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BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN

American musical legend Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr.--along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco--is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. 2009 marks Buckwheat Zydeco's 30th anniversary, and Buckwheat is celebrating with the release of his new CD (and Alligator debut), Lay Your Burden Down.

Produced by Stev! ! e Berlin of Los Lobos, Lay Your Burden Down is the most ambitious, deepest and varied recording of Buckwheat Zydeco's career. Fusing zydeco's rhythmic energy with rock, R&B and funk, Lay Your Burden Down features five new Buckwheat originals and six complete reinventions of songs by Memphis Minnie/Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Gov't Mule, Captain Beefheart, Jimmy Cliff, and JJ Grey & Mofro. Guests on the album include Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, Steve Berlin, JJ Grey, and Trombone Shorty. Lay Your Burden Down is sure to move your feet, your head, and your heart.

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Members

Kelly Carmichael - vocals/guitar
Jean-Paul Gaster - drums
Johnny "Lawless" - upright bass
Alexander Mitchell - fiddle
Scott Rich - trumpet
John McVey - trombone
Brian Simms - squeeze box

Website
http://www.kellycarmichael.com/

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/kellycarmichael

Dogstreet Records:
http://www.dogstreetrecords.com

Kelly Carmichael Biography

The heavyweight prewar solo guitarists Charlie Patton, Son House, and especially Robert Johnson, receive the lion’s share of attention from contemporary fans. However, string bands with fiddles from the twenties and thirties were enormously popular “back in the day,” with the legendary Mississippi Sheiks the reigning potentates of the form. Their expansive styles are still a joy to hear while also providing a misty window back to the pastoral roots of American music. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Kelly Carmichael embraces both genres with equal facility and boundless enthusiasm, while creating recordings that are likewise relevant and vital in the modern era.

No less amazing is the fact that Carmichael also plays in Internal Void and briefly the Maryland based Pentagram as a ferocious, fret-melting electric hard rock guitarist with roots in Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on May 29, 1968 and raised up in Stone Mountain, Georgia, he was exposed to the fifties rock ‘n’ roll in his dad’s record collection but did not discover the real blues until he moved to Frederick, Maryland in 1980 and heard the recordings of Robert Johnson. Carmichael had found another “calling” and began performing solo in 2002. He released his blues debut Old Stock, in 2005 to rave reviews.

Carmichael’s second offering on Dogstreet Records, reveals his continuing mastery of authentic “olde tyme” styles ranging from ragtime to country, “hokum blues” to Delta blues and even a touch of Dixieland jazz. In sync withthe supple rhythm section of Jean-Paul Gaster (drums), Johnny “Lawless” Ray Carroll (doghouse bass), Scott Rich (trumpet),John McVey (trombone),Alexander Mitchell (fiddle) and Brian Simms (accordion), Carmichael sings with wit and expression, picks guitar and banjo, tickles the xylophone and even rattles the bones. Music this uplifting and energizing should be dispensed like a tonic to a grateful public.

(Source: Kelly Carmichael's official website)