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R.I.P. Buckwheat Zydeco

breno

R.I.P. Buckwheat Zydeco
September 24, 2016 11:15AM

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Posts: 6,349

Stanley Dural Jr., aka Buckwheat Zydeco, possibly the greatest giant of Cajun music, has died at age 68, apparently from lung and vocal cord cancer.

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MrFab

Re: R.I.P. Buckwheat Zydeco
September 24, 2016 01:54PM

Registered: 22 years ago
Posts: 3,283

Aww damn! Saw him live and had a great time. And made some records that almost came close to capturing the energy of a live zydeco show: "Hot Tamale Baby," "Feet Cant Fail Me Now", a strange cover of "Hey Joe", he even covered a Captain Beefheart song ("Too Much Time").

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Delvin

Re: R.I.P. Buckwheat Zydeco
September 24, 2016 09:14PM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 8,133

Awww, how sad. My wife & I got to see him live too; he was a great performer. Rest in peace, Buckwheat.

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Post-Punk Monk

Re: R.I.P. Buckwheat Zydeco
September 27, 2016 09:29AM

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Posts: 1,394

From my live experience, zydeco=cajun techno, though I never saw the master.

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