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2017 Celebrating Buckwheat Zydeco
001-2017-017
39:13 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 on Server and Cloud
Fri May 05 2017
With Nathan Williams, CJ Chenier, Lee Allen Zeno. Interviewer, Herman Fuselier
01:38 Demonstration “Hard To Stop” 05:38 Herman Fuselier and Lee Allen Zeno discuss the first band Zeno played in with Buckwheat, Buckwheat and the Hitchhikers 05:52 Zeno explains how he met and began playing with Buckwheat 07:20 Zeno discusses how Buckwheat taught him to hear, rather than read, music 08:09 Zeno shares his personal highlight, playing with the Boston Pops, from touring with Buckwheat Zydeco 09:26 Zeno shares his experiences playing President Clinton’s inaugurations 10:00 CJ Chenier explains his introduction to Buckwheat 11:42 Chenier discusses his and Buckwheat’s father’s relationship and the music they created together 14:14 Nathan Williams explains his history with Buckwheat 17:32 Williams shares Buckwheat’s great advice to him 18:31 Demonstration 21:55 Chenier addresses fact that young zydeco players today are no longer playing the blues 22:27 Zeno speaks to the current status of Buckwheat’s band 23:25 Zeno describes working with Buckwheat 24:09 Chenier and Zeno describe gigging with Zydeco 27:06 Williams explains the importance of improvising a set list 29:22 Demonstration “Ya Ya” 34:19 Demonstration
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