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Buckwheat Zydeco: Lay Your Burden Down

Revisions (5)

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:

  1. When the Levee Breaks – Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie
  2. The Wrong Side – JJ Grey
  3. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah – James B. Chambers
  4. Don’t Leave Me – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  5. Back in Your Arms – Bruce Springsteen
  6. Throw Me Something Mister – Buckwheat Zydeco
  7. Ley Your Burden Down – Warren Heynes, Michael Berbiero
  8. Time Goes By – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  9. Ninth Place – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  10. Too Much Time – Don Van Vliet
  11. Finding My Way Back Home – Buckwheat Zydeco

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa: Macot Label Group

On January 26, 2018, “J&R Adventures”, “Mascot Label Group” labels released “Black Coffee”, the third Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa covers album. It was recorded in August 2016, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa– guitar
  • Beth Hart– vocals
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm guitar
  • Michael Rhodes– bass guitar
  • Anton Fig– drums, percussion
  • Reese Wynans– keyboards
  • Paulie Cerra – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Ron Dzuibla – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
  • Jade Macreae – backing vocals
  • Juanita Tippins – backing vocals
  • Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals
  • Rob Katz – engineer
  • Jaramiah Rios – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Luu – engineer assistant
  • Lowell Reynolds – recording
  • Ben Rodgers – recording
  • Ron Dziubla – recording
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter, Jerry LaCroix
  2. Damn Your Eyes – Barbara Wyrick, Stephen Bogard
  3. Black Coffee – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
  4. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joseph Young
  5. Why Don’t You Do Right – Kansas Joe McCoy
  6. Saved – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. Sitting on the Top of the World – Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon
  8. Joy – Lucinda Williams
  9. Soul on Fire – Ahmet Ertegun, Gerald Wexler, LaVern Baker
  10. Addicted – Eva Engel, Klaus Waldeck