Get Zydeco at the Fandango

By Tad Dickens
The Roanoke Times (original article)

Stanley Dural Jr. used to hate zydeco music. He hated its featured instrument, the accordion.

It was his father's music, his father's instrument. Dural was a Hammond B3 organ man into heavy funk, R&B, jazz and blues. Then he took a gig with "The King of Zydeco," Clifton Chenier. Soon, he learned to love his father's music. He discovered that in some respects, it was like the big band music he had been playing.

"Working with him over two years ... it was so energetic."

Nowadays, Dural is better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, and after 30 years of spreading the swamp boogie, he's earned the rights to that stage moniker. Just this week, Dural received a Living Blues magazine readers award nomination for best live performer. In May, he released his Alligator Records debut, "Lay Your Burden Down," an album packed with roots music stars yet still full of Dural's accordion and organ playing, all steamy like a Louisiana swamp.

Hear the band and the music Saturday at Floyd Fandango Beer & Wine Fest, at the FloydFest site.

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Go to this story at roanoke.com/entertainment to hear a podcast with Dural, including songs from "Lay Your Burden Down."

Floyd Fandango Beer & Wine Fest

With J.J. Grey & Mofro, Buckwheat Zydeco, Robert Jospe Sextet, Basshound, Beleza Brazil, Dangermuffin, Blue Mule and more

Details: 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. FloydFest site, near Floyd. floydfest.com, mofro.net, buckwheatzydeco.com, robertjospe.com