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Buckwheat Zydeco

Buckwheat (* 1947 in Lafayette, LA) was an accordionist and zydeco performer. His bourgeois name was Stanley Dural jr. Over the course of Buckwheat's career, Buck gigged with everyone from Eric Clapton (with whom Buckwheat also recorded) and U2 to The Boston Pops. The band performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics to a worldwide audience of three billion people. Buckwheat Zydeco even performed at both of President Clinton's Inaugurals.

More national television appearances include PBS's tribute to Paul Simon, where Buck performed with Lyle Lovett; sitting in with Paul Shaffer on The Late Show With David Letterman (and playing "Hot Tamale Baby" for Martha Stewart); and feting Ozzie Ozbourne among others on VH-1's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Buck was profiled in a ten minute feature by Scott Simon, on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday. The band appeared six times on Letterman, and on CNN, The Today Show, MTV, NBC News, CBS Morning News and many others.

Buckwheat died in 2016.

Frenchin' The Boogie Blue Star 80 608 released 1976 recorded February 1976 in Bogalusa, LA/USA	Clifton Chenier, accordion, vocals Lon Price, sax Stanley Dural, Hammond B-3 organ, piano Cleveland Chenier, washboard
Clifton Chenier And His Red Hot Louisiana Band Arhoolie Records 1078 released 1978 recorded April 1977 in New Orleans, LA; October 1975 in Bogalusa, LA/USA	Clifton Chenier, accordion, vocals John Hart, tenor sax Paul Senegal, guitar Stanley Dural, organ, piano Joe Brouchet, bass Robert Peter, drums Cleveland Chenier, washboard
On A Night Like This Island Records 7 90622-1 released 1987	Buckwheat Zydeco [Stanley Dural], organ, accordion, synthesizer, vocals Kevin Harris, tenor sax Kevin Bruce Harris, tenor sax Roger Lewis, baritone sax Gregory Davis, trumpet Efrem Towns, trumpet Paul Senegal, guitar Melvin Veazie, guitar Lee Allen Zeno, bass Nathaniel Jolivette, drums Elijah Cudges, percussion, rubboard
Where There's Smoke There's Fire Island Records 842 925-2 released 1990 recorded in Hollywood, CA/USA	Buckwheat Zydeco [Stanley Dural], organ, accordion, vocals Steve Berlin, tenor sax, baritone sax Dennis Taylor, tenor sax Lee Thornburg, trumpet David Hidalgo, guitar, drums, vocals Melvin Veazie, guitar Lee Allen Zeno, bass Kevin Menard, drums Mark Linett, tambourine Wilbert Willis, percussion, rubboard Dwight Yoakam, vocals
On Track Charisma CDCUS 13 released 1992	Buckwheat Zydeco [Stanley Dural], organ, accordion, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, vocals Crispin Cioe, alto sax, baritone sax Arno Hecht, tenor sax Wilbert Miller, tenor sax, harmonica, percussion Bob Funk, trombone Paul Litterall, trumpet Joseph "Cookie" Chavis, guitar Michael Melchione, guitar Melvin Veazie, guitar Lee Allen Zeno, bass, percussion Kevin Menard, drums, percussion George Recile, drums Sir Reginald Dural, percussion, rubboard Debbie Cole, vocals Angie Stone, vocals

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