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May - June 2012 Volume 113, Issue 3 E FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE E FREE FREE FREE FREE ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: • Drink the GLT Way • Sugar Creek Arts Festival Map • Take Our Survey Louisiana Zydeco, Austin Swing, Saturday, June 9th and Homegrown Blues 3:30 - 10:00 pm by GLT Events & Promotions Director Linda Healy music starts at 5:00 pm on the square in Downtown Bloomington You know summer is officially here when featuring: we close down a comer of downtown Bloomington, hoist the stage, and fill the Louisiana's Hottest Music summer air with incredible music. The Buckwheat Zydeco GLT Summer Concert is the best street party in town and it's a chance to hear Western Swing some up-and-comers alongside some Marshall Ford Swing Band tried-and-true bands. Thanks to our Local Blues Phenom generous sponsors, the concert is Matthew Curry & the Fury always FREE! Thank you to our generous lead sponsors: Specs Around Town Headliner Buckwheat Zydeco has been the unadulterated talent. His passion bursts Fox & Hounds Day Spa preeminent ambassador of Louisiana Creole from every pore; his fiery guitar licks will Ronda Glenn Law Offices dance music for more than 30 years. Hailing from Lafayette, leave you breathless; and he's surrounded Eastland Chiropractic and Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr. and his band bring the hot sauce to the himself with some amazing local talent to Wellness Center barbeque, with their smokin' zydeco and consummate musicianship. Buckwheat's round out the band. Supporting sponsors: long and storied career includes a stint in the 70s as Clifton Chenier's organist Downtown Business Association ( which led to his taking up the accordion); opening for Eric Clapton for his GLT Summer Concert grounds open at En sen berger Condo Association 1988 North American tour and at London's Royal Albert H all; and sharing 3:30 pm with a walk-around beer Mid-Illini Credit Union stages and/or recording with Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Paul Simon, and Ry garden and festival food vendors. Bring a Maguire's Cooder, to name a few. Read an interview with Buckwheat on page 4. lawn chair to set up on the street or old City of Bloomington courthouse lawn. Don't miss a visit to the Opening for Buckwheat, the Marshall Ford Swing GLT tent beside the stage to pick up the Band from Austin, TX, will simply charm you. Female latest GLT stuff ( see photos of our latest glassware on page 15), purchase artist CDs, and lead singer Emily Gimble is the granddaughter of Johnny get autographs. The Zoo Lady will be painting faces (kids of all ages welcome) starting Gimble, one of Bob Wills' original Texas Playboys. at 5:00 pm. That's when the music starts, so come early for lunch, get a good seat, and Her pure voice is a throwback to another era, while spend some time roaming the downtown Bloomington specialty shops, all within remaining young and hip. When they travel, the walking distance of the square. Many will offer specials and extended hours that day. quartet brings along a fiddle player and a sophisticated approach to Western swing that is just dam fun. GLT event volunteers have a blast - why don't you join us at one of our summer activities? You'll be supporting your favorite station when you do. The evening of outstanding music starts with one Call Events Director Linda Healy at (309)438-5083 to volunteer for: of our favorite hometown boys - literally. Matthew June 9 GLT Summer Concert Curry will have reached the ripe old age of 1 7 by the Bloomington - noon-11 pm time he takes the stage on June 9th and continues July 7-8 Sugar Creek Arts Festival to blow us away with his blues sensibilities and Normal - Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 11 am-Spm -2- -3- tlie Buckwheat Zydeco interview JN: Well, you started out playing the organ with Clifton Chenier's band. GLT Summer Concert headliner BZ: Oh, from age nine I was onstage as an organist. Buckwheat Zydeco is led by the And I did play in Clifton's band for over two years, amazing accordion of Stanley Dural, Jr. but that was after I had my first band. At the time As proficient as Dural is on that I was heavy into R&B music, and my band traditional Creole instrument, he took consisted of fifteen musicians on stage, man. I did to it grudgingly. GLT Music Director that for five years and I decided to get out of it. I Jon Norton caught up with Stanley just needed to shake my brains out a little bit and "Buckwheat" Dural recently. see what direction I wanted to take. I got an invitation to join The King of Zydeco, JN: Stanley, I don't think we've seen Clifton Chenier, as an organist. See my daddy you 'round here in central Illinois would say, "you need to play the accordion'' and in awhile. I would say, "not no, but hell no!" (laughs) BZ: It has been awhile, but we'll be comin' to party with you! JN: Why not? BZ: Because I heard it all the time growing up! (laughs again) Back then, JN: Clifton Chenier, the "King of I thought the accordion was only for the elderly. My daddy couldn't stand my music, Zydeco" was a mentor of yours. How and I didn't like his. did you meet him? BZ: He was a friend of the family. Mat­ JN: Who were the people you were into? You know, the ones your father didn't like. ter of fact, he and my father was best of BZ: Well, my first and biggest influence playing the piano is a dear friend of mine ... friends, and he used to be in our home and the man who made so many people throughout the world happy, he was the two or three days a week. "fat man," Fats Domino. See, that's who I was listening to. Also, Little Richard. You see, I just wanted to boogie. And at the age of nine, I got my first organ. It was a Farfisa. JN: Was your father a musician as well? BZ: Sure was. He played the accordion, JN: But you ended up making a living playing the accordion. but he came from the "old school," and BZ: Well I played the organ for Clifton for two years, and I knew I was going to end before it was called "zydeco," it was called up playing the accordion, because there was so much energy, man. Clifton would "la-la." My dad played only two instru­ perform four hours non-stop and when he would say "good night," I wondered what ments - the accordion, and the wash­ he was doing, 'cause it felt like we had only played 30 minutes, or an hour. That's board. You know the original wooden how energetic it was. So when I got out of Clifton's band, I took nine months off washboard you washed clothes with? from the music business to learn the accordion. When I knew I could play a few songs on it, I started gathering musicians and formed my own band. At the same JN: Yeah, I do. time, I was working on my singing, 'cause I had never done that before. There BZ: I busted many a knuckle on those were a lot of real good singers here in southwest Louisiana, and it was C lifton who washboards washing clothes! But when pushed me, and I owe everything to him. I say he was a different type musician, he only performed for family entertain­ JN: We're sure looking forward to hearing you sing and play the accordion at the ment at home. So growing up I heard it GLT Summer Concert June 9th. in my home twenty-four/seven. I never BZ: I'm comin' to party with you, so make sure to bring TWO pairs of shoes, 'cause played it, but I heard it after breakfast, you may burn one out! before lunch, after dinner ... it really gave me the blues, man. See pg 2-3 for concert details. -4- -5- Often the Closest Parking is Bike Parking In 2012, GLT's Good To Go™ is partnering with the Friends of Commuter Challenge the Constitution Trail to offer secure bike parking at four Good To Go Commuter Challenge Kick-off community events. Here's how it works: ride your bike to the Saturday, May 12 (challenge runs May 12-18) event and look for the Good To Go secure bike parking GLT and Good To Go™ encourage you to spend a week tracking your corral. A Friends of the Trail sustainable commutes, by joining the Commuter Challenge. volunteer will take your bike Carpooling, walking, biking, skate boarding, hopping the bus - and give you a claim number everything counts towards the challenge except driving alone.