Buckwheat Zydeco, bandleader who helped introduce Louisiana zydeco to the world, dies at 68

He covered Beast of Burden, on a version that I think it's very interesting.

Thanks for posting this video Christiano.Im pretty sure Keith would approve of this version.R I P Mr. Zydeco from someone who never considered the accordion a rock and roll instrument til you came along.May God bless.

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Cristiano Radtke
Buckwheat Zydeco, bandleader who helped introduce Louisiana zydeco to the world, dies at 68

He covered Beast of Burden, on a version that I think it's very interesting.

I think it's a little more than just interesting, it's absolutely fantastic. One of my favourite Stones songs ever, and this version is killer. Thanks ever so for posting .....

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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Cristiano Radtke
Buckwheat Zydeco, bandleader who helped introduce Louisiana zydeco to the world, dies at 68

He covered Beast of Burden, on a version that I think it's very interesting.

I think it's a little more than just interesting, it's absolutely fantastic. One of my favourite Stones songs ever, and this version is killer. Thanks ever so for posting .....

Beautiful version.
RIP Buckwheat.
Jeroen

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I think it's a little more than just interesting, it's absolutely fantastic. One of my favourite Stones songs ever, and this version is killer. Thanks ever so for posting .....

You're absolutely right, Paulywaul!

I watched him open for Clapton more than once... he would always shout "Let's go Zydeco" before they jammed inside a song...he was fun

You went to see Clapton more than once?

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I watched him open for Clapton more than once... he would always shout "Let's go Zydeco" before they jammed inside a song...he was fun

He did a good version of Derek & the Dominos' "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad." I remember him doing it on the Letterman show. For reasons I no longer recall, Zydeco and other New Orleans music had a surge of mainstream popularity in the '80s and early '90s, maybe due to "The Big Easy" movie or some other movie or TV show. Buckwheat was very high-energy.

R.I.P.

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Cristiano Radtke
Buckwheat Zydeco, bandleader who helped introduce Louisiana zydeco to the world, dies at 68

He covered Beast of Burden, on a version that I think it's very interesting.

I think it's a little more than just interesting, it's absolutely fantastic. One of my favourite Stones songs ever, and this version is killer. Thanks ever so for posting .....

Yeah, yeah! Thanks, Cristiano.
I saw B Zydeco live once. RIP, man.

~"Love is Strong"~

And of course he played on Talk Is Cheap.

RIP

link from NPR
www.npr.org/

a true master from Louisiana.
If I remember well, the term Zydeco comes the famous French title Cajun song "Les Haricots sont pas salés".