| LC control no. | n 85237399 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Dural, Stanley, 1947-2016 Buckwheat, 1947-2016 Buckwheat Zydeco, 1947-2016 Zydeco, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 |
| See also | Corporate body: Buckwheat Zydeco "Ils Sont Partis" Band Corporate body: Buckwheat Zydeco (Musical group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1947-11-14 |
| Death date | 2016-09-24 |
| Place of birth | Lafayette (La.) |
| Place of death | Lafayette (La.) |
| Field of activity | Zydeco music |
| Affiliation | Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers (Musical group) Tomorrow Recordings (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Zydeco musicians Accordionists Singers |
| Found in | Buckwheat Zydeco "Ils Sont Partis" Band. Turning point [SR] p1984: container (Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural; Buckwheat; b. 11/14/47 in Lafayette, La.) Nelson, W. Singin' with Willie [SR] p2004: container (Buckwheat Zydeco) insert (b. Stanley Dural, Jr., Lafayette, La.) All music guide WWW site, Apr. 19, 2006 (Buckwheat Zydeco; Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural; b. Nov. 14, 1947, Lafayette, LA) Int. ww in pop. mus., 7th ed. (Dural, Stanley "Buckwheat", Jr.; b. Nov. 14, 1947, Lafayette, LA; musician (zydeco, accordion)) African American National Biography, accessed April 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Zydeco, Buckwheat; Stanley Joseph Dural Jr.; zydeco musician; born 14 November, 1947 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; learned to play piano and organ, played gigs, local jukes (1957); formed the band Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers (1971-1977); played zydeco music (1977); played keyboard, accordion and formed his own band (1978); recorded albums Turning Point (1983), Waitin' for My Ya Ya (1985), On a Night Like This (1987), were nominated for Grammy awards; toured with Eric Clapton (1988); appeared at Newport Folk and Montreaux Jazz festivals; formed recording company Tomorrow Recordings (1998); recorded (1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009); released an album to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 26, 2016 (in obituary published Sept. 24: Stanley Dural Jr., better known as Buckwheat; b. Stanley Joseph Dural Jr., Nov. 14, 1947, Lafayette, La.; d. there Saturday [Sept. 24, 2016], aged 68; accordionist whose band carried zydeco music from the Louisiana bayous to a worldwide audience; sang in French Creole and in English) |
| Associated language | cpf eng |
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