We ❤ Dance Parties
Posted by Lorin Drinkard / Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Especially the Zydeco kind.
Next Wednesday, Feb. 29th, get ready for major shimming and shaking as Wolf Trap throws a mid-week dance concert. No Hump Day dreariness that night as Buckwheat Zydeco, proud owners of a Grammy for Best Cajun and Zydeco Album, tear things up.
The Beltway’s about to get a little crazy. Southern Louisiana feel + French tunes + Caribbean beats = what Buckwheat Zydeco is all about.
Want to impress your fellow zydecoites at the show? Here are a few interesting tid bits about the band:
• 2009 marked the 30th anniversary of B.W.
• Opening act for Eric Clapton (including entire North American tour and a 12-night stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall), U-2, Robert Cray, Los Lobos
• Wrote and performed theme music for the PBS TV series “Pierre Franey’s Cooking In America.” Buck and his wife cooked for Pierre and appear in a segment
• Among the Top 50 grossing touring acts in Pollstar
• Video “Hey Good Lookin’” featuring Dwight Yoakam and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos was in Five Star rotation on VH-1*
Oh, stop. You’re too kind. No need to thank us for the trivia awesomeness. So go, lay your burdens down and treat yourself to a Cajun good time. Snag your tickets here.
*All amazing facts are courtesy of this site
Buckwheat Zydeco. Feb. 29th @ 8 pm. Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna; 1 (877) 965-3872; www.wolftrap.org; $24.
– Lorin Drinkard
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