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Buckwheat Zydeco at Montrose Room
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 8:00p
Montrose Room
Des Plaines,
IL
The pre-eminent ambassador of Louisiana Zydeco music, Grammy Award winner Buckwheat Zydeco returns to Montrose Room for another intimate show for his fans. One of the few such artists to successfully cross over into mainstream, Buckwheat Zydeco has gigged with everyone from Eric Clapton (with whom Buckwheat also recorded) and U2 to The Boston Pops. The band has also performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics to a worldwide audience of three billion people.
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Buckwheat Zydeco
Contemporary zydeco's most popular performer, accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural was the natural successor to the throne vacated by the death of his mentor Clifton Chenier; infusing his propulsive party music with strains of rock and R&B, his urbanized sound -- complete with touches of synthesizer and trumpet -- married traditional and contemporary zydeco with uncommon flair, in the process reaching a wider mainstream audience than any artist before him....
Contemporary zydeco's most popular performer, accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural was the natural successor to the throne vacated by the death of his mentor Clifton Chenier; infusing his propulsive party music with strains of rock and R&B, his urbanized sound -- complete with touches of synthesizer and trumpet -- married traditional and contemporary zydeco with uncommon flair, in the process reaching a wider mainstream audience than any artist before him....
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