Performer Notes

Personnel: Buckwheat Zydeco (vocals, accordion, Hammond b-3 organ, synthesizer); Stanley Dural (vocals, accordion, organ, synthesizer, background vocals); Michael Melchione, Olivier Scoazec, Michael Melchione, Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes (guitar); Steve Berlin (baritone saxophone); Rev. Curtis Watson (trumpet); Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (trombone); JJ Grey (Wurlitzer organ, background vocals); Lee Allen Zeno (bass guitar, background vocals); Kevin Menard, Kevin Menard (drums); Sir Reginald Dural (rub-board, washboard, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: David Farrell .
Liner Note Author: Ben Sandmel.
Recording information: Dockside Studios, Maurice, LA.
Photographer: Rick Olivier.
LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN finds Buckwheat Zydeco (aka Stanley Dural) celebrating his 30th anniversary of recording as a solo artist. Appropriately, it's filled with the kind of genre-blurring tactics that have been part of the BZ game plan from the beginning. "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" and "Back In Your Arms" bear bobbing reggae grooves, for instance, while "Too Much Time" and "Time Goes By" display a debt to '60s Southern soul, and blazing blues-rock is the order of the day on a version of the Memphis-Minnie-via-Led Zeppelin barn-burner, "When the Levee Breaks." It's all shot through with plenty of Buckwheat's patented zydeco accordion magic, of course, and the straight-up zydeco tunes in between are the ones where he really struts his stuff and shows he hasn't forgotten his roots.

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (p.34) - "The entire work is a vibrant testament to Buckwheat Zydeco's spirit..."

Billboard (p.34) - "The album opens with Dural on Hammond B3 and Landreth on lead guitar, assaying a ferocious cover of 'When the Levee Breaks' -- a pointed reference to Hurricane Katrina..."

Fishpond works with suppliers all over the world to bring you a huge selection of products, really great prices, and delivery included on over 25 million products that we sell. We do our best every day to make Fishpond an awesome place for customers to shop and get what they want — all at the best prices online.

About Fishpond

You can earn a 8% commission by selling Lay Your Burden Down on your website. It's easy to get started - we will give you example code. After you're set-up, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep! You should start right now!

Are you the Author or Publisher of a book? Or the manufacturer of one of the millions of products that we sell. You can improve sales and grow your revenue by submitting additional information on this title. The better the information we have about a product, the more we will sell!

Submit Information