Buckwheat Zydeco
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American accordionist (1947–2016)
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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, 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 href="https://www.last.fm/music/Buckwhea
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lafayette
- Place of death
- Lafayette
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Island Records
- Official website
- www.buckwheatzydeco.com
- Image
- Buckwheat Zydeco.jpg
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- Buckwheat Zydeco
- date of birth
- 1947-11-14
- social media followers
- 2319
- date of death
- 2016-09-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
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