blau/bleu

self portrait shot by the tv light 1.22.2008
[c]2008 doug duffey

new cds ready!

the new solo cds are ready and available from cdbaby- and already selling! click here to see my cdbaby page.

i'm happy these cds are finally released. i should have released them years ago. i've been inspired by all the positive response i've been getting from my solo videos on youtube- which get the most hits of all my videos. it's been an eye opening experience! i am preparing to make more solo cds and videos in the near future- possibly even a solo dvd.

thanks to everyone who encouraged me to release the solo sessions!
[c]2008 doug duffey

greetings from zermatt

we're back at "the pink" for 7 nights- zermatt, switzerland- as we usually are in january. this trip is different because the hotel [which had an old european feel to it] has been totally renovated and modernized [i preferred the several hundred year old funky version] ... but, life is change, n'est pas? we rock on, anyway...

portrait- switzerland january 2, 2008

[c]2007 doug duffey

NEW VIDEOS ADDED TO YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/dougduffey

I just edited and added 2 vidoes from the 1998 Louisiana Folklife Festival; I' hired some guy to shoot nthe show- he didnt capture any audio! duh! luckily i'd had the sound crew record the show, so had a cd. i have been editing and trying nto sync the two together- not always easy as the video does not always faccurately follow the audio!
This band was : Me, Jerry Beach, John Simoneaux, Ryan Munsey, David Posey.

[c]2007 doug duffey

well--- at long last i have finally got the 2 solo cds edited- and ready for cdbaby! the cds should hopefully be available online by january 2008. i have spent the past several days editing the cds- choosing the songs for each by genre- and designing the inserts and labels, etc. these songs having been unreleased since i recorded them, although some were on "living the blues" on a german label [out of print]- and some were on cassettes i had made and sold at the club when working on bourbon street. but now, thanks to technology and cdbaby, they will finally come out...to the world... almost 20 years later. i have chosen to put most of the blues/louisiana type stuff on "louisiana" and the more cabaret-ish ballad stuff on "cabaret vieux carre" ... the foto is from the time of the recordings: 1988-1992. a page with more fotos and info will be on my website as soon as the cds are online.

some samples are on the song titles below- click to hear them!

DOUG DUFFEY: THE SOLO SESSIONS 1988-1992

VOLUME 1: LOUISIANA

1. I LOVE MY BABY
2. FALLEN ANGELS
3. THE FIRST TASTE OF TROUBLE
4. HOODOO YOU LOVE?
5. SWEET DISPOSITION
6. A MEMORY LEFT TO LOSE
7. SITTIN’ BLUES
8. GET UP IN THE A.M.
9. NEW ORLEANS RAIN
10. LOUISIANA
11. SWEET SOUL SOUTHERN COUNTRY
12. FARE THE WELL, EVANGELINE

VOLUME 2: CABARET VIEUX CARRE

1. IN HERE
2. THE BREATH OF SCANDAL
3. FLY 2 U
4. NEXTDOOR TO A NIGHTMARE
5. LEAVE THE MAN ALONE
6. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN*
7. I'LL GET OVER THAT, TOO
8. LEAD ME BACK
9. LOVE COMES
10. WHERE THERE IS LOVE
11. JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES

Doug Duffey- vocal/acoustic grand piano

All songs written, arranged, performed and produced by Doug Duffey [except: House of the Rising Sun*- Traditional- adapted & arranged by Doug Duffey]. All songs published by Doug Duffey Music, BMI-[C][P] Doug Duffey

Recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans; JY Recording Studio, West Monroe, LA; The John Cale Studio, Monroe, LA.

[c]2007 doug duffey

happy holidays from the dougduffey international soul band

check US out! http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1381967205

[c]2007 doug duffey

Schedule Update

I've updated my schedule for December 07 and January 08- [see gigs] I'll be in Switzerland all of January- I'll be doing several band gigs, several duo "unplugged" gigs, and one solo concert. So... come out to the shows and start 2008 with some soul, blues, and funk!
[c]2007 doug duffey

HOODOO YOU LOVE?

a vid from youtube: featuring: me on vocal/piano; june yamagishi [papa grows funk] on guitar, cornell williams [jon cleary band]; the late michael ward on congas; jeffrey "jellybean" alexander [papa grows funk] on drums; live at the louisiana music factory, decatur street, new orleans 1997
[c]2007 doug duffey

SOLO CDS ALMOST DONE

I haven't been blogging lately- too many other things going on. I've been transferring/saving a lot of my old VHS movies to DVD, creating youtube videos from them, and transferring a LOT of original songs from my old writers tapes and 4 track cassettes, which desperately need to be preserved. The 4 track recordings began around 1985- and went until 1998 or so. there's a lot of material. It's a major work... there are at least 10 original songs per 4 track cassette- and I have over 100 of these 4-track writers tapes.

I also have maybe 100 or more 'normal' writers cassettes, with sometimes 15 songs on each side! so, it's really mega [instead of major] work. The 2 tracks go back to the early 70s- my Hollywood years and before. Unfortunately the sound quality [me w/an electric piano & old cassette recorder with a built-in mic] are not so good. Some of the songs are good...some very good... but would have to be re-cut from scratch.

A lot of the 4 track stuff is amazing [to me] and more relevant than I'd imagined. Some of the songs written in 1985/1986 are socio-politically "right on time" now. Luckily, i bought a Cubase/Steinberg unit which has 4 inputs, and records the 4 tracks at once into my PC, saves them as individual tracks, and files them. It also has a 16 track 'studio' so i can edit the tracks, add to them, etc. A lot of the songs have been professionally cut and gone onto my various cds- but a lot never did- due to genre issues. But, i am seriously thinking of editing and cleaning up the tracks and releasing them as cds soon. i don't really want to mess with them too much; i really like the sound and feel of them just the way they are: lots of old analog drum machines and synths. However, with modern technology, i can sample the best parts/sections and make them a bit more consistent.

[c]2007 doug duffey