Buckwheat Zydeco
Buckwheat Zydeco was the stage name of Stanley Dural, Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016) was an American accordionist and zydeco musician.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Stanley Dural, Jr. |
Also known as | Buckwheat Zydeco |
Born | Lafayette, Louisiana | November 14, 1947
Died | September 24, 2016 Lafayette, Louisiana | (aged 68)
Genres | Zydeco, R&B, Country |
Instruments | Vocals, accordion |
Years active | 1971—2016 |
Labels | Alligator Records, Tomorrow Recordings, Rounder, Island, |
Website | www.buckwheatzydeco.com |
He was one of the few zydeco artists to become popular. His music group was known as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Son Partis Band, but often they perform as merely Buckwheat Zydeco.
Dural died of lung cancer at age 68 on September 24, 2016 in a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana.[1]