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Buckwheat Zydeco
CityMusic Columbus presents Buckwheat Zydeco at Grand Valley Dale Ballroom on March 7, 2014.
Doors open at 6:30pm
Inner City Blues Band at 7:00pm
Silent Auction Ends at 8:15pm
***Buckwheat Zydeco at 8:30pm***
For Buckwheat Zydeco's next and latest album, "Trouble," we wanted to go back to Buck's roots in traditional zydeco and the blues. He was so inspired that, for the first time, nine of 10 songs on "Trouble" are Buckwheat originals. Buck and I produced, again at Dockside. We haven't been as pleased with an album since "On A Night Like This," and the critics agree. But "Trouble," originally released in July 1997, may also be our most aptly named album, for it traveled a pretty tortuous path -- although the story does have a happy ending.
"Trouble" was actually just the latest in a game of record company musical chairs that landed us a seat at Mesa/Bluemoon, a small L.A.-based label owned and distributed by Atlantic. Back in 1990, when Blackwell sold Island to Polygram, we (and so many other artists in the 90's) began a corporate Diaspora. "On Track" came out on Charisma Records, a Virgin label which was subsequently slashed by new corporate owners just as our album was finished. "Five Card Stud" marked our prodigal return to Island. Then yet another massive shakeup there led to our, and eventually Chris Blackwell's, departure. This brought us to Mesa/Bluemoon. Again, just as we delivered the album, Atlantic decided to sell the company, then changed its mind and kept it, and bottom line: Another Buckwheat Zydeco record suffered.
This was the final straw for us. We had enough of the record industry free-for-all of the 90's. Buck had wanted to start a label for years, but I was reluctant to get into this business. Now I knew he was right it was time to do it ourselves. We petitioned Atlantic to let us out of the deal and asked it for the "Trouble" masters back. Decently, and generously, they agreed. We formed Tomorrow Recordings, named for Buck's youngest daughter, but also a name in keeping with our positive, forward-looking vision. We set up www.buckwheatzydeco.com to give us a presence on the web. In January, 1999, we newly released "Trouble" as Tomorrow Recordings' first album. "The Buckwheat Zydeco Story" is Tomorrow Recordings' second release. Soon we will sign and release albums by other artists.
The title cut of "Trouble" is a boisterous and full-bodied zydeco blues with bass man Lee Allen Zeno anchoring a rock-solid groove. Buck demonstrates, perhaps more dramatically than ever before, just how much his accordion can do with the blues. And, I think it may be his finest vocal performance ever. "Put It In The Pocket" is pure and simple, Buckwheat Zydeco's statement that when it comes to full-tilt, get-out-of-the-way-we're-coming-through, ecstatic, uptempo zydeco, nobody does it better. As Michael Tisserand said in his Living Blues review, this album showcases, "a hot band playing at the top of their game." People magazine called it "10 tracks of propulsive, rollicking dance party musica swamp-boogie joy ride." A 20-year party with everyone invited -- that's what the Buckwheat Zydeco story is all about." (www.buckwheatzydeco.com).
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LocationGrand Valley Dale Ballroom (View)
1590 Sunbury Road
Columbus, OH 43219
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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