On May 5, 2009, “Aligator” label released “Lay Your Burden Down”, the third Buckwheat Zydeco album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Steve Berlin. In 2010, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album.”
Personnel:
Buckwheat Zydeco and The Ils Sont Partis Band, (shortened to Buckwheat Zydeco.)
- Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. – lead and backing vocals, accordion, Hammond B3 organ, synth keyboard
- Sir Reginald Master Dural – rubboard, backing vocals
- Michael Melchione – guitar
- Olivier Scoazec – guitar
- Curtis Watson – trumpet
- Lee Allen Zeno – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Kevin Menard – drums.
- Sonny Landreth – slide guitar
- Warren Haynes – slide guitar
- Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
- Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trombone
- John “J.J.” Grey – Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
- David Farrell – engineer, mixing
- Korey Richey – second engineer
Track listing:
- When the Levee Breaks – Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie
- The Wrong Side – JJ Grey
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah – James B. Chambers
- Don’t Leave Me – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
- Back in Your Arms – Bruce Springsteen
- Throw Me Something Mister – Buckwheat Zydeco
- Ley Your Burden Down – Warren Heynes, Michael Berbiero
- Time Goes By – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
- Ninth Place – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
- Too Much Time – Don Van Vliet
- Finding My Way Back Home – Buckwheat Zydeco
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