this blend is for you. Every album is fairly consistant, you might tire of this but you don't have to worry about big let downs when some wild notion results in something you would never buy!

Great Zydeco
You can always find 1 or 2 songs that you wanted to have on any "collection" Cd. This one is also in that class due to the amount songs in his career. However with the selection you get there is so much to enjoy. I can feel Burbon Street from my car here in Jersey.