Buckwheat Zydeco - Taking It Home (1988)

Buckwheat Zydeco is the stage name of Stanley Dural, Jr. (born November 14, 1947), an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He is one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group is formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Son Partis Band, but often they perform as merely Buckwheat Zydeco.
On his second album for Island Records, Buckwheat Zydeco continues to mix things up, adding some rock and pop covers to his trademark zydeco gumbo. Like its predecessor, On a Night Like This, the results on Taking It Home are a little mixed  the production is a little slick, covers like Derek & the Dominos' "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad" (featuring none other than Eric Clapton on guitar) are ill-advised, and there simply isn't the fire that distinguished his independent work. That said, no Buckwheat Zydeco album is a complete waste, and hearing him run through gritty, funky originals like "These Things You Do" and "Down Dallas Alley" makes Taking It Home worthwhile for long-term fans.

Track listing

01. "Creole Country"  (S.Dural, Jr., T.Fox)  - 2:08 
02. "Down Dallas Alley"  (S.Dural, Jr., T.Fox)  - 4:13 
03. "These Things You Do"  (S. Dural, Jr.)  - 3:37 
04. "Drivin' Old Grey"  (S.Dural, Jr.)  - 4:59 
05. "Make A Change"  (S.Dural, Jr.)  - 4:02 
06. "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad"  (Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton)  - 4:43 
07. "Ooh Wow"  (Roy Montrell)  - 3:18 
08. "In And Out Of My Life"  (S.Dural, Jr., T.Fox)  - 3:51 
09. "Taking It Home"  (S.Dural, Jr.)  - 4:13 
10. "Creole Country Part 2"  (S.Dural, Jr., T.Fox)  - 1:40 

Credits
Buckwheat Zydeco - accordion, keyboards
Stanley Dural - vocals, accordion, melodica, organ
Eric Clapton, Melvin Veazie, Robert James Ahearn - guitar
Anthony Bulter, Anthony Butler - alto saxophone
Dennis Taylor - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Calvin Landry - trumpet
Lee Allen Zeno - bass guitar
Patrick Landry - rub-board, percussion
Mednick, Lisa Mednick, Allison Young - background vocals
Herman "Rat" Brown - drums
Patrick Landry - rubboard
Engineers include: Peter Hodgson, Myles C. Davis, Billy Brady

Notes
Recorded at:  Goodnight Audio, Dallas, TX; Omega Studios, Rockville, MD; Sountech, E. Norwalk, CT; Southlake Studios, Metarie.
Lenght:  36:32
Genre:  Zydeco, Cajun

© 1988 Island Records