| Biography | Stanley Dural Jr, 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.
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, 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 Radios Mountain Stage, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. |