(Stanley Dural, Jr.)
DISCOGRAPHY 1979-2009 (16CD)
DISCOGRAPHY 1979-2009 (16CD)
Stanley Dural, Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016), better known
by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and
zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve
mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat
Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band ("Ils Sont Partis" being French for "They
have left"), but they often performed as merely Buckwheat Zydeco.
The New York Times said: “Stanley ‘Buckwheat’ Dural leads one of the best
bands in America. A down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and
muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics…propulsive rhythms,
incendiary performances.” USA Today called him “a zydeco trailblazer.”
Buckwheat Zydeco performed with famous musicians such as Eric Clapton
(with whom he also recorded), U2 and the Boston Pops.
The band performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics
to a worldwide audience of three billion people. Buckwheat performed for
President Clinton twice, celebrating both of his inaugurations. The band
appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, CNN, The Today Show, MTV,
NBC News, CBS Morning News, National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage, and
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. ....
(Wikipedia)