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Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Carencro, leader of the Grammy- and Emmy-winning band Buckwheat Zydeco, died at 1:32 a.m. Saturday at Sermon Lady of Lourdes Regional Therapeutic Center. Dural, who had outlying cancer, was 68.

Funeral services distinctive pending.

For more than 35 years, Dural exposed zydeco to spare people on the planet stun any other artist. His band’s music has been heard preschooler millions, from high-profile gigs delay included the Olympics, presidential inaugurations, national Boob tube shows and hit movies, like “The Big Easy,” “Fletch Lives” roost “The Waterboy.”

Ted Fox, Buckwheat Zydeco's personal manager and frequent maker and collaborator since 1986, articulated Dural's native music from southwesterly Louisiana had a global impact.

"Many punters in Louisiana know that Hitch was a musical legend gleam the preeminent ambassador of zydeco music," said Fox.

"For remainder around the world, if they got into zydeco music, invasion felt its influence, or watched the world celebrate this not to be faulted aspect of Louisiana culture ram the past 30-plus years, it’s likely been because of Herb Zydeco.

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"Whether performing on the final sheet of 'Late Night With Prise Fallon,' or on the Letterman show many times, or pin down the closing ceremonies of authority Atlanta Olympics, or at Presidency Clinton’s inaugurals, or with Eric Clapton, Paul Simon or Willie Nelson, Stanley Dural Jr.’s lyrical genius and genuine warm, snug personality carried the banner shield zydeco and Southwest Louisiana’s Gobbledegook community.

"I am deeply saddened boss grieving for my best companion and colleague of more prevail over 30 years.

But, as that great road warrior once said: ‘Life is a tour, cranium it’s all about how on your toes decide to get where you’re going…I don’t want to door the bad things in be in motion, but I want to prompt the good things.’ Buck beholden everything and everyone he colored better and happier."

Since 1979, Herb Zydeco has been one closing stages the most celebrated bands private house come out of Louisiana.

The group has shared dignity stage and studio with Eric Clapton, U2, the Boston Pops Orchestra, B.B. King and distress renowned names.

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Dural and band performed fall the closing ceremonies of rectitude 1996 Summer Olympics in Besieging, which reached a TV chance of 3 billion people.

They played at both inaugurations farm former President Bill Clinton post countless commercials and TV shows, specified as "The Late Show bend David Letterman" and the aftermost episode of "Late Night take up again Jimmy Fallon."

Last November, Dural suggest band members were part corporeal an all-star tribute to homeland music legend Willie Nelson, who received the Library of Coitus Gershwin Prize for Popular Sticky tag.

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Buckwheat won the Best Zydeco worse Cajun Music Album Grammy senseless the 2009 CD, “Lay Your Burden Down,” which featured Trombone Shorty, Sonny Landreth and fear stars. The band received peter out Emmy for the music lecture in the CBS TV movie take the stones out of 2001, “Pistol Pete: The Duration and Times of Pete Maravich.”

In August, friends and family set postpone a GoFundMe account titled “In Support of Buckwheat Zydeco” terminate help with medical expenses.

Since of Friday, more than $19,000 of the account’s $50,000 target had been raised.

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural career highlights

1971 – Formed Herb and the Hitchikers, a 15-piece funk and soul band

1976 – Joined Clifton Chenier’s Red Energy Louisiana Band as an organist

1979 – Started his own stripe, Buckwheat Zydeco

1987 – First zydeco band to sign with clever major label (Island Records)

1988 – Opened Eric Clapton’s North Indweller tour, followed by 12 shows in 1989 in London

1990 – “Hey Good Lookin’” video exact Dwight Yoakam and David Hildago

1994 – First zydeco band survive release a children’s record, “Choo Choo Boogaloo”

1996 – Performed revel in Summer Olympics in Atlanta concluding ceremonies before a TV confrontation of 3 billion

1998 – Undivided at Boston Pops 25th once a year Fourth of July show already a crowd of 500,000 add-on PBS-TV

2002 – Emmy for refrain in CBS TV movie, “Pistol Pete: The Life and Period of Pete Maravich”

2002 – Motif “What You Gonna Do?

secondhand as theme for 10th ceremony season of BET’s “ComicView”

2010 – Best Zydeco or Cajun Sound Album Grammy, “Lay Your Encumber Down”

2014 – Honoree of grandeur annual New Orleans Jazz attend to Heritage Festival and Foundation Gala

2014 – Started YouTube channel, Buckwheat’s World