Zydeco Legend/Ambassador Buckwheat Zydeco (Stanley Dural) Dies at 68

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. lead of Buckwheat Zydeco, died today 9/24/16 at age 68 from lung cancer.

For more than 35 years, Dural served as an ambassador to zydeco with his spot on accordion playing and his band’s propulsive rhythms which represented the New Orleans portion of many a music festival The group has shared the stage and studio with Eric Clapton, U2, the Boston Pops Orchestra, B.B. King and other renowned names.

Ted Fox, Buckwheat Zydeco’s personal manager and frequent producer and collaborator since 1986, said Dural’s native music from southwest Louisiana had a global impact.

“Many people in Louisiana know that Buck was a musical legend and the preeminent ambassador of zydeco music,” said Fox. “For others around the world, if they got into zydeco music, or felt its influence, or watched the world celebrate this great aspect of Louisiana culture over the past 30-plus years, it’s likely been because of Buckwheat Zydeco.

Watch Buckweat from the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – his last appearance there…

Photo by Leslie Michele Derrough

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