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"Buckwheat leads one of the best party bands in America; he can pump out zydeco two-beats or shift into rolling 12-bar blues, steaming all the way."
- The New York Times -
 
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The BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO 2009 JACKPOT! TOUR is coming your way!
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BUCKWHEAT ZYDEO TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY

2009: 30th Anniversary Tour Gears Up
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 As Buckwheat Zydeco looks forward to celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2009, the band can also look back with pride on an amazing three decades for Louisiana's barnstorming musical ambassadors. Before taking a victory lap around the country and the world on its upcoming, wide ranging, 2009: 30th Anniversary Tour, Buckwheat Zydeco wraps up 2008 with a string of high profile appearances at major festivals around the world:

After its usual popular anchor spot at last April's Jazzfest in New Orleans, Buckwheat Zydeco closed the Saturday night of the 25th Anniversary Chicago Blues Festival in June, then spread the word to Slovenia at the Maribor Festival and Finland's Rauma Blues Festival, and our good friends to the north greeted the guys at the Calgary Blues and the Edmonton Folk Festivals. Back in the U.S.A. they wowed them at the Franklin Jazz Festival in Tennessee, Santa Fe's Thirsty Ear Fest, and the San Francisco Blues Festival among many others. Wrapping up 2008 Buckwheat Zydeco co-headlines (with Dr. John and Allen Toussaint) at the first-ever Festival New Orleans at London's 02 Arena and plays two dates at the award-winning Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland.

With a couple of very interesting recording projects to be announced in its 30th Anniversary Year, Buckwheat Zydeco also celebrates its long track record of bringing Zydeco music into the musical mainstream with its four Grammy nominated albums, including the first-ever major label Zydeco release, and the three top selling Zydeco albums ever. No other Zydeco artists have come close to selling as many records or exposing the music to more people around the world.

Recent national television appearances such as PBS's tribute to Paul Simon where Buck performed with Lyle Lovett; sitting in with Paul Shaffer on Letterman (and playing "Hot Tamale Baby" for Martha Stewart); and feting Ozzie Ozbourne among other's on VH-1's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony have followed five other appearances on Letterman, as well as numerous national and international television appearances on the Today Show, CNN, MTV, the BBC, RAI, NHK and on and on…

Last year's collaboration with indie rock stalwarts Yo La Tengo yielded two songs for director Todd Haynes's Bob Dylan biopic, "I'm Not There," with Buck showing off his amazing chops on the Hammond B3 organ, spinning the Leslie with his own soulful take on some of Al Kooper's most famous licks. This was just the latest in a long, historic run of Buckwheat Zydeco music in film and TV that started with the film that started it all for Zydeco music: "The Big Easy," and has included music in dozens of feature films and TV shows over the years, plus many commercials. Buck even won an Emmy for his music in CBS's "Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich."

And, of course, Buckwheat Zydeco could drop lots more Big Names that Buck and the band have worked with in the past three decades, not to mention Buck's amazing collaboration with Ry Cooder on the new classic "Our New Orleans" album, and memorable recent appearances with Lenny Kravitz, Wynton Marsallis, Elvis Costello and many others. Other famous Buckwheat Zydeco collaborators over the past 30 years have included: Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, Dwight Yoakam, Gregg Allman and Robert Plant.

If you've gotten into Zydeco music, or felt its influence, or watched the world celebrate this great aspect of Louisiana culture over the past 30 years it's probably been because of Buckwheat Zydeco. And with its 2009: 30th Anniversary Tour and associated hoopla coming up, there will be plenty more from Buckwheat Zydeco where that came from in the future…

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     WE'RE COMING YOUR WAY!!!
  Please check our itineray page for tour dates that will bring Buckwheat Zydeco to stages all over the place. Come on out and see us.  
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BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO HITS THE JACKPOT!
Buck’s First Studio Disc in Eight Years

 "With (Jackpot!) the first studio recording in eight years, the long wait has been rewarded. Buck has never sounded better, a brilliantly dexterous musician belting it out with a terrific set of pipes while exuding consummate showmanship. From beginning to end, Buck throws it down and slams it sideways, delivering the ultimate nonstop party ride..."
- OFFBEAT MAGAZINE (NEW ORLEANS) -

HERE and in Stores NOW! 		 
 
  Jackpot!, on Buck’s own label, Tomorrow Recordings, combines soulful original tunes, inspired playing and singing, and the trademark exuberance that’s made him the world’s best-loved zydeco artist, and has earned Buckwheat Zydeco the sobriquet “the world’s greatest party band.” There’s plenty of Buckwheat’s signature accordion, and for the first time ever Buck specifically features his soulful mastery of the horizontal keyboard on a fantastic three-song Hammond B3 “Encore featuring Organic Buckwheat.”
 
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DOWNHOME
 
THE ONLY LIVE ALBUM FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST PARTY BAND IS HERE! "Buckwheat Zydeco: Down Home Live!" captures Buckwheat Zydeco's phenomenal live set played at home in the heart of Creole Country during his annual Thanksgiving show at El Sid O's in Lafayette, La. Featuring a full 73 minutes of Buckwheat favorites, this house-rocking disc captures one of the greatest aggregations in the history of zydeco churning out tune after tune on home turf.
AVAILABLE NOW directly from us.
Read the complete liner notes here.
 
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TROUBLE
  Here's what PEOPLE magazine had to say about our first Tomorrow Recordings release, TROUBLE:
"10 tracks of propulsive, rollicking dance party music. Bottom Line: Swamp-boogie joy ride."
You can order TROUBLE directly from us along with other Buckwheat Zydeco Goods. All our discs are also available through any retailer or 'net retailer such as Amazon.com.
READ WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT TROUBLE.

  
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If you've seen a Buckwheat show, you know what to expect: rocking, stomping, good time Creole party music. If you haven't seen Buckwheat Zydeco live, you're missing one of the music world's most exciting and fun performers. Don't just take our word for it, read what dozens of critics have said.

This road warrior is constantly touring all over the country and the world. The itinerary page will find a show near you. Chances are very good that we'll be close soon.

We also invite you to sign up for "Buckgrams" and join the Buckwheat Zydeco family. Buck's music is for everybody! It brings people together -- if you've been to one of our shows you know it's true. This web site is our family album, full of news and information, music samples and great photos.

Buckwheat plays his music to make people happy -- and if there is something missing from this web site that would make you happy, please tell us about it. If you have pictures from a show, comments, or a story about Buck -- send them over. We'll definitely check them out, even though we may not be able to respond to everyone. Who knows, they may end up here for everyone to see.

We've come a long way from our first online experiences in Louisiana, which as the photos relate, involved a rod and reel instead of a computer and modem. Now that we've got this site rolling, we're working to keep BuckwheatZydeco.com as enjoyable as reeling in a redfish. So please keep checking back...and thanks for stopping by.

 
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