Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Carencro, leader of the Grammy- and Emmy-winning band Buckwheat Zydeco, died at 1:32 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Dural, who had lung ...

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., the accordionist and ambassador of zydeco music who performed under the stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 68. “It is ...

Musician Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., who rose from a cotton-picking family in southwest Louisiana to introduce zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was ...

Stanley Dural, Jr., who, using his stage name of “Buckwheat Zydeco,” was a global ambassador for the Louisiana music genre of zydeco, died this morning (Sept. 24). He was 68. He was diagnosed with ...

Stanley 'Buckwheat Zydeco' Dural, in file photo from several years ago. Buckwheat Zydeco, who has won both Grammy and Emmy awards, is battling lung cancer, and his friends and family have set up a ...

Accordionist, bandleader and New Orleans music icon Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco has died. He was 68. His death was confirmed by the band’s manager and frequent collaborator, Ted ...

Few artists in this music-crazed corner of the world can match the resume of Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural of Carencro. Leader of the Grammy- and Emmy-winning band Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural performed before ...

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., the late leader of the band Buckwheat Zydeco, gave his son a name of distinction — Sir Reginal Master Durald. Sir Reg wore the name proudly as the rubboard player in his ...

Buckwheat Zydeco’s longtime manager and producer Ted Fox reflects on launching zydeco’s first major label release. “I was a senior editor [at Audio magazine] and I started getting into zydeco. Audio ...

Stanley Dural Jr., better known as Buckwheat, has been mixing the Creole sounds of Lafayette, La., with rock and R&B for three decades. Dural's accordion leads the way in Buckwheat Zydeco, accompanied ...

Hear Andrew Limbong's remembrance of Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr. at the audio link, and read on for an obituary written by Mark Mobley. Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., an international ambassador for ...