MAHOGANY HALL 1.21-22.2012 - COMPLETE SHOW- DOWNLOAD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HERE IS THE COMPLETE SHOW [3 SETS] RECORDED LIVE [BY MARTIN RITCHARDS] AT MAHOGANY HALL [BERN, SWITZERLAND] JANUARY 21-22, 2012- WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO BE MY BIRTHDAY AS WELL. 

HERE ARE THE SETS, FOR EVERYONE WHO COULD NOT BE THERE. "THE DOUG DUFFEY INTERNATIONAL SOUL BAND" ROCKIN'/ROLLIN'/GROOVIN'/SOULIN' ETC. DOING WHAT WE DO...THIS IS "LIVE"... WITH NO EDITS. [ALTHOUGH I PROBABLY NEEDED TO MAKE A FEW- LMAO]  IT'S ALL THE WAY LIVE; RAW & REAL; WARTS AND ALL.  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW, AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED PERFORMING!
  
MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE AT MAHOGANY HALL FOR MAKING THIS SHOW, MY 62ND BIRTHDAY [AND 48TH YEAR IN SHOW BUSINESS] , SUCH A GREAT ONE- AND FOR THE HONOR OF 'MEMBERSHIP' IN MY FAVORITE "HOME CLUB" IN SWITZERLAND. 

THANKS TO JACQUELINE TRACHSEL [MY AGENT & FRIEND FOR 20 YEARS] FOR ALL HER HARD WORK ALL THESE YEARS, AND TO THE BAND FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND TALENT: KELVIN BULLEN [GUITAR & VOCALS] , HANI ALI [DRUMS] & SEBASTIAN 'SEBI' NIESSNER [BASS]

DUE TO MY RECENT LAPTOP CRASH- AND ALL MY VIDEO/AUDIO PROGRAMS NOT WORKING, I AM DOING THESE IN WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER- AT LOW RESOLUTION- I CAN'T BE SURE ABOUT THE SOUND QUALITY... BUT ...WHOMP! HERE IT IS


LADIES & GENTLEMEN, "THE DOUG DUFFEY INTERNATIONAL SOUL BAND":

                                                                   

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[c] 2012DOUG DUFFEY

TRADITIONAL- a year late and many dollars short

a year late and many dollars short; as opposed to a day late and a dollar short. a lot of water has gone under [and up to] the bridge. it seems i never get cds completed until a year or so after the recordings. i dont even think about them. i let them age like fine wine, or ferment like liquor, or turn to vinegar, i suppose. i am always more interested in DOING the projects/recordings than the final result. once it's done, i'm ready to get onto something else.

it seems unreal that it has been a year since we began the TRADITIONAL recordings. so much has happened, that it is to the point of surreal. so much loss; so much pain. my friend wayne recently said that he felt the cd was 'portentous' when we were doing it; possibly because there are so many sad songs about death and dying, lost love and life... et je ne sais pas. a lot of old traditional gospel, folk, blues & jazz songs, which, no, are not very happy. but then, life is not always happy.

michael emailed & said he now had time to get back to the cd- so- i asked him to listen and choose the best of the best takes. i trust his ears and judgement implicitly. i trust my judgement on the performances, but not the fine tuning of the sonics of it all; the mastering etc. i sent a friend a cd i'd done, he put it in and it blew up his speakers- so, no.... probably not wise; but i have LEARNED from time and experience to watch & obey those damned meters.

i will possibly have 100 physical cds made to start with, and have them and digital downloads available via cdbaby on all the usual internet music outlets [amazon, itune, rhapsody etc] - so stay tuned for release date. might have to do a cd release party concert @ the rayville arts center where the grand piano tracks were recorded. but you'd have to brown bag it

[c]2011 DOUG DUFFEY

TRADITIONAL - new solo cd 2010- 2ND notes

MORE FUN WITH DOUG AND MICHAEL:

We finished all recordings tonight- working today from 1Pm- 9Pm non stop. This cd project has turned out to be such a collaboration, that Michael and i have just about split the duties! it's been a lot of fun... AND a lot of hard work!

We still have to 'fly in' some 'slide' and 'pops staples' type guitar tracks from George Bryan; which he played/recorded in Omaha and emailed to me today- and then Michael will begin mixing and fixing and mastering, once back in Virginia.

I knew that Michael was an excellent keyboard player and singer BUT did not know he was a former percussionist! [the man never ceases to amaze me] In addition to playing the piano track on STACKOLEE he played all the percussion [cardboard boxes, congas, tambourine]- we decided not to put any bass on it. We both did piano tracks for the song, but i decided to use his track, as it has a very James Booker feel. It sounds very old school New Orleans. i did the lead vocal and backing vocals.
we also changed boxes & used my flip flop as a beater [instead of the spatula] which made for a fatter sounding 'bass drum' - some of this stuff definitely has a 'parade feel to it

Michael added some kick ass B3 pedal bass lines- organ- and all the percussion- to WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN- on which i played piano, did lead vocal and several backing vocal tracks/as did Michael- sounds like the Blackwood Brothers [or as I dubbed it "the Backwoods Brothers"]- our Southern Baptist roots are showing

DELIA- which i had done piano tracks/vocals on in Rayville as a potential solo track took on a whole new trip- i did an alternate take with a click track to guide the eventual guitar-then take it out- but Michael added organ and we finally decided to pull out most of the piano- and slowly ease it back in- we took the 'guide track' drums out- and M added a lot of Celtic sounding percussion- i did a huge but distant sounding choir- and we will eventually add george's guitar parts- this will definitely be a production number- well, it already IS. BUT there are several: SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD; AMAZING GRACE- and the 2 above mentioned songs

but also there are quite a few totally solo songs: st. james infirmary; st. louis blues; careless love; black is the color of my true love's hair; scarborough fair; she moved through the fair; [and] silver dagger [although we will be adding guitar to it] - [and] hard times come again no more [Michael on piano me on vocal] - We got a LOT done in 4 long sessions. traditional blues, folk, and gospel songs done in possibly unconventional ways- but in ways that felt totally "right" to us. we shared the duties in the box/percussion and hammond bass pedal departments

it has been an absolute joy AGAIN, as it always is, to work with Michael- his talent and creativity are inspirational- his insight and input is always "spot on"- he's not afraid to try my crazy approaches to recording- and he always hears the material w/a different ear- which often makes for interesting turns of events- taking it to a totally different place than from where it was originally planned. PLUS, he's a total work horse like i am... work work work... go go go... we're like camels that cross deserts without water... more updates to come.

all fotos [c]2010 doug duffey
[c]2010 DOUG DUFFEY

TRADITIONAL - new solo cd 2010- 1st notes

Began work on the new TRADITIONAL cd on June 21, 2010 with Michael Rasbury engineering and co-producing. This is a project i have been wanting to do for some time; recording traditional folk, blues and gospel songs; songs i have known or performed most of my life.

i wanted this project to be done as organically as possible- recorded here in my birthplace/home/ the source of my musical roots- using acoustic/traditional instruments- and keeping the music as pure, real and honest as possible... albeit not completely done in traditional styles/arrangements

foto [c]2010 Michael Rasbury

We began recording Hammond B3 & vocals on June 21[West Monroe, Louisiana] - we used hand claps, conga, tambourine & cardboard boxes for percussion. i played the bass lines, using the B3 foot pedals, with my hands to get some bass grooves! I sang the lead vocal- then went back and did the backing vocals several times to make a 'choir'. Both Michael and i did B3 tracks on "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" and both added piano on "Amazing Grace"

We recorded solo piano & vocal tracks [recorded 'live'] at the Rayville Arts Center* [Rayville, Louisiana] on June 24 & 26. Many thanks to Wayne Hopper [director*] for all his help and support.
On "Hard Times Come Again No More" [by Stephen Foster- circa 1855] Michael played piano [some amazing piano at that!] and i sang; we both did separate piano takes for "Stackolee"

foto [c]2010 Michael Rasbury

We'll be doing more recordings in the next few days- i have a few more songs i want to add- plus we'll be working on the tracks we already have. My life long dear friend George Bryan [Nebraska Hall of Fame] will be adding some acoustic/electric and slide guitar tracks on some of the tracks

We hope to get the majority of everything in place before Michael leaves for NYC and i leave for Europe. Hopefully everything will be mixed & mastered and the cd will be finished/released by the end of the summer. It's been a great experience- thank you Michael for all your hard work/amazing talent- and thank you Wayne for everything!

Michael Rasbury & Wayne Hopper

FOTO [C]2010 DOUG DUFFEY

More updates to come

[c]2010 DOUG DUFFEY

BLUES HALL OF FAME

I have just been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame
Many thanks to Monica Dupont for going to bat for and believing in me.

[c]2009 doug duffey

more session fotos

the BLUES sessions are on! we've been knocking the stuff out and have gotten some great stuff. we've gotten maybe 9 cuts in 4 days time- and are hoping to get about 4 or five more in the next 3 days, then quit - choose maybe 12 tunes-and then begin getting some rough mixes. Michael flies back to Virginia, and will do the mixing and mastering there. i'll be posting some snippets of raw video- on youtube and myspace- from the sessions.

sebi and kelvin

michael and jacqueline

hani

michael

sebi

doug

sebi and kelvin

[c]2008 doug duffey

shots from the sessions

we arrived in zurich may 6 and decided [rather than waste a day on jet lag] to begin the set up and the recordings. we've recorded every day this week, except today; but Michael has done some rough mixes and fixes. we begin again tomorrow, and go until may 14th.
these are some shots from set up May 6, 2008 before we began recording...
from top to bottom:
kelvin bullen:guitar
hani ali: drums
sebi niessner: bass
michael rasbury: engineer extraordinaire and mix master supreme
[c]2008 doug duffey

new blues cd in the works

Voila! a "doug duffey international soul band" BLUES cd is in the works. we've been performing together for several years and it is time to do a cd! time to "kick it up a notch!"
i'm currently going through my archives of original blues music and writing some new songs for the cd. i might even throw in one or two public domain/traditional songs.
we'll begin recording in Switzerland in May with Michael Rasbury at the helm. Michael recorded, mixed and mastered "Changin Times"*. I'm going to use the same M.O. as I did for CT*- setting up in a big room, recording LIVE [as opposed to going into a studio] which will give us more freedom; we can come and go as we like, record when we like, etc.
i just saw a great VH1 'classic album' show on "The Band", who recorded the same way in the 60s/70s... which [along with past experience] only reinforced my vision that this is the way to go. we also plan to video/document a lot of the sessions.
i've also been watching some incredible videos of Howlin Wolf on youtube, recorded live in what looks like a bar- which has the feel i want: relaxed, laid back...REAL.
as of yet there is no working title... but... i will add more info as i know it.
[c]2008 doug duffey