Buckwheat Zydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Top Songs

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Hey Good Lookin'
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When the Levee Breaks
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Hot Tamale Baby
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Walkin' To New Orleans
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Zydeco Boogaloo

Albums

  • Bayou Boogie

    Jan 2010 • 14 songs

  • Let the Good Times Roll: Essential Recordings
  • Zydeco Feeling

    Jul 2009 • 12 songs

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Buckwheat Zydeco

Biography

Contemporary zydeco's most popular performer, accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural was the natural successor to the throne vacated by the death of his mentor Clifton Chenier; infusing his propulsive party music with strains of rock and R&B, his urbanized sound -- complete with touches of synthesizer and trumpet -- married traditional and contemporary zydeco with uncommon flair, in the process reaching a wider mainstream audience than any artist before him. Dural was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, on November 14, 1947; with his braided hair, he soon acquired the nickname "Buck...
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