Lay Your Burden Down | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 5, 2009[1] | |||
Genre | Zydeco | |||
Length | 47:01 | |||
Label | Alligator | |||
Producer | Steve Berlin[2] | |||
Buckwheat Zydeco chronology | ||||
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Lay Your Burden Down is a studio album by Buckwheat Zydeco, released in 2009 through Alligator Records.[3] The album ranked number five on Billboards Top Blues Albums. In 2010, the album earned Buckwheat Zydeco the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album. This is Buckwheat Zydeco's first record with Alligator Records[2] and was produced by Steve Berlin, who produced his 1994 album Five Card Stud.[3]
No. | Title | Composer[2] | Length |
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1. | "When the Levee Breaks" | Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie | 5:15 |
2. | "The Wrong Side" | JJ Grey | 4:28 |
3. | "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" | James B. Chambers | 3:37 |
4. | "Don't Leave Me" | Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox | 4:46 |
5. | "Back in Your Arms" | Bruce Springsteen | 4:29 |
6. | "Throw Me Something, Mister" | Buckwheat Zydeco | 3:57 |
7. | "Lay Your Burden Down" | Warren Haynes, Michael Barbiero | 5:22 |
8. | "Time Goes By" | Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox | 4:05 |
9. | "Ninth Place" | Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox | 3:23 |
10. | "Too Much Time" | Don Van Vliet | 2:59 |
11. | "Finding My Way Back Home" | Buckwheat Zydeco | 4:40 |
Total length: | 47:01 |
The album features the Buckwheat Zydeco and The Ils Sont Partis Band, usually shortened to just Buckwheat Zydeco. In the album, this band included:
Also, helped create the album: