Buckwheat playing at the 2006 Festival International de Louisiane.

Buckwheat Zydeco (born Stanley Dural, Jr. November 14, 1947) is an accordionist and zydeco performer, one of the few to achieve mainstream success. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1626x1938, 2373 KB) Summary w:Buckwheat Zydeco playing on the main stage at the 2006 w:Festival International de Louisiane. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1626x1938, 2373 KB) Summary w:Buckwheat Zydeco playing on the main stage at the 2006 w:Festival International de Louisiane. ... The mission of Festival International de Louisiane is to: Enrich the community by celebrating its native culture; educate the public to the historical achievements and artistic expressions of related global cultures; encourage an appreciation for the arts; enhance the economic development of the Acadiana region through the presentation of an... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... A button accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ... Zydeco is a form of folk music, originated in the beginning of the 20th century among the Francophone Creole peoples of south-west Louisiana and influenced by the music of the French-speaking Cajuns. ...

In 1971, he founded Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers, a funk band that he led for five years before switching to zydeco. He began backing Clifton Chenier, one of the most legendary zydeco performers. He set out on his own with The Ils Sont Partis Band; they debuted with One for the Road in 1979 and were nominated for a Grammy Award for Turning Point and Waitin' for My Ya Ya (1985) after switching to the Rounder Records label. He soon signed to Island Records, the first zydeco act on a major label, and released On a Night Like This, critically acclaimed album that was nominated for a Grammy as well. The band soon appeared in The Big Easy. See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987) was the pre-eminent performer of zydeco music, a blend of Cajun and Creole music with R&B, jazz and blues influences. ... See also: 1978 in music, other events of 1979, 1980 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events Stevie Wonder uses Compact disc technology in recording his album The Secret Life of Plants Disco reigned supreme in 1979, with several #1 hits from The Bee... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon... Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. ... Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ... On A Night Like This is Kylies 2nd Video from Light Years and it top in number 2 in the U.K. and Australia ... DVD cover of The Big Easy The Big Easy is a 1987 film that takes place in New Orleans. ...

During the 1990s, Buckwheat Zydeco was less commercially successful than before, and switched labels constantly. They remain a popular live draw, and continue recording. Buckwheat's latest album, Jackpot!, was released on 2005-06-07 on the Tomorrow Recordings label. See also 1990s, the band Seinfeld was a pop cultural phenomenon during the 90s and became one of the most popular TV programs ever. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...

Discography

• On a Night Like This (CD & casette; 1989) — MCA Special Products
• Where There's Smoke There's Fire (CD; 1990-06-05) — MCA Special Products
• Buckwheat's Zydeco Party (CD; 1992-02-14) — Rounder Records
• Menagerie: The Essential Zydeco Collection (CD; 1993-01-29) — Mango
• Choo Choo Boogaloo (CD; 1994-08-30) — Music Little People
• Five Card Stud (CD; 1994) — Island Records
• Buckwheat Zydeco Story: A 20 Year Party (CD; 1999-07-06) — Tomorrow Recordings
• The Ultimate Collection (CD; 2000-07-18) — Hip-O Records
• Trouble (CD; 1997) — Tomorrow Recordings
• Down Home Live (CD; 2001-04-24) — Tomorrow Recordings
• Classics (CD; 2003-10-14) — Rounder Records
• Jackpot! (CD; 2005-06-07) — Tomorrow Recordings