On the Playlist 6/FEB/2019...

Was reminded on a road trip with the kids today and the song - "Walking to New Orleans" (not sure why but I went with it) and the fun we had riffing on this song. Anyway, lead me to put on some Buckwheat Zydeco and his album "Waiting For My Ya Ya!" As I was doing research for this post I found out that he passed away in 2016 - very sad! Don't recall when I first became aware of zydeco music but I have been listening to zydeco for a long time and Buckwheat Zydeco was a star of the genre along with Clifton Chenier whom he played with early on. I have several of his albums but I think this is the best one and the most sincere to the zydeco genre. 

Incidentally, he has a children's album which I think is one of the best children's albums out there called "Choo Choo Boogaloo." My kids enjoyed it a lot but I enjoyed it even more and was always happy to play it in the car on road trips with them. The narration brings a lot of these classic songs together into a somewhat coherent story.